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High Court: Telephone Services

Asked by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 23 January 2026UIN 104840

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been employed to answer phone enquiries for the High Court in each of the last 5 years.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) HR does not hold information relating to people employed to answer phone enquiries for the High Court. This is because answering telephone enquiries is a responsibility spanning multiple different role profiles.

No HMCTS role has the sole responsibility of answering telephone enquiries in its entirety, and so the word “telephone” or “phone” does not feature in any job titles.

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