Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 35394

Winter Fuel Payment: Telephone Services

Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) average wait time and (b) number of calls received were for the Winter Fuel Payment helpline in each winter since 2015.

Answer

Torsten Bell
We have provided a response from 2017 only as we do not hold the required data for the years prior. The tables in the response show Total Calls Offered (Volume) and Average Speed of Answer (in an hh:mm:ss format) for each month within each business year f...

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