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202526 Complaints Handling Performance

Renfrewshire Council · 21 September 2026
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To: Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Board 
On: 21 September 2026
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Report by: Chief Executive 
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Heading: 2025/26 Complaints Handling Performance  
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1.       Summary 
1.1 Renfrewshire Council’s complaint handling procedure (CHP) helps the Council
to improve services and processes based on customer feedback. It is one of a
range of methods to help the Council understand how well it is delivering its
services. 
1.2 Revised in December 2023, the Council’s CHP complies with the Scottish
Public Services Ombudsman’s (SPSO) guidance and aims to help ‘get it right
first time’. The expectation is to have quicker, simpler and more streamlined
complaints handling with early response by capable, well-trained staff. As part
of the procedure, all complaints are recorded and monitored. 
1.3 This report provides information on complaints closed during the year from 1
April 2025 to 31 March 2026 and performance on key indicators, as well as
highlighting improvements made to the complaints handling procedure to
ensure that complaints are handled well, and the organisation learns from
them and improves service delivery where appropriate.  Data is taken from the
Council’s DASH system, which is used by all services excepting schools, and
allows for consistency in recording and reporting of complaints information.
Although some schools have piloted DASH, at present they are using their
own tracking and consequently not all school complaints are included in our
statistics. 
1.4 The Council is, year on year, receiving increasing numbers of contacts across
complaints, Freedom of Information requests and elected member enquiries
and consequently there are increasingly resource challenges in supporting

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these processes.  The increase in complaints volume can be seen in
Appendix 1 and has been noted in previous annual reports. A similar trend in
other local authorities has been noted.  Councils are increasingly noting the
increase in complaints and FOIs generated by AI, which can make them more
complex and resource-intensive, as these will often cite legislation and
precedents which do not apply in Scotland and have to be fact-checked.
Figure 1 below shows the volume of complaints and our corresponding
performance.    Despite the increased volume, performance has improved this
year. 
1.5 The Council’s Performance Group has been progressing an improvement
programme in relation to complaints, as noted in last year’s annual report. 
This group has recently approved the development of a new complaints
module on DASH to reflect the changing needs of the organisation in relation
to recording and managing complaints. 
1.6 The key messages highlighted in the report are as follows: 
• 11,805 complaints were dealt with during 2025/26, compared with 10,913
in 2024/25;
• Over 91% of our complaints are dealt with as a frontline response,
maintaining our performance demonstrating the Council’s commitment to
getting it right first time in response to complaints (91.5% in 2024/25);
• 76.6% of frontline complaints and 79.5% of investigation complaints
received were completed within target timescales, an improvement from
64% and 67.5% reported respectively in 2024/25;
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Figure 1: Frontline complaints volume and performance, last
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Number of complaints closed at Frontline Response Percentage closed within 5 days

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• the average time to respond to frontline complaints was reported as 5.8
days against a target of 5 days, this is an improvement from the previous
year’s performance of 8.1 days;
• the average time to respond to an investigation complaint was 15.7, well
within the SPSO target of 20 days and a substantial improvement over the
23.1 days reported for 2024/25; 
• the 2025/26 breakdown of complaints received by services continues to be
broadly reflective of the volume of services provided, with Environment,
Housing and Infrastructure delivering the highest volume and widest scope
of frontline Council services and consequently receiving the highest
volume of customer interactions and complaints. 
1.7 A performance scorecard has been included within the appendix of this report
to provide additional data for 2025/26 performance against SPSO indicators. 
1.8 All indicators will continue to be monitored regularly, and support and
guidance will be provided to all services to assist with analysing and improving
performance where required. 
2 Recommendations 
2.1 It is recommended that members of the Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Board: 
• Note the content of this report. 
3 Background 
3.1 Renfrewshire Council’s Complaint Handling Procedure was implemented in
2013 and complies with the model complaints handling procedure for local
authorities introduced by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman at that
time.  It is regularly reviewed to include updated guidance.  The most recent
guidance was implemented in 2023/24. 
3.2 The CHP reflects Renfrewshire Council’s ongoing commitment to the
provision of high-quality complaints handling. The CHP operates to ensure
that complaints are processed and responded to consistently within target
timescales, with a particular focus on working to resolve customer
dissatisfaction as close as possible to the point of contact or service delivery. 
3.3 Services are required to record, analyse and monitor complaints performance
and use the information gathered through the CHP to improve service delivery
wherever possible.

