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Departmental Telephone Services

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 6 January 2010

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0870, (b) 0845 and (c) 0800 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls were received to each number in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at the BT local rate are available in each case. (305208)

The details for the Department of Transport and its Agencies are as follows: (all lines listed are operated, none are sponsored).

Number of lines operated

Calls received from November 2008 to October 2009

Alternative BT numbers

Comments

DfT(Cent)

0

DVLA

0800 032 5202

111,723

See comments

0870 numbers not used since 1 September 2009 and have been replaced by 0300 numbers which are not for profit public sector numbers, and charged at standard geographic rate. Figures included as calls made within the last 12 months.

0845 606 0160

21,021

0870 240 0009

5,154,664

0870 240 0010

7,015,395

0870 660 0301

648,829

0870 241 1879

93,618

0870 608 0604

595,848

0870 850 0007

106,930

0870 850 0964

79,821

0870 850 1074

164,505

0870 850 2963

27,124

0870 850 3368

357,290

0870 850 4444

9,115,222

0845 602 2006

190

HA

0845 750 4030

164,861

Yes

0845 750 4030 and 0870 122 6236 will shortly be changing to 0300 not for profit public sector numbers.

0845 955 6575

39,304

Yes

0800 092 2325

2,485

No

0845 300 2330

2,426

No

0845 300 2331

1,632

No

0870 122 6236

4,484

No

0800 018 6969

Not available

No

VOSA

0870 010 2067

8,372

No

Call volume figures only available from July 2009 onwards.

0870 6060 440

597,243

Yes

0845 600 5977

4,780

No (0845 number is standard rate)

0800 030 4103

5,102

No (0800 number is Freephone)

DSA

0

Only use 0300 numbers

MCA

1

2,704

Yes

Operates on a non-revenue basis at national rate.

VCA

0

Do have one 0844 number which will shortly move to 0300.

GCDA

1

440

No

Departmental policy is to now use 0300 numbers wherever possible.