Question follow-through · 61778

Department of Health and Social Care: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times his Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in th

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Jun 2025
Target answer date
25 Jun 2025
Answer
2 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times his Department has accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in th

  2. 25 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    Information regarding complaints received by the Department and subsequently referred to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman is published in our annual report. Copies of these dating back to 2010 can be found on the GOV.UK website, at the follo...

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