Select Committee · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Scrutiny 2021-22

Status: Closed Opened: 29 Sep 2022 Closed: 10 Jul 2023 17 recommendations 18 conclusions 1 report

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) is launching its annual scrutiny session into the work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) in the financial year 2021/22. According to the House of Commons Standing Order 146 , PACAC’s role in relation to the PHSO is: to examine the reports of the Parliamentary …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Sixth Report - Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman S… HC 745 31 Mar 2023 35 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
27 Conclusion Sixth Report - Parliamentary and Health… Rejected

The Government has delayed legislative reform for too long and the Committee is particularly disappointed...

The Government has delayed legislative reform for too long and the Committee is particularly disappointed by the Government’s refusal to set out a legislative timetable before the end of this year. Regardless of other pressures on the Government’s legislative programme, ombudsman reform needs to be prioritised. Work to introduce a …

Government response. The government does not consider fundamental ombudsman reform a priority or that legislation is the answer, but is content to keep it under review and look at specific proposals on a case by case basis.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
29 Nov 2022 Amanda Amroliwala CBE · Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Rob Behrens CBE · Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman View ↗

Correspondence

7 letters
DateDirectionTitle
4 Jul 2023 To cttee Letter from Rob Behrens CBE on the PHSO Report - Broken trust: making patient s…
28 Mar 2023 Correspondence with Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP, Secretary of State, Department f…
10 Jan 2023 Rob Behrens CBE, Ombudsman and Chair, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsma…
20 Dec 2022 From cttee Letter to Rob Behrens CBE, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on update…
20 Dec 2022 From cttee Letter to Rt Hon Therese Coffey MP, Secretary of State, DEFRA on the Environmen…
22 Nov 2022 To cttee Letter from Andreas Pottakis, Chair of the Independent Peer Review Panel on the…
1 Nov 2022 To cttee Letter from Rob Behrens CBE, Ombudsman and Chair, Parliamentary and Health Serv…