Written Question·Treasury·UIN 196474

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Finance

Tabled: 1 September 2023
Answered: 11 September 2023

Question

Preet Kaur Gill

Labour (Co-op)Birmingham Edgbaston

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has been made of the adequacy of resources available to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to (a) consider referrals in a reasonable timeframe and (b) to manage the demand on its s

Answer

John Glen
The Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO), as an independent organisation, requested and received an increase in funding at the 2021 Spending Review, with its total Resource budget £41.8m in 2023/24 and Capital budget £11.7m.As it is independ...

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