Written question asked by Win Griffiths (Labour) on Wednesday, 12 March 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 March 2003. It was answered by Chris Leslie (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 March 2003 on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Question: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many architects have been referred to the disciplinary committee of the Architects Registration Board (a) before being taken to court and (b) after court proceedings in each of the last five years. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many architects have been referred to the disciplinary committee of the Architects Registration Board (a) before being taken to court and (b) after court proceedings in each of the last five years. [103313] Mr. Leslie: The number of architects referred to the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) of the Architects Registration Board (ARB) in each of the last five years is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of cases Remarks 1999 4 -- 2000 6 -- 2001 9 -- 2002 5 -- 2003 6 To date _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Data are not held centrally, and may not have been disclosed to ARB, on whether legal proceedings have been taken after a finding of fault by the PCC. Data on whether legal proceedings material to the case have preceded a hearing by the PCC would be available only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 103313; 401 c737W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Disciplinary proceedings Architecture Misconduct Trials Architects Registration Board
Contains statistics: Yes
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