Transparency data

Complaints about DWP: financial year 2020 to 2021

Updated 3 June 2021

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Complaints about DWP

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) introduced a single tier complaints process on 9 July 2020. Any complaints received or closed prior to this date will continue to be handled under the previous 2 tier complaints process. We expect the numbers recorded against Complaints Review (Tier 2) will steadily decrease across 2020 to 2021 until the 2 tier complaints are exhausted. All complaints handled under the single tier approach are included in Complaints Resolution.

DWP businesses – complaints recorded from 1 April 2020

Complaint type 1 Apr 2020 to 30 Jun 2020 1 Apr 2020 to 30 Sep 2020 1 Apr 2020 to 31 Dec 2020 1 Apr 2020 to 31 Mar 2021
Complaint resolution 5,344 10,205 15,086 19,548
Complaint review 304 564 610 619
Total number of recorded complaints 5,648 10,769 15,696 20,167

Independent Case Examiner (ICE) – complaints recorded from 1 April 2020

Complaint type 1 Apr 2020 to 30 Jun 2020 1 Apr 2020 to 30 Sep 2020 1 Apr 2020 to 31 Dec 2020 1 Apr 2020 to
31 Mar 2021
Number of DWP complaints received 703 1,704 2,667 3,926
Number of DWP complaints accepted for investigation 88 332 587 889