Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 116095

Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services

Tabled: 25 February 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average and (b) longest recorded wait time was on his Department's bereavement line in each year between 2021 and 2026.

Answer

Andrew Western
The below table shows the Average Time to Answer and Maximum Time to Answer for all calls to Bereavement Services in an hours, minutes and seconds format (hh:mm:ss), itemised by each of the requested Reporting Years. Please note, that the current *2025 – ...

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