SS1/25 – Step-in Risk

Supervisory statement 1/25

First published on 22 April 2025

This Supervisory Statement sets out the Prudential Regulation Authority’s (PRA) expectations around firms undertaking step-in risk assessments. This statement should be read in conjunction with the requirements in the Step-in Risk Part of the PRA Rulebook and the high-level expectations outlined in the PRA’s approach to banking supervision.  This statement also provides links to the reporting guidance by which firms should complete the step-in risk data items required under PRA rules. 

The areas covered by this Supervisory Statement include:

  • Indicators of step-in risk;
  • Potential responses to step-in risk;
  • Step-in risk policies;
  • Illustrative entity categories; and 
  • Guidelines for completing templates for reporting the step-in risk assessment (SI0, SI1 and SI2)

Supervisory statement 1/25