Universal Credit: Telephone Services

(asked on 25th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has set a target for the reduction in the number of calls made to the universal credit helpline.


Answered by
Lord Sharma Portrait
Lord Sharma
This question was answered on 30th January 2019

The Department has not set any targets for the reduction in the number of calls made to the Universal Credit helpline. We have no procedures or targets to incentivise call handlers to encourage claimants to use online accounts.

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