§ Mr. BreedTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many complaints were registered against his 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 Commissioner for Administration in those periods. [51223]
§ Dr. Whitehead[holding answer 19 April 2002]: Complaints and suggestions may be received at many different points in the organisation and it is the Department's policy to address these as near to the point of delivery and as soon as possible. Central records are not kept of the number of complaints.
814WFigures relating to PCA investigations against the Department (including its predecessor Departments) between 1990 and 2002 are set out in the table:
1990 to 1996 1997 to 2002 Complaints taken up by PCA 108 71 Complaints upheld by PCA 63 31 Outstanding cases 0 8