Public Services Ombudsman for Wales

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The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (Welsh: Ombwdsmon Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Cymru) was established by section 1(1) of the Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005. The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales brings together the jurisdictions of various offices he replaced, namely the Local Government Ombudsman for Wales, the Health Service Ombudsman for Wales, the Welsh Administration Ombudsman and the Social Housing Ombudsman for Wales.

The Ombudsman has a dual role. Firstly, under the above Act, he investigates complaints by members of the public concerning maladministration, failure in a relevant service or failure to provide a relevant service by any "listed authority" in Wales. Secondly, under the Local Government Act 2000, he is responsible for policing ethical standards in local authorities.

The Ombudsman is appointed by the Monarch. The current Ombudsman is Nick Bennett who was appointed in August 2014.^[1]

Maladministration and failure of service

The "listed authorities" subject to the Ombudsman's supervision in regard to maladministration or failure of service are:

The Welsh Government
Local authorities
Fire authorities
Police authorities
Joint boards of all local authorities in Wales
National park authorities
The Countryside Council for Wales
The Environment Agency
The Forestry Commissioners
Regional flood defence committees
Internal drainage boards
The Care Council for Wales
Local health boards
NHS trusts and special health authorities
Community health councils
Various other listed health providers
Social landlords
The National Council for Education and Training for Wales
The Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
State school governing bodies in relation to the admission of pupils (and admission and exclusion appeal panels)
The Arts Council of Wales
The Sport Wales
The Wales Tourist Board
The Welsh Development Agency
The Welsh Language Board

Ethical Standards and Codes of Conduct

Part of the Ombudsman's role is to investigates complaints that members of local government bodies have behaved wrongly.

The Ombudsman has issued statutory guidance known as Guidance for members of county and county borough councils, fire and rescue authorities and national park authorities,^[2] and Guidance from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales for members of community councils.^[3]^[4] Each local authority must adopt a Code of Conduct.

The Ombudsman has power to investigate any complaint referred to him. If he concludes that there is evidence which warrants doing so, he will send a formal report either to the authority's standards committee or to the Adjudication Panel for Wales.^[5] It will be for the authority or the Panel to decide if the code of conduct has been broken and if so, what penalty to impose on the member concerned. The maximum penalty the Panel may impose is five years’ disqualification from office.

Those who are subject to such supervision are the following types of authority in Wales and the members of any of them:

References

^ "Nick Bennett appointed as the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales".
^ The Code of Conduct for members of local authorities in Wales: Guidance from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales for members of county and county borough councils, fire and rescue authorities, and national park authorities Archived 14 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine at ombudsman-wales.org.uk
^ "Guidance/Policies: Ombudsman". Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
^ The Code of Conduct for members of local authorities in Wales: Guidance from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales for members of community councils Archived 22 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at ombudsman-wales.org.uk
^ Adjudication Panel for Wales

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