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Government Departments: Telephone Services

Question for Cabinet Office

UIN 113291, tabled on 19 December 2022

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has made a recent estimate of the average waiting time for calls made to helplines run by Government departments; and if he will take steps to help shorten those waiting times.

Answered on

11 January 2023

Departmental helplines are not managed or run centrally. Therefore, each department is responsible for their own helpline, as well as response and waiting times.

Answered by

Cabinet Office