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Chamber and committees

Question reference: S6W-17854

  • Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: 11 May 2023
  • Current status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 23 May 2023

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) longest, (b) average and (c) median waiting time was for engagement with users of Social Security Scotland’s webchat facility, in each month since January 2023.


Answer

Information on the (a) longest, (b) average and (c) median waiting time for answered webchats in 2023 to date is provided in the following table.

Month

Longest Wait Time (hours: minutes: seconds)

Mean Wait Time (minutes: seconds)

Median Wait time (minutes: seconds)

January

01:57:08

17:47

14:18

February

01:31:39

17:47

13:54

March

01:59:09

20:54

19:43

April

02:34:55

27:56

28:23

May (up to 14 May)

01:26:08

19:42

19:15

This information is based on internal management information and has not yet been quality assured to the same standard as published information on telephony services.