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Question for Department for Business and Trade

UIN 61775, tabled on 23 June 2025

Question

Andrew Gwynne
Independent
Gorton and Denton
Commons

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.

Answer

Justin Madders
Labour
Ellesmere Port and Bromborough
Commons

Answered on

4 July 2025

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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