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Written question asked by Madeleine Moon (Labour) on Friday, 25 January 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 29 January 2019. It was answered by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Monday, 4 February 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Service Complaints Ombudsman

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2018 to Question 196768 and with reference to his letter of 15 January 2019, what the average time for a case submitted to the Service Complaints Ombudsman to be left unallocated is; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

The Service Complaints Ombudsman for the Armed Forces has two different target times for investigation. The target for maladministration and/or substance investigations is 100 working days (20 weeks) and for admissibility and undue delay investigations it is 17 working days (3.5 weeks). These timeframes begin once the case has been allocated to an investigator. Further details are available on the Ombudsman's website:

www.scoaf.org.uk/how-can-we-help-you/long-will-take/.

It will take time to collate the information requested on the average time that a case submitted to the Service Complaints Ombudsman is unallocated. I will write to the hon. Member in due course.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
212599
Session
2017-19
Related items
Service Complaints Ombudsman
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Written questions
House of Commons
Deposited Paper DEP2019-0250
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Service Complaints Ombudsman
Link
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