HC Deb 17 November 2003 vol 413 c590W
Mr. Clifton-Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many Health Service Ombudsman cases were considered in the last year for which figures are available; how many cases were(a) upheld and (b) rejected; what the average time taken to consider a case was; and what the average cost per case was. [137334]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The Health Service Ombudsman publishes information about the handling of cases in her annual report, copies of which are available in the Library and on the Ombudsman's website at www.ombudsman.org.uk.