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Written question asked by Emily Thornberry (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 September 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 22 September 2022. It was answered by Marcus Fysh (Conservative) on Wednesday, 28 September 2022 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.


UK Trade with EU: Telephone Services

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and what proportion of calls to the Export Support Services Contact Centre resulted in an agent (a) resolving the caller’s query using her Department’s scripts and knowledge bank and (b) raising a complex query form and referring the caller to her Department’s digital enquiry team in each month between April 2022 and September 2022.

Answer

In April, 48% (231) of enquiries were resolved using the knowledge bank, 57% (210) in May, 55% (196) in June, 50% (147) in July, 60% (163) in August and 56% (90) in September (to 20 September).

In April, 44% (212) of customers were referred to the digital enquiry team, 37% (137) in May, 36% (126) in June, 44% (129) in July, 33% (88) in August and 36% (58) in September (to 20 September).


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
51514
Session
2022-23
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Subjects
Standards Telephone services UK trade with EU
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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