A Bill to grant powers to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to identify and investigate systemic problems in the benefits system and make associated recommendations to the Secretary of State; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
2 November 2023
This bill would give the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman new powers to identify and investigate patterns and systemic problems in the benefits system, rather than only handling individual complaints. It would allow the Ombudsman to make recommendations to the Secretary of State to fix those problems, and includes related provisions to support this work.
The bill is at the 1st reading in the House of Commons, which means it has just been introduced and will proceed to further readings and committee scrutiny.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
