The following table lists the number of 0845 telephone numbers in use, together with an estimate of the number of these which are used for public facing services as at 17 January 2008.
It is not possible to provide information on “similar cost” numbers as call charges are based on the tariff arrangements that customers have with their service provider and the device they use for the call and the location from which they call, and these data are not available.
Name Number of 0845 numbers used Number relating to public facing services Debt Management Office 126 18 Government Actuary's Department 0 0 HM Revenue and Customs 977 135 HM Treasury 0 0 National Savings and Investments 8 8 Office of Government Commerce 1 1 Office for National Statistics 22 22 Royal Mint 85 85 Valuation Office Agency 3 2 Total 1,222 1271 1 Estimated