HC Deb 11 March 2003 vol 401 c190W
Mr. Lazarowicz

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many telephone helplines are sponsored by his Department; and which of these helplines are charged at(a) national rate, (b) premium rate and (c) local rate. [95713]

Mr. McCartney

DWP sponsors 60 telephone helplines. Of these:(a) seven are charged at national rate, (b) none charged at premium rate (c) 46 charged at local rate and (d) a further seven numbers are free phone numbers.