Departments: Intimidation

David Simpson
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many complaints of bullying have been investigated in her Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.

Ms Harman
During the last 12 months (for the period April 2006 to March 2007) the Department for Constitutional Affairs has received 16 official complaints about bullying, of which two were upheld and two were partly upheld.