Question follow-through · 9393
Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were awaiting determination by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman at the end of each of the last five financial years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were awaiting determination by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman at the end of each of the last five financial years.
16 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is operationally independent of central government, and the Ombudsman is accountable directly to Parliament for the use of their investigatory powers. The Department does not routinely collect performance inf...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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