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Hotline telephone numbers for Members and their Staff.
List last revised: 18 July 2008. Click here for details.
These hotline numbers are for the use of MPs, MEPs, MSPs, Welsh Assembly Members and their staff ONLY. DO NOT disclose these numbers to members of the public or to staff in other agencies or the facility may be withdrawn.
Our list of hotline numbers is located on the Parliamentary Intranet (not on W4MP website) where it can be seen by anyone with a parliamentary email address. It is in HTML format on the Parliamentary Intranet. It is listed under 'Departmental Hotlines' in the PN index.
To clarify: you need to be working on the Parliamentary Network now to make these connections.
If you are an MEP, or his/her staff, and you do not have access to the UK Parliamentary Intranet, please use our Feedback Form to request a copy of the hotlines list. The list is available to Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly Members via their own Intranet. If anyone has a contact for the European Parliament Intranet (do they have one?) please let us know, again using our Feedback Form.
18 July 2008 - change of contact for CSA Customer Relations
1 July 2008 - Addition of details for Press Complaints Commission, extra information about the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, addition of details for the Office of Fair Trading, changes to emigration info to reflect name change of Border & Immigration Agency to UK Border Agency.
19 May 2008 - Change of hotline numbers for the Child Support Agency, updated details for DWP & JobCentre Plus, addition of details for The Rent Service & the Health & Safety Executive.
25 April 2008 - Addition of contact details for Experian
27 February 2008 - Addition of details for the Security Industry Association (SIA), Scottish Power and the Adjudicator's Office
13 February 2008 - Addition of details for the Communications & Internet Services Adjudication Scheme
24 January 2008 - Change of contact details for the DVLA, Asylum & Immigration Tribunal and HM Revenue & Customs
4 January 2008 - Alterations to telephone numbers at UKvisas
14 December 2007 - removal of telephone number for Parliamentary Ombudsman, addition of details for British Airways, change of address for DWP correspondence.
8 November 2007 - change of details to CSA North West, change of telephone number to MP Visa Surgery, change of details for Pension Service Chief Executive
9 October 2007 - lots of changes to the UKvisas hotline numbers
12 September 2007 - addition of new details for BT
11 September 2007 - removal of defunct Pension Service e-mail address
30 August 2007 - Addition of Royal Mail customer service details
2 August 2007: New address for CSA Chief Executive
20 July 2007: Addition of Asylum & Immigration Tribunal (AIT) hotline number
29 June 2007: Addition of details for British Airways PLC; change of details for Child Benefit enquiries
16 May 2007: Change of telephone number for DWP Correspondence Department
13 December 2006: Change of details for DVLA
7 December 2006: Several changes to contact details at UK Visas; added details of Student Loan Company; added details for Scottish Gas.
5 September 2006: Additional contact details for E.ON
26 July 2006: Change to telephone number for IND Liverpool; Immigration Appellate Authority has changed its name to Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
9 May 2006: Added details for energywatch (gas and electricity supplier watchdog); updated contact numbers for British Gas / Centrica.
7 March 2006: Change to Disability and Carers' Benefit Directorate contact details and updated contact numbers for the Visa Correspondence Section at UK Visas
21 November 2005: We've updated the hotline numbers for UK visas and the CSA, and added useful new contact details for various Police Forces around the UK.
19 January 2005: We've added e-mail and web links for various agencies, and updated hotline telephone numbers for the CSA.
6 September 2004: We've added further contact information for public use and made one or two corrections.
5 August 2004: We have completely revised the list under the following headings:
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Child Support Agency
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Benefits and Pensions
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Emigration, Immigration and Asylum
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UK Visas - Visa Correspondence Section
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Regulators
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Utilities
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Other Useful Contacts
The list now also includes publicly available numbers for most agencies, which you can give to your constituents.
16 March 2004: We've added two new numbers:
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To make a surgery appointment for an MP to see FCO Minister Chris Mullin MP about visa application appeals
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Immigration Appellate Authority
12 January 2004: Our latest revision includes many extra hotline numbers.
The list is updated when there are changes and represents the latest information we have. If you spot any mistakes or know of any other useful hotline numbers please let us know, using the website's Feedback Form.
We have been asked by one or two agencies to encourage MPs, MEPs, AMs and their staff to be sure to use these hotline numbers and NOT the numbers available for the general public. Here's what they say: "Some Members and their staff continue to use the public enquiry line which means we are not always able to give the prompt reply that both they and we would like to happen."
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