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Department for Business and Trade: Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration

Asked by Andrew GwynneIndependentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 4 July 2025UIN 61775

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many times has their Department accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the last 10 years.

Answered by Justin Madders

Since the establishment of DBT in 2023 there have been 0 (zero) ombudsmen decisions for DBT. For this reason there has been 0 (zero) times the Department accepted in full the position of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s (a) findings and (b) recommendations on (i) issuing an apology and (ii) other forms of redress in the last 10 years.

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