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Mr. Gareth Wardell
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report for each of the last 10 years (a) the number of complaints made against his Department to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, (b) the number of complaints upheld and (c) the action he took on (b).
Mr. Rifkind
The number of complaints (a) made and (b) upheld for the last 10 years is as follows:
| (a) Complaints made | (b) Complaints upheld | |
| 1989–90 | 1— | 1— |
| 1988–89 | 17 | nil |
| 1987–88 | 12 | nil |
| 1986–87 | 18 | nil |
| 1985–86 | 8 | nil |
| 1984–85 | 10 | 2 |
| 1983–84 | 15 | 2 |
| 1982–83 | 13 | 2 |
| (a) Complaints made | (b) Complaints upheld | |
| 1981–82 | 14 | 1 |
| 1980–81 | 17 | 4 |
| General Register Office (Scotland) | ||
| Nil except: | ||
| 1983–84 | 2 | nil |
| Scottish Courts Administration | ||
| Nil except: | ||
| 1988–89 | 1 | nil |
| 1 Figures not available. | ||