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ANNUAL REPORT 2010
The Ombudsman has established targets for the desired case processing
times for complaint cases, partly for rejected cases and partly for substantively
investigated cases. The target is that 90 per cent of rejected complaint cases
should be concluded within two months. Of the complaint cases which are
substantively investigated, 75 per cent should be concluded within six months
and 90 per cent must be concluded within 12 months.
This target was not entirely met in every respect in 2010: 86.2 per cent of rejected
complaint cases were concluded within two months (calculated as 60 days) – the
target was 90 per cent. By contrast, 76.3 per cent of the substantively investigated
complaint cases were concluded within six months (calculated as 182 days) –
the target of 75 per cent was therefore met. 89.6 per cent of the substantively
investigated complaint cases were concluded within 12 months, as against a
target of 90 per cent.
The Ombudsman’s targets for processing times for complaint cases
Rejected cases concluded
within 2 months
86.2%
Substantively investigated cases
concluded within 6 months
76.3%
Substantively investigated cases
concluded within 12 months
89.6%
90.0%
75.0%
90.0%
Target
Result
Target
Result
Target
Result
As at 1 June 2011, 178 cases had not been concluded within five months of
being opened. 120 of them were awaiting the Ombudsman’s procedure.
In one complaint case, the Ombudsman declared himself disqualified. The Legal
Affairs Committee assigned this case to Mr Hans Würtzen, High Court Judge.
Neither the Landsting of Greenland nor the Faroese Lagting asked the Ombudsman to act as ad hoc Ombudsman in any cases in 2010.
A total of 28,346 documents (letters to and from the office etc.) were registered in
the calendar year 2010. The corresponding figure for 2009 was 24,781 documents.
On 1 May 2011, the institution was organised as follows:
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