Lord Chancellor's Department: Complaints

HL Deb 03 May 2002 vol 634 c153WA

Lord Goodhart

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many complaints were registered against the Lord Chancellor's Department and its predecessor departments in:

(a) 1990 to 1996; and

Complaints
	1998–99	1999–2000	2000–01	2001–02	Outstanding as at 31.3.02
Lord Chancellor's Department HQ	Not available	9	6	5	2
Public Trust Office1	316	396	344
Public Guardianship Office2				912	288
1 The Public Trust Office ceased to exist on 31 March 2001.
2The Public Guardianship Office was created on 1 April 2001.

Details of cases taken up by the Parliamentary Ombudsman are contained in the ombudsman's annual reports which are available in the Library of the House.