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3.4  In line with the SPSO complaints handling procedure, Renfrewshire Council’s
CHP uses a two-stage process, Frontline Response and Investigation (also
referred to as Stage 1 and Stage 2). 
3.5 The frontline response stage aims to quickly resolve straightforward customer
complaints that require little or no investigation. Any member of staff may deal
with complaints at this stage, and these are often dealt with ‘on the spot’ – an
explanation, apology or an action to put something right may all be
appropriate responses to a frontline complaint. 
3.6 The main principle is to seek an early response, resolving complaints at the
earliest opportunity and as close to the point of service delivery as possible.
This may mean a face-to-face discussion with the customer or asking an
appropriate member of staff to deal directly with the complaint. The Council
has 5 working days to respond to these complaints. 
3.7 An example of a complaint which may be addressed at the frontline response
stage is where a customer complains that a staff member failed to attend a
scheduled appointment. When this is reported, the service should provide an
apology and reschedule the appointment at a suitable time for the customer. 
3.8 Not all complaints are suitable for frontline response and not all complaints will
be satisfactorily resolved at this stage. Investigation complaints are typically
complex or require a detailed examination before resolving. These complaints
may already have been considered at the frontline response stage, or they
may have been identified from the start as needing investigation. In these
cases, the customer should receive an acknowledgement of their complaint
within three working days and be advised that it is being dealt with as an
investigation. 
3.9 An investigation aims to establish all the facts relevant to the points made in
the complaint and to give the customer a full, objective and proportionate
response that represents the final position. The Council has 20 days to
respond to these complaints. 
3.10 An example of an investigation complaint may relate to the standard or nature
of a repair within a Council property which requires an inspection or visit to
investigate. As a supervisor or manager might need to examine the repair to
assess this and agree with the customer the corrective work required, it may
require the 20-day timescale.   Services may also agree an extension to the
timescale with the customer.   
3.11 In line with the model complaints handling procedure provided by the SPSO
and with practice in other local authorities, Renfrewshire’s complaints policy

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does not include a number of service areas that are processed through other
means.  Some examples include: the right to appeal a refusal of planning
permission or to appeal planning conditions (this is made to the Local Review
Body or the Scottish Ministers); allegations of bullying in schools (these are
treated and investigated as bullying incidents by the education establishment);
and a compensation claim for personal injury, loss of or damage to property
(these are processed through the Council's standard 'Public Liability Claim
Form'). 
4. 2025/26 Council Performance 
4.1 Complaints are crucial in identifying areas or processes that need to be
improved for our customers and Councils are required to report their
complaints handling performance against a range of key performance
indicators related to the SPSO complaints handling procedure. This report
provides information on the complaints closed during the period 1 April 2025
to 31 March 2026 and Appendix 1 details Renfrewshire Council’s complaints
performance for 2025/26 against these key SPSO performance indicators. 
The SPSO publishes all local authority complaints annual reports on its
website.  Appendix 2 has a one-page visual summary of this year’s
performance. 
4.2 A new complaints system was launched in April 2020 and has now been fully
rolled out with all Council services (excluding schools) logging their complaints
on the same system. This means that for reporting purposes, all performance
data is now taken from a single source, and this has been useful in improving
visibility of the number of complaints and related enquiries received by the
organisation. In previous years, the data included all issues raised by
customers through our complaints process, even where they are reviewed
and found not to be a complaint (such as when someone used our complaints
system to raise an issue about another organisation, or to make a service
request).  From 2023/24, these have been excluded from reporting wherever
an item has been closed with the status “Closed, not a complaint” bringing the
report more in line with other local authorities.  Despite this, we continue to
see increased volumes, not only in complaints but in other requests including
Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests, and elected member
enquiries.  This creates additional resource pressures across services and
impacts on overall performance.  Whilst there are training resources available
for staff, we have not run a focused campaign on complaints handling since
the current system was launched in 2020 and intend to revise and relaunch
training materials once the new complaints module on DASH is ready to be
rolled out.

