§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in theOfficial Report for each of the last 10 years (a) the number of complaints made against his Department to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, (b) the number of complaints upheld and (c) the action he took on (b).
§ Mrs. RumboldThe number of complaints(a) made and (b) upheld for the last 10 years is as follows:
(a)complaints made (b)complaints upheld 1989 1 1 1988 11 — 1987 10 — 1986 12 1 1985 20 — 1984 12 1 1983 12 2 1982 11 — 1981 18 1 1980 31 1 1979 20 — 1 Figures not yet available. When the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration upholds a complaint it is departmental practice to provide an appropriate remedy.