Press Complaints Commission >> Statistics >> July / August / September 1999

Complaints Summary

Report Number: 47 for the Months of:

July, August, September 1999

Outside remit ¹	90
Disallowed on ground of unjustifiable delay	19
No case under the Code	212
Third party complaints²	20
Complaints resolved directly and otherwise not pursued ³	129
Sufficient remedial action taken or offered by the publication
Adjudicated	14
Upheld	6
Rejected	8
Total	484

Explanation:

¹ These complaints related to areas falling outside the Commission's terms of reference such as advertising material, contractual disputes and questions of taste.

² This total includes third party complaints that might have been pursued had those directly involved agreed to a PCC investigation and those third party complaints that were, in any event, assessed as raising no breach of the Code of Practice.

³ These are the complaints resolved to the express satisfaction of those complaining and those not pursued by complainants after a response has been received from the publication.