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<p>DWP aim to contact customers within 15 working days to clear their complaint or
agree how to investigate it if it will take longer.</p><p> </p><p>DWP now triage complaints
giving priority to vulnerable claimants who may be at risk, and those with benefit
payment issues. We continue to investigate all complaints as quickly as we can and,
as part of the triage process, we write or call those customers, where there may be
a delay in answering their complaint.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2021, Child Maintenance
Service complaints team has seen their response times to complainants steadily improve
and are now responding to almost all complaints within the timescale.</p><p> </p><p>The
Child Maintenance Service do not have a backlog of complaints and continue to work
within the department's acceptable levels.</p>
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