§ Mr. Nicholas Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by each Welsh district and county for the years 1980 to 1986 and classify by type of case (i) the number of complaints made to the local government ombudsman and (ii) the number of complaints upheld.
§ Mr. GristI have no information about the numbers of complaints against individual local authorities. The information you seek is held by the Commissioner for Local Administration in Wales who is independent of central Government.
At 1 April Welsh Districts 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Aberconwy — — — — 45 4 22 7 4 Alyn and Deeside — 35 14 — 6 51 9 5 8 Arfon — — 13 20 30 9 12 10 — Blaenau Gwent n/a 14 — — — 50 35 — — Brecknock — — — — — — — — — Cardiff 89 72 46 550 223 254 175 120 45 Carmarthen n/a 7 2 4 3 4 4 3 4 Ceredigion — 16 14 4 32 — 20 12 6 Colwyn — — — 1 — — 1 1 — Cynon Valley 2 5 6 72 50 29 5 14 19 Delyn 42 30 37 36 32 30 28 10 59 Dinefwr — 6 2 12 — — — — — Dwyfor — — — — — — — — — Glyndwr n/a 6 2 34 52 14 12 6 8 Islwyn — 1 4 — — 23 13 12 16