Advice on comparing statistics across years

In 2022-23 we changed our investigation processes, contributing towards an increase in the average uphold rate across all complaints. Consider comparing individual council uphold rates against the average rate rather than against previous years.

In 2020-21 we received and decided fewer complaints than normal because we stopped accepting new complaints for three months due to Covid-19.

Ryedale District Council

Annual statistics

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 investigated.

Compliance with Ombudsman recommendations – not complying with our recommendations is rare. An authority with a compliance rate below 100% should scrutinise the complaints where it failed to comply and identify any learning.

Satisfactory remedies provided by the Council – the authority upheld the complaint and we agreed with how it offered to put things right.

Average performance rates – we compare the annual statistics of similar types of councils to work out an average level of performance. We do this for County Councils, District Councils, Metropolitan Boroughs, Unitary Councils, and London Boroughs.

  • Complaints upheld

    50% of complaints we investigated were upheld.

    This compares to an average of 59% in similar authorities.

    1 upheld decision

    Adjusted for Ryedale District Council's population, this is
    1.8 upheld decisions per 100,000 residents
    .

    The average for authorities of this type is
    1.4 upheld decisions per 100,000 residents.

    View upheld decisions

    Statistics are based on a total of 2 investigations for the period between 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

  • Compliance with Ombudsman recommendations

    No recommendations were due for compliance in this period

  • Satisfactory remedies provided by the Council

    In 0% of upheld cases we found the Council had provided a satisfactory remedy before the complaint reached the Ombudsman.

    This compares to an average of 15% in similar authorities.

    0 satisfactory remedy decisions

    Statistics are based on a total of 1 upheld decisions for the period between 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023

    View all satisfactory remedy decisions

Annual letters

We write to councils each year to give a summary of the complaint statistics we record about them,
and their performance in responding to our investigations.

View annual letters

Reports

The Ombudsman has published the following reports against Ryedale District Council

Find out more about reports

We issue reports on certain investigations, particularly where there is a wider public interest to do so. Common reasons for reports are significant injustice, systemic issues, major learning points and non-compliance with our recommendations. Issuing reports is one way we help to ensure councils are accountable to local people and highlighting the learning from complaints helps to improve services for everybody. Reports are published for 10 years.

No reports published

Service improvements

The Council has agreed to make the following improvements to its services following an Ombudsman investigation.

Find out more about service improvements

When we find fault, we can recommend improvements to systems and processes where they haven’t worked properly, so that others do not suffer from these same problems in future. Common examples are policy changes; procedural reviews; and staff training. Service improvements from decisions are published for 5 years and those from reports are published for 10 years.

The latest 10 cases are listed below – click ‘view all’ to find all service improvements.

1

Cases with service improvements agreed by Ryedale District Council

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Last updated: 4 April 2015

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