§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 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. [51584]
§ Dr. Howells[holding answer 22 April 2002]: The information on complaints received for the periods requested in (a) and (b) is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. There is one current complaint. The number of complaints (i) taken up and (ii) upheld by the parliamentary ombudsman is contained in the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration's annual reports for the periods specified, copies of which are available in the Library of the House.