§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many complaints were registered against her Department and its predecessor Departments in(a) 1990 to 1996 and (b) 1997 to 2002; how many are current; and what proportion were (i) taken up and (ii) upheld by the Parliamentary Ombudsman in those periods. [51582]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe Scotland Office was established in its present form on 1 July 1999. Since that date, no complaints have been registered against the Department.
Details of complaints between 1990 and 1999 are contained in the annual reports of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration. These reports were laid before Parliament and are available in the Library.