Parliamentary Ombudsman (Hansard, 5 December 2001)

§ Mr. Chope
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2001,Official Report, column 926W, Ref. 18771, on the Parliamentary Ombudsman, on which date each of the five new statutory statements of complaint was received; and on which date the response was made. [20099]

§ Estelle Morris
Information on the outcome of the statutory investigations which were concluded during 2000–01 are set out in the Parliamentary Ombudsman's Annual Report for 2000–01, copies of which are available in the Library of the House, or on the Parliamentary Ombudsman's web site at www.ombudsman.org.uk/pca/ document/par01/index.
Between 1 April 2001 and 31 October, my Department received five new statutory statements of complaint from the Parliamentary Ombudsman. Each was received and responded to as follows:

1. Letter received 11 April 2001, responded 2 May 2001

2. Letter received 3 May 2001, responded 17 May 2001

3. Letter received 30 July 2001, responded 15 August 2001
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4.Letter received 31 August 2001, responded 21 September 2001

5. Letter received 14 September 2001, responded 27 September 2001.

§ Mr. Chope
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2001,Official Report, column 926W, Ref 18771, on the Parliamentary Ombudsman, how many formal notices her Department received between 1 November 2000 and 31 March 2001; and in respect of each notice, how long it took to respond. [20100]

§ Estelle Morris
Information on the outcome of the statutory investigations which were concluded during 2000–01 are set out in the Parliamentary Ombudsman's Annual Report for 2000–01, copies of which are available in the Library of the House, or on the Parliamentary Ombudsman's website at www.ombudsman.org.uk/pca/ document/par01/index.
Between 1 November 2000 and 31 March 2001, my Department received six new statutory statements of complaint from the Parliamentary Ombudsman. My Department has responded to all six of these cases. The average time taken to respond overall is 21 days.