HC Deb 08 February 1994 vol 237 c211W
Mrs. Wise

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what effect the privatisation of parts of social security administration will have on the rights of a citizen to make a complaint of maladministration to the parliamentary ombudsman.

Mr. Hague

The jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration is unaffected where administrative functions of a Department are carried out by private contractors.