HC Deb 02 April 2003 vol 402 cc720-1W
Mr. Lazarowicz

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 7 February,Official Report column 483W, on telephone helplines, how many calls were made to helplines charged at national rate in the last year for which figures are available, broken down by each telephone number; and what the average duration of the calls was. [105898]

John Healey

The information in respect of the Office for National Statistics is as follows:

Helpline Telephone number Number of calls Average Duration of call
Labour Market Division 0207 533 6094 3,040 unknown
IDBR Helpdesk 01633 813229 120 3 minutes
IDBR Analysis service 01633 812293 204 7 minutes

Helpline Telephone number Number of calls Average Duration of call
Standard Industrial Classification 01633 812999 4,200 5 minutes
Census Customer Services 01329 813800 6,900 unknown
RPI helpline (recorded message) 020 7533 5866 14,042
RPI helpline manned 020 7533 5874 14,710 5 minutes
ONS Geography 01329 813477 721 unknown

The information relating to HM Customs and Excise and the Royal Mint is not available.

As my earlier answer made clear, none of the Chancellor's other Departments and agencies has telephone helplines charged at the national rate.