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4.3 In 2025/26 we progressed 11,805 complaint cases, an increase of almost 900
cases from the previous year, reported at 10,913 which was also an increase
to the 10,025 cases progressed during 2023/24.  It is recognised that this
increase is primarily due to an increase in the number of complaints received
by Environment, Housing and Infrastructure (EHI). The breakdown of
complaints received is shown below, with the previous year’s data included to
show the trend. 
Table 1: Volume of complaints received, last two years 
Frontline Investigation Total % Change 2024/25 2025/26 2024/25 2025/26 2024/25 2025/26
Chief
Executive’s 51 43 11 19 62 62 -%
Children’s
Services 56 45 132 304 188 349 86%
Environment,
Housing and
Infrastructure
9,264 10,234 344 520 9,608 10,754 12%
Finance and
Resources 367 432 133 161 500 593 19% 
4.4 All Council services strive to ensure that complaints are answered correctly
first time and that customers are responded to quickly.  During 2025/26,
91.3% of complaints were addressed through a frontline response, with 76.6%
of frontline complaints and 79.5% of investigation complaints received
completed within target timescales – an improvement from 64% and 67.5
reported respectively in 2024/25.  This improvement has been achieved
despite an increase in the number of complaints. 
4.5 Councilwide, the average time to respond to a frontline investigation was 5.8
days (against a target of 5 days) – this an improvement from 8.1 days
reported in 2024/25 but remains outwith the SPSO 5 day target.  Reminders
have been issued to all relevant staff reminding them of the target timescales
in order to increase awareness.   The number of working days for
investigation complaints achieved the SPSO target of 20 days with the
average investigation case taking 15.7 days to complete – a significant
improvement on the 23.1 days reported for 2024/25.   
4.6 Figures 2 and 3 below show the service breakdown of total complaints
received and those closed within the timescales, during the period 1 April
2025 to 31 March 2026.  This is for frontline response and investigation
complaint cases.  Figure 4 shows the breakdown by service of investigations
which were granted an extension. The complaints for social work services are
included in services provided by Children’s Services, whilst the data for the

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Chief Executive’s Service also includes those complaints sent directly to the
Chief Executive but which can relate to any service area within the Council.   
Table 2 shows compliance with timescales by service and to an extent this is
impacted by volume received. 
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Figure 2: Frontline Complaints Closed 2025/26
Frontline complaints closed within 5 days Total frontline complaints closed
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Figure 3: Investigation Complaints Closed 2025/26
Investigation complaints closed within 20 days Total investigation complaints closed

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Table 2: Percentage of Complaints Cases Closed Within Timescale (by service/by
service level) 
Service Frontline Investigation Investigation
Extension
Chief Executives 88.1% 84.2% 100%
Children’s Services 95.3% 89.8% 87.5%
Environment, Housing & Infrastructure 76% 69.8% -
Finance & Resources 88.7% 92.6% 100%
All Services 76.6% 79.5% 92.9% 
4.7 From 2024/25, this annual report includes performance figures on the
percentage of complaints which are upheld, partially upheld, not upheld or
resolved. 1 Data has been added to the appendix for the previous two years to
allow comparison.  Figure 5 below shows the percentage in each of these
categories.   More than three-quarters of frontline complaints were upheld but
the figure drops considerably for investigations and investigation extensions,
our more complex cases.  Almost half of investigation extensions were closed
as ‘Resolved’ meaning that an agreement on an action was reached between
the customer and council without the complaint having to be fully explored. 
Figure 6 shows the trend in the last three years, with a noticeable increase in
the percentage of complaints being upheld. 
1 Upheld is used where the complaint is shown to be justified; partially upheld where elements are justified,
and not upheld where further investigation shows that the complaint is not justified.  Resolved is used where
the customer and council agree to an action which addresses the issue without either side seeking to allocate
responsibility.
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Figure 4: Investigation Extension Complaints Closed 2025/26
Investigation extension complaints closed within 30 days Total investigation extension complaints closed

