§ Mr. ChopeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many formal notices his Department has received in the last year from the Parliamentary Ombudsman expressing an intention to carry out an investigation; and in respect of each notice how long it took to respond. [18767]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe number of cases received since last November by DETR or (after 11 June 2001) DTLR is as follows.
Number/date received from PCA Due date to PCA Date replied Number of working days taken 1. 13 November 2000 27 December 2000 4 January 2001 36 2. 16 February 2001 12 March 2001 13 March 2001 18 3. 21 February 2001 14 March 2001 15 March 2001 17 4. 8 June 2001 20 July 2001 24 July 2001 33 5. 21 June 2001 11 July 2001 9 July 2001 13 6. 11 September 2001 2 October 2001 26 September 2001 12 7. 17 September 2001 15 October 2001 15 October 2001 21 8. 18 September 2001 9 October 2001 3 October 2001 12 9. 24 September 2001 2 November 2001 5 November 2001 31 10. 19 October 2001 29 November 2001 1— 2— 11. 22 October 2001 19 November 2001 16 November 2001 20 12. 15 November 2001 20 December 2001 1— 2— 1 Outstanding 2 Deadline not reached