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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Establishment...

Catalogue reference: HLG 149

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HLG 149

This series contains files of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government relating to the department's response to complaints under investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.The records in this series were first raised...

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Reference

HLG 149

Title
Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Establishment Division and successors: Registered Files (PCA Series)
Date

1967-1972

Description

This series contains files of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government relating to the department's response to complaints under investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration.

The records in this series were first raised in 1967 by the Establishment Division of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government to implement the provisions of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act of 1967.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

PCA file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department of the Environment, 1970-1997
  • Ministry of Housing and Local Government, 1951-1970
Physical description

22 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Selection and destruction information

Only a small selection of files have so far been taken. These are illustrative of the Department's involvement with the PCA and cover the early years of the jurisdiction of the PCA.

Administrative / biographical background

The function of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (or Ombudsman) is to investigate complaints referred to him by Members of the House of Commons. Such complaints are usually made by members of the public who claim to have suffered injustice in consequence of maladministrations on behalf of Government Departments. Normally the PCA will investigate cases only where the aggrieved party has redress to neither a tribunal nor a court of law.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8844/

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Ministry of Housing and Local Government and Department of the Environment: Establishment Division and successors: Registered Files (PCA Series)