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Investigated complaints concluded during 1998 by type of publication

	No breach of the Code	Complaints resolved or withdrawn after explanation	Complaints adjudicated Upheld ./ . Not Upheld		Total	%

National dailies	301	176	10	17	504	31.6
National Sunday	139	89	7	8	243	15.2
Regional dailies	147	84	6	6	243	15.2
Regional weeklies	142	78	8	3	31	14.5
Regional free	52	25	6	0	83	5.2
Scottish dailies	63	46	0	4	113	7.1
Scottish weeklies	33	19	4	1	57	3.6
Scottish Free	2	0	1	0	3	0.2
Northern Ireland	16	3	0	1	20	1.3
Magazines	57	25	3	1	86	5.4
Other	52	10	0	0	12	0.8

Total	954	555	45	41	1,595	100

Investigated complaints concluded during 1998 by Clause of the Code

	1998	(1997)
Accuracy & opportunity to reply (1&2)	62.7	(70.3)
Privacy (3)	13.8	(13.0)
Harassment (4)	3.3	(3.0)
Intrusion into grief (5)	3.3	(2.0)
Children (6&7)	2.6	(1.3)
Listening devices (8)	0.1	(0.1)
Hospitals (9)	0.3	(0.3)
Innocent relatives & friends (10)	0.9	(0.6)
Misrepresentation (11)	2.2	(2.4)
Victims of sexual assault (12)	0.3	(0.3)
Discrimination (13)	9.9	(6.2)
Financial Journalism (14)	0	(0)
Payments for articles (16)	0.4	(0.2)

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