{"id":5136,"date":"2013-07-18T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/callers-spend-56m-on-government-helplines\/"},"modified":"2016-02-18T12:13:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T05:13:31","slug":"callers-spend-56m-on-government-helplines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/callers-spend-56m-on-government-helplines\/","title":{"rendered":"Callers spend \u00a356m on government helplines"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nReport for 2012 reveals expensive 084 numbers hit vulnerable hardest with DWP benefit inquiries service as the busiest lineConsumers spent \u00a356m calling government helplines on expensive 084 phone numbers last year, with vulnerable callers among the hardest hit, according to a report by the National Audit Office.It said a third of the government’s 365 customer telephone lines used non-geographic numbers, which can cost up to 10.5p per minute from a landline and up to 41p from a mobile. These numbers received 63% of calls made to departments in the 2012\/13 financial year and callers spent \u00a326m just waiting for their inquiry to be answered, it estimated. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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