We are committed to providing a high standard of service to everyone we deal with. For this reason, we welcome any comments about our service, including when we get things wrong. We want to resolve your complaint as quickly as possible. We will listen to complaints, treat them seriously, respond to them swiftly and learn from them so we can improve our service.
If you have any comments or feedback that does not constitute a complaint, we would still like to hear from you so we can improve our service and the way we do things. You can find contact details on the contact us section of our website.
We treat as a complaint any expression of dissatisfaction with our service which calls for a response. This includes:
- the standard of service we provide
- the behaviour of our staff
- any action or lack of action by our staff affecting an individual or group
- any unfair treatment of stakeholders by members of our staff
ONR will not review complaints that:
- have already been fully investigated through this complaints procedure
- anonymous complaints
- complaints about the behaviour or actions of third parties or bodies we regulate
If your complaint relates to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, please see: Freedom of Information - information releases.
If your complaint relates to the UK General Data Protection Regulation or Data Protection Act 2018, please see our privacy notice.
In addition to the above, we have a decision review and appeals process which describes how an appeal against a regulatory decision can be made.
If you are not satisfied with how ONR has handled your complaint
If you are not satisfied with how ONR has handled your complaint, you can contact your Member of Parliament (MP) and ask for your complaint to be referred to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO). The PHSO can carry out independent investigations into complaints that injustice has been caused by maladministration on the part of UK government departments and some public bodies, including ONR.
You can find out who your MP is and write to them at:
House of Commons
Westminster
London
SW1A 0AA