Question follow-through · 27725

Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time was for complaints handled by Complaints Resolution Managers in the latest period for which data is available.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
9 Sept 2026
Answer
21 Sept 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average response time was for complaints handled by Complaints Resolution Managers in the latest period for which data is available.

  2. 9 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The Department does not measure complaints timings as described in the question (i.e. average response times). We recognise that response times to hon. Members’ enquiries on behalf of constituents have not been consistently adequate in recent months, as h...

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