§ Mr. Michael Marshallasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions his Department was the subject of investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner during the last 12 months for which figures are available; on how many occasions a completed investigation showed maladministration; and on how many occasions his department has still to rectify a complaint which the Parliamentary Commissioner had accepted as having some basis of maladministration.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesDuring the 12 months ended 31st December 1976 the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration issued 22 reports of his investigations of complaints against my Department, including eight in which he found that there had been some element of maladministration. In none of these cases has a complaint still to be rectified.