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Complaints performance

Complaints response time

Stage 1
Year Total number of days taken to respond to stage 1 complaints Total number of stage 1 complaints Average number of days taken for a full response to be provided for a stage 1 complaint
2013/14 4,943 1,095 4.5
2014/15 8,161 1,667 4.9
2015/16 8,262 1,800 4.6
2016/17 7,354 1,621 4.5
2017/18 33,983 2,249 15.1
2018/19 15,403 2,140 7.2
2019/20 12,097 1,684 7.2
2020/21 10,108 1,477 6.8
2021/22 7,181 2,608 2.8
2022/23 7,131 2,486 2.9
2023/24 8,496 2,879 3.0
 
Stage 2
Year Total number of days taken to respond to stage 2 complaints Total number of stage 2 complaints Average number of days taken for a full response to be provided for a stage 2 complaint
2013/14 578 36 16.1
2014/15 781 50 15.6
2015/16 552 35 15.8
2016/17 251 24 10.5
2017/18 270 22 12.3
2018/19 404 17 23.8
2019/20 277 19 14.6
2020/21 458 29 15.8
2021/22 1,767 143 12.4
2022/23 2,932 104 28.2
2023/24 1,989 77 25.8
 
Complaints appealed and escalated
Year Total number of days taken to respond to escalated complaints Total number of escalated complaints Average number of days taken for a full response to be provided for an escalated complaint
2013/14 1,306 73 17.9
2014/15 2,103 143 14.7
2015/16 2,016 131 15.4
2016/17 2,073 126 16.5
2017/18 2,511 135 18.6
2018/19 3,188 166 19.2
2019/20 3,154 170 18.6
2020/21 2,361 114 20.7
2021/22 808 255 3.2
2022/23 879 227 3.9
2023/24 1145 326 3.5
 

Page last updated:
30 Sep 2024

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