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4.8 Scrutiny of complaints data and performance continues to be carried out on a
regular basis at service-level management team meetings and has been
supported by improvements in both data analytics and access to management
information. 
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Figure 5: Closure status by complaint type, 2025/26
Frontline Investigation Investigation Extension
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Figure 6:  Frontline complaints by closure status
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4.9 Overall the breakdown of complaints received by services is broadly reflective
of the volume of services provided. Environment, Housing and Infrastructure
(EHI) delivers the highest volume of frontline Council services, and the most
diverse, and it is to be expected therefore that they will receive the highest
volume of customer interactions.  Their services cover more than 220 council
premises, over 92,000 households and businesses, support more than 871km
of roads and transport infrastructure, and collect approximately 7,540,000 bins
annually.  Those waste collections resulted in 7,337 complaint cases received
(0.1% of total collections).  The service also manages 11,942 Council houses
with the total number of repairs received and reported to the Scottish Housing
Regulator for 2025/26 as 42,461 (Emergency: 14,505 & Non-Emergency:
27,956) and the number of complaints received was 1,167 complaints (2.7%
of all repairs).   
4.10 Environment, Housing and Infrastructure dealt with 10,759 complaints during
2025/26, accounting for 91.1% of all cases dealt with during the reporting
year.   A breakdown of complaints by subject category shows that the top five
complaints reasons all sit within that service’s remit, which is unsurprising
given the scale of the service and the universality of some of its provision. 
Table 3 below shows the top five categories by volume in 2025/26; these
together account for 88% of all complaints received in the year. 
Table 3:  Five most common complaint reasons, 2025/26 
Complaint Category Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
Waste Services 1895 1902 1842 1698 7337
Responsive Repairs 312 287 249 319 1167
StreetScene and Land
Services 179 359 212 116 866
Building Services 123 110 170 197 600
Roads and Transportation 56 70 104 139 369
Total 2565 2728 2577 2469 10339 
4.11 Complaints received by the Chief Executive’s Service in 2025/26 mainly
related to Development Management with the majority of these completed
within the 5-day frontline target. These cases typically relate to timescales and
concerns around the planning process however more complex cases may
require significant investigation thus creating pressures in respect of meeting
timescales. 
4.12 The majority of complaints made to Finance and Resources related to
Customer Services and Business Support service areas with both responding
to cross organisation cases which are predominately closed at frontline with
91% of frontline cases closed within 5-day target.  Council tax, benefits

