Democracy Spraffa

Item 9 - Appendix 1

West Dunbartonshire Council · 3 May 2023
Back to Audit Committee — 3 May 2023 and its agenda

Text extracted from the council's PDF. Layout and reading order may differ from the original.

Original council PDF · Download plain text

Page 1

West Dunbartonshire Council complaints closed 2021-22
STAGE OUTCOME GROUP
West
Dunbartonshire
Council
Advice Member of the public test not met (s 5 (6)) 0
Premature 3
Unable to proceed 2
Total 5
Early
Resolution
Cause and impact test not met (s 5 (3)) 0
Discretion –  Insufficient benefit would be
achieved by investigation
2
Discretion – alternative action proposed 0
Discretion – Alternative route used or available 0
Discretion - Good complaint handling 5
Discretion – referred back 2
Discretion - Resolved - both parties satisfied with
proposed outcome
0
Member of the public test not met (s 5 (6)) 0
Organisation not in jurisdiction 0
Premature 0
Right of appeal to court/tribunal/Scottish ministers
(s 7 (8))
0
Subject matter not in jurisdiction 0
Time limit (s 10) 0
Unable to proceed 0
Total 9
Investigation Fully upheld 0
Not upheld 1
Outcome not achievable 0
Resolved 0
Some upheld 0
Total 1
TOTAL COMPLAINTS 15
Appendix 1

Page 2

West Dunbartonshire Council complaints closed 2020-21 
Stage Outcome Group
West
Dunbartonshire
Council
Advice Discretion – alternative action proposed 0
Organisation not in jurisdiction 0
Premature 10
Subject matter not in jurisdiction  0
Unable to proceed 4
Total 14
Early
Resolution
Cause and impact test not met (s 5 (3)) 0
Discretion –   alternative route used or
available
1
Discretion –  Insufficient benefit would be
achieved by investigation 
1
Discretion – alternative action proposed 2
Discretion - Good complaint handling 10
Discretion – referred back 0
Member of the public test not met (s 5
(6))
0
Premature 1
Right of appeal to court/tribunal/Scottish
ministers (s 7 (8))
0
Subject matter not in jurisdiction  0
Time limit (s 10) 0
Unable to proceed 1
Total 16
Investigation Fully upheld 0
Not upheld 1
Some upheld 1
Total 2
Total Complaints 32