THE Local Government Ombudsman for Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Jerry White, will be giving evidence to a government committee next month and written contributions from the people of the two counties are invited.
The role and effectiveness of the three Local Government Ombudsmen for England, including Mr White, is being examined by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's housing, planning, local government and the regions committee on March 15.
Members of the public are invited to submit written evidence by Monday, March 7. It is unlikely that evidence submitted after this date will be published.
Witnesses who wish their evidence to be treated in confidence should contact the committee clerk, Charlotte Littleboy, in advance.
The Local Government Ombudsmen investigate complaints of injustice arising from maladministration by local authorities and certain other bodies.
Each deals with complaints from different parts of the country, concerning most council matters, including housing, planning, education, social services, consumer protection, drainage and council tax.
Written evidence to the committee must if possible be submitted in an electronic format, either on disk or preferably by e-mail. It should be in MS Word or Rich Text format.
If sent by e-mail it should for this inquiry be sent to odpmcom@parliament.uk. The e-mail must include a contact name, telephone number and postal address. The e-mail should also make clear who the submission is from.
If sent by post it should be sent to the Clerk, ODPM Committee, Committee Office, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. Witnesses without access to a computer are respectfully requested to take particular care that submissions are legible.
Submissions should be as brief as possible, and certainly no more than 3,000 words. Paragraphs should be numbered for ease of reference, and it would be helpful to include a brief executive summary.
Those submitting evidence are reminded that evidence should be original work, not previously published or circulated elsewhere. Once submitted no public use should be made of it. Guidance on the submission of evidence can be found at http://www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/witguide.htm
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