To ask the Attorney-General if he will make a statement about the rights of individual members of the public to make complaints to any of the appropriate ombudsmen about services or projects funded through the private finance initiative in his Department. [36836]

Although none of the Departments for which I am responsible uses the private finance initiative for the funding of any services or projects at present, use of the PFI is being considered for future projects where appropriate. It is not expected that use of the PFI would affect the rights of individuals to complain to an ombudsman.