Question follow-through · 20690

HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of complaints that were submitted to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman about His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service in each year since 2015.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
19 Dec 2024
Answer
20 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of complaints that were submitted to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman about His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service in each year since 2015.

  2. 19 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold the data requested.The number of complaints submitted to the Parliamentary and Heath Service Ombudsman will be information held by them.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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