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(claims suspension, delay in processing or payment issues), customer
services (cross service support including service appointments, waste, blue
badge and Millie (digital assistant)) and licensing (unhappy with advice or
approach taken) cases remain the top service categories and although these
cases can be complex and require detailed investigation, the service has
demonstrated a strong performance with the average number of days
processing an investigation complaint reported as 13 days, well within the
SPSO target and overall performance of 92.6% investigation cases completed
within timescale. 
4.13 Complaints in Children’s Services are often complex as they typically relate to
people rather than processes. The service makes every effort to respond to
complaints in a timeous manner, taking account of the sensitivities and
complexities of the child or young person and their family.  Current complaints
data relates to social work services for children and families and justice social
work, as well as those complaints made directly to senior managers about
early years and education; it does not yet include frontline complaints dealt
with directly by schools and early years establishments. 
4.14 Children’s Services dealt with 363 complaint cases during 2025/26 with the
majority dealt with as investigations due to their complexity, with the average
timescale for completion of 11.6 days.  The majority of complaints to
Children’s Services relate to schools, and the most common complaints are
around Additional Support Needs, bullying incidents and parents /carers being
unhappy about how a schools has dealt with incidents such as these. 
4.15 All services also manage requests through general customer enquiries,
Freedom of Information requests and elected member enquiries.  In 2025/26,
the Council received 1698 FOI requests and 9398 elected member enquiries
– performance was above target for both measures.   
5. Learning from complaints and improving the Council’s complaints
procedure 
5.1 As noted above, the Council has a single system for logging and reporting on
complaints, regardless of how the customer chooses to contact us.  The
Council also uses a suite of reports to track performance on complaints
handling, and these are available to all services.   
5.2 Learning across services varies with Children’s Services implementing
learning and improvement around the development of child friendly complaints
process.  With a focus on education, the service has developed clear
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officers and schools with ensuring that children and young people are
included in the complaints process.
5.3 Learning from complaints across Finance and Resources has continued to
inform service improvements for front facing teams including regular
collaboration with colleagues across other services to ensure staff are
updated on developments of customer service requests/requirements.  Within
Council Tax, a revised approach has been introduced for customers
experiencing difficulties with payments. Advisors now undertake a review of
individual accounts to ensure customers are aware of any
discounts/exemptions they may be entitled to, helping to make repayment
arrangements more manageable. The service has also expanded the range of
available payment options, enabling customers to select a repayment plan
that best meets their circumstances. Where customers continue to experience
financial hardship, they are signposted to Advice Works or the Citizens Advice
Bureau for additional money and debt advice.
5.4 In Environment, Housing and Infrastructure analysis of waste complaints
identified Assisted Collections (APOs) as an area which would benefit from
root cause analysis. This highlighted the need for greater awareness and
consistency in identifying and servicing these collections. As a result, targeted
training has been delivered across all crews and has already to improvements
in service delivery and a reduction in complaints. 
5.5 As set out within the body of the report, the volume of complaints remains
challenging and related performance in this area requires further action.  As
noted above, complaints handling is part of an intensive piece of work being
progressed by an internal officer group.  Extensive process mapping has been
undertaken and reviewed alongside our current technology solution with a
view to making improvements which will generate efficiencies in terms of
administering and reporting complaints.  Work is also underway to understand
the root causes of complaints in high-volume areas and address those
underlying causes.  Training materials will be reviewed once any necessary
updates to our technical solution have been made, so that they remain fit for
purpose. 
5.6 The Council reintroduced an annual audit of complaints handling in 2024 and
reports findings back to services.  Two have been undertaken to date and
these have found mainly good practice, with some minor issues in relation to
recording practice, and targeted refresher training and guidance has been put
in place to help ensure consistency.  Those measures have contributed to the
improvement in meeting timescales. The next audit will take place in Autumn
2026.

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5.7 The Council also participates in the Local Authority Complaints Handling
Network, which has representation from all Scottish councils.  This group
allows us to benchmark performance and share good practice.  Data from
other local authorities shows that Renfrewshire Council is reporting the
highest number of complaints, though it is acknowledged that there is likely
under-reporting in some other council areas. 
5.8 It is expected that with continued focus on key performance questions and
regular, targeted reporting that our complaints performance will improve
during 2026/27.  Draft figures for the first quarter of the year indicate that there
is already improved compliance on timescales. 
5.9 As part of the functionality of the complaints system, customers can also
provide comments and compliments, with 43 cases recorded during 2025/26
(21 comments and 22 compliments).  A few examples of these compliments
are provided below: 
__________________________________________________________________ 
Implications of the Report 
1. Financial – none 
2. HR & Organisational Development - none 
I just wanted to feedback in regards
to how tidy the place is looking just
now around the area mentioned
….makes such a difference to the
place. The guys do a really good job 
I just want to send you a
quick note to pass on a
compliment about one of
your employees. This
employee is an absolute
credit to the Council. 
The hedges adjoining my
property were recently
trimmed.  I wish to thank
the team involved for once
again doing an excellent
job.
I attended Linwood Recycling
Centre today…there were
plenty of staff on site and they
were very happy to
help…saved me from getting
too wet 
…. has exceeded his
Customer Care
Standards and is an
absolute credit to you…

