Rob Behrens overseas visits.

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phsothefacts Pressure Group

Dear Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman,

For the financial year 2018 -19 can you provide the following information.

1. How many visits abroad have been made by Mr Behrens in his role as Ombudsman?

2. Which countries did he visit?

3. What is the total cost of Mr Behrens overseas visits?

4. Are there any reports following the visits of Mr Behrens overseas?

Yours faithfully,

Della Reynolds.

phsothefacts Pressure Group

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Dear Della Reynolds

 

RE: Your information request: R0000572

                            

I write in response to your information request sent to the Parliamentary
and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) dated 9 March 2018. Your request has
been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Request

 

For the financial year 2018 -19 can you provide the following information.

 

1. How many visits abroad have been made by Mr Behrens in his role as
Ombudsman?

 

2. Which countries did he visit?

 

3. What is the total cost of Mr Behrens overseas visits?

 

4. Are there any reports following the visits of Mr Behrens overseas?

 

Response

 

 1. 12

 

 2. Gibraltar (UK Overseas Territory), Ireland, Belgium, Austria, The
Netherlands, France, Spain, Northern Ireland (UK)

 

 3. £3,933.80

 

 4. There are no reports held by PHSO therefore this information is not
held.

 

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phsothefacts Pressure Group

Dear InformationRights,

It would appear that Mr Behrens's costs average no more than £500 per visit yet a single visit to the UK of the South African Ombudsman was costed at £3,000 in the 2018/19 annual report p105. What a remarkably cheap Ombudsman we have here in the UK.

Yours sincerely,

Della Reynolds

phsothefacts Pressure Group