• Richmondshire District Council https://www.lgo.org.uk/your-councils-performance/richmondshire-district-council/statistics/

    Richmondshire District Council Find local authorities Annual statistics Sort annual statistics for Richmondshire District Council by annual intervals 2023 / 2024 2022 / 2023 2021 / 2022 2020 / 2021 2019 / 2020 2018 / 2019 More about this data Complaints upheld – complaints in which we found some fault in a council's actions. These include complaints where the council accepted fault before we inve ...

  • South Somerset District Council https://www.lgo.org.uk/your-councils-performance/south-somerset-district-council/statistics/

    South Somerset District Council Find local authorities Annual statistics Sort annual statistics for South Somerset District Council by annual intervals 2023 / 2024 2022 / 2023 2021 / 2022 2020 / 2021 2019 / 2020 2018 / 2019 More about this data Complaints upheld – complaints in which we found some fault in a council's actions. These include complaints where the council accepted fault before we in ...

  • South Somerset District Council https://www.lgo.org.uk/your-councils-performance/south-somerset-district-council/statistics

    South Somerset District Council Find local authorities Annual statistics Sort annual statistics for South Somerset District Council by annual intervals 2023 / 2024 2022 / 2023 2021 / 2022 2020 / 2021 2019 / 2020 2018 / 2019 More about this data Complaints upheld – complaints in which we found some fault in a council's actions. These include complaints where the council accepted fault before we in ...

  • Compliance Manual https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/staff-guidance/compliance-manual

    Compliance Manual Updated: 03 November 2025 Compliance Manual search Search this content Submit search Contents Part 1: Introduction Part 2: The role of investigators Part 3: The role of Team Co-ordinators Part 4: The role of Casework Managers Part 5: Compliance and post-decision reviews Part 6: Document retention with remedies over 12 months old Part 7: Appendix 1 - Remedy categories Part 8: App ...

  • Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights https://www.lgo.org.uk/equal-justice-learning-lessons-from-complaints-about-people-s-human-rights

    Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights Updated: 18 July 2024 Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights search Search this content Submit search Contents Part 1: Ombudsman's foreword Part 2: Background Part 3: Common Issues and Learning Points: Designing services that protect people’s rights Part 4: Common Issues and Learning P ...

  • Audit and Risk Assurance Committee meeting - 4 June 2024 https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/about-us/who-we-are/our-boards/audit-and-risk-assurance-committee/audit-and-risk-assurance-committee-meetings-2024-25/audit-and-risk-assurance-committee-meeting-4-june-2024

    Audit and Risk Assurance Committee meeting - 4 June 2024 Welcome and introductions Apologies for Absence Declarations of interest Approve minutes of the meeting held on 25 January 2024 Matters arising (attached) Update from recent DLUHC ALB ARAC Chairs Forum meeting CEO/Accounting Officer verbal update Draft annual report and accounts 2023-24 Internal Audit annual report and opinion Internal audi ...

  • Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights https://www.lgo.org.uk/local-government-ombudsman/equal-justice-learning-lessons-from-complaints-about-people-s-human-rights

    Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights Updated: 18 July 2024 Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights search Search this content Submit search Contents Part 1: Ombudsman's foreword Part 2: Background Part 3: Common Issues and Learning Points: Designing services that protect people’s rights Part 4: Common Issues and Learning P ...

  • New Chief Executive for the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/news/2025/mar/new-chief-executive-for-the-local-government-and-social-care-ombudsman

    New Chief Executive for the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Julie Odams has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO). Julie has been the Head of Policy and Communications and a member of the LGSCO’s Executive Team for the last two years. She will replace current CEO, Nigel Ellis, following his decision to retire from May 2 ...

  • Somerset council took too long assessing disabled woman’s care needs https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/news/2019/oct/somerset-council-took-too-long-assessing-disabled-woman-s-care-needs

    Somerset council took too long assessing disabled woman’s care needs Somerset County Council has been criticised by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman after taking too long to assess a vulnerable woman’s care needs. The Ombudsman’s investigation found the council took 21 months to carry out a reassessment of her needs. The reassessment also failed to address questions about who would ...

  • Ombudsman highlights priorities to improve public services over next three years https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/news/2024/nov/ombudsman-highlights-priorities-to-improve-public-services-over-next-three-years

    Ombudsman highlights priorities to improve public services over next three years The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has made four recommendations to Government on how the organisation could improve the public services it oversees in its flagship Triennial Review, launched today. The Review assesses the effectiveness of the Ombudsman’s service alongside the delivery of services in the ...

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