How many complaints about the Law Society of Scotland were received by the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) …

Answered Asked by Marilyn Livingstone Lab Lodged 27 Feb 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints about the Law Society of Scotland were received by the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005.

The answer

Answered by Hugh Henry on 10 Mar 2006 · 11 days after it was lodged, on time

Based on the reporting periodof the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman’s Annual Reports the figures are:
2002-03
| 199

2003-04
| 320

2004-05
| 426

The ombudsman has since confirmedthat she received 553 complaints for the calendar year 2005.
The figures are given in theannual reports of the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman for 2002-03, 2003-04 and2004-05, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament InformationCentre (Bib. numbers 28277, 33250 and 37015). They are also available at:
http://www.slso.org.uk/reports.html.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-23527 by reference.