FOI003139 FOI Library and Resident Services/Complaints

Short Description
Citizen Enquiries
Reference number
FOI003139
Date
04/06/2026
Request

Please provide the following information for the most recent 12-month period for which complete data is available. Please specify the period covered in your response.

For the purpose of this request, please define a “citizen enquiry” as any inbound request for information, support, or service received from a member of the public via any channel, including but not limited to telephone, email, web forums, online portals, and social media. If your organisation uses a different term for such interactions (e.g. customer contacts, resident enquiries, service requests, or public enquiries), please provide the closest equivalent data held.  

Questions 

Q1. Total volume 
The total number of citizen enquiries received.  

Q2. First response time  
The mean average time taken to provide a first response to a citizen enquiry, measured from the time the enquiry is received to the time of first reply (please specify units, e.g. hours or days). 

Q3. Resolution time  
The mean average time taken to fully resolve a citizen enquiry, measured from receipt to closure (please specify units).  

Q4. Enquiries resolved  
The total number of citizen enquiries that were resolved.  

Q5. Unresolved/open enquiries  
The total number of citizen enquiries that remained open or unresolved at the end of the reporting period.  

Q6. First contact resolution  
The total number of citizen enquiries that were resolved at first contact (i.e. did not require any follow-up interaction).  

Q7. Channel breakdown 
The total number of citizen enquiries received via each of the following channels: telephone, email, web form/online portal, other (please specify)  

Q8. Service hours  
The standard operating hours for handling citizen enquiries, including whether any services are available outside of typical working hours (e.g. evenings, weekends).  

Q9: Longest wait time 
The longest recorded time taken to respond to a citizen enquiry during the reporting period (please specify units). 

Q10. Complaints  
The total number of formal complaints received relating to delays or handling of citizen enquiries.