Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman: Standards

(asked on 10th April 2026) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the backlog of cases at the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.


Answered by
Nick Thomas-Symonds Portrait
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
This question was answered on 15th April 2026

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is independent of Government and reports directly to Parliament. The PHSO has confirmed that their unallocated queue of complaints at the end of March 2026 was 3,428.

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