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3. Community/Council Planning –
We consider our services performance against a number of strategic
outcomes to measure how we are delivering better outcomes for our local
communities: 
Living our Values – complaints are monitored under this outcome of the
Council Plan and service improvement planning process. 
4. Legal - none. 
5. Property/Assets - none 
6. Information Technology - none. 
7. Equality & Human Rights - The Recommendations contained within this
report have been assessed in relation to their impact on equalities and human
rights. No negative impacts on equality groups or potential for infringement of
individuals’ human rights have been identified arising from the
recommendations contained in the report because it is for noting only.   
8. Health & Safety – none 
9. Procurement – none 
10. Risk – none 
11. Privacy Impact – none 
12. COSLA Policy Position – none 
13. Children’s Rights – this report is for noting and has no direct implications on
children’s rights.  However, the Council is implementing the SPSO guidance
on child-friendly complaints where this is appropriate. 
14. Climate Risk- none 
_______________________________________________________
List of Background Papers: none
__________________________________________________________________ 
Author:           Pamela McDonald, Policy Officer, Chief Executive’s Service

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Appendix 1: Renfrewshire Council Annual Complaints Report SPSO Indicators
(due to rounding, percentages may not total 100)  
Total number of complaints received, frontline and
investigation  
2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Total number of complaints received (open and
closed)   10,025 10,913 11,805
Number of complaints closed at Frontline Response    8,967 9,743 10,959
Complaints closed at Frontline Response as a percentage of all complaints
closed 87.9% 91.5% 91.3%
Number of complaints closed at Investigation   788 620 1,028
Complaints closed at Investigation as a percentage of all complaints 9.9% 8.0% 8.6%
Number of complaints closed at Investigation after escalation 60 38 14
Complaints closed at Investigation after escalation as a percentage of all
complaints
0.6% 0.4% 0.1%

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Average time in working days for a full response to
complaints at each stage  
2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Average time in working days to respond to complaints at
Frontline Response   8.5 8.1 5.8
Average time in working days to respond to complaints at
Investigation   15.2 23.1 15.7
Average time in working days to respond to complaints after
escalation   5.3 15.1 6.5 
Percentage of complaints at each stage which were responded to in full
within the set timescales 
2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Complaints closed at Frontline Response within 5 working days as a
percentage of the total number of Frontline Response complaints 85.7% 64% 76.6%
Complaints closed at Investigation within 20 working days as a percentage of
total number of Investigation complaints 94% 67.5% 79.5%

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Number and percentage of complaints where an extension to the
timescale has been authorised
2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Complaints closed at Frontline Response where extension was authorised, as
a percentage of all complaints at Frontline Response 0% 0% 0%
Complaints closed at Investigation where extension was authorised, as a
percentage of all complaints closed at Investigation 4.6% 8.1% 1.3% 
Percentage of complaints by closure status 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Percentage of complaints upheld at Frontline Response as % of all complaints
closed at Frontline Response 69.1% 71.6% 77.5%
Percentage of complaints not upheld at Frontline Response as % of all
complaints closed at Frontline Response 11.1% 6.1% 4.9%
Percentage of complaints partially upheld at Frontline Response as % of all
complaints closed at Frontline Response 9.4% 11.3% 10.3%
Percentage of complaints resolved at Frontline Response as % of all
complaints closed at Frontline Response 5.5% 9.9% 5.3%
Percentage of complaints upheld at Investigation as % of complaints closed at
Investigation 63.8% 39.5% 38.2%

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Percentage of complaints by closure status 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26
Percentage of complaints not upheld at Investigation as % of complaints closed
at Investigation 18.0% 22.9% 31.3%
Percentage of complaints partially upheld at Investigation as % of complaints
closed at Investigation 3.3% 19% 18.8%
Percentage of complaints resolved at Investigation as % of complaints closed
at Investigation 12.3% 18.4% 9.7%
Percentage of complaints upheld at Investigation Extension as % of all
complaints closed at Investigation Extension 13.2% 12.7% -%
Percentage of complaints not upheld at Investigation Extension as % of all
complaints closed at Investigation Extension 28.9% 30.9% 42.9%
Percentage of complaints partially upheld at Investigation Extension as % of all
complaints closed at Investigation Extension 10.5% 0% 7.1%
Percentage of complaints resolved at Investigation as % of all complaints
closed at Investigation Extension 47.4% 56.3% 42.9%

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Appendix 2:   Visual Summary of Complaints Performance 2025/26