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Item 10 Appendix 2 - Audit Complaints Report 2023-24

West Dunbartonshire Council · 4 December 2024
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Year 2023-24 Outcome
Performance & Monitoring
Total Complaints
Received
Complaints
Received Stage 1
Complaints
Received Stage 2
Total
complaints
closed
Closed at Stage
1
Closed within 
5 Working
Days
Extension Stage
1
Exceeded S1
deadline after
extension ie
+10days
Total working
days to close
Stage 1
complaints
Average
working days
to close S1
Closed at
Stage 2
Closed within
20 working
days
Extension
Stage 2
Exceeded S2
deadline after
extention ie
+25
Total working
days to close
Stage 2
complaints
Average
working days
to close S2
Escalated from
Stage 1 to 2
Upheld
Stage 1
Not Upheld
Stage 1
Upheld
Stage 2
Not upheld
Stage 2
Resolved
Citizen, Culture & Facilities 19 19 0 20 17 11 3 3 82 5 2 2 0 0 23 11.5 0 11 6 1 1 1
Education, Learning & Attainment 26 26 0 14 11 7 1 3 84 8 1 1 0 0 14 14 0 8 3 1 0 2
Housing & Employability 337 318 19 311 298 200 53 45 1826 6 13 7 3 3 259 20 0 172 126 4 9 0
People & Technology  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Regulatory & Regeneration 13 12 1 11 10 7 2 1 48 5 1 0 0 1 94 94 0 2 8 0 1 0
Resources 60 57 3 50 45 21 10 14 423 9 2 1 0 1 59 30 0 25 20 1 1 3
Roads & Neighbourhood 173 170 3 137 107 79 12 16 648 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 62 0 0 30
Totals 628 602 26 543 488 325 81 82 3111 6 19 11 3 5 449 24 0 263 225 7 12 36
83%
0 6
414 24
146 54%
9 37%
0
1 Channel Received
0 94 0
40 314
1 0
9 0
0 220
8 0
Social Media 0
628 628Total 263 7 TOTAL
Contractor 5 0 Face to Face
Failure to deliver service 1 0 In Writing
Service standards not declared 0 0 By telephone
Error in Service Delivery 1 0 Internal Complaints form
Council policy – level of service provision 0 0
Employee behaviour 22 1 Online Complaints form
Equalities
Delay in service delivery 0 0 E-mail Equality concern raised
Council policy – charges 3 0 % of Stage 2 complaints upheld
Council policy – does not meet criteria 0 0
Citizen expectation not met – timescales 83 2 % of Stage 1 complaints upheld
Below declared service standard 0 0 average working days to close Stage 1 complaints
Citizen expectation not met - quality of service 148 4 average working days to close Stage 2 complaints
Complaints Received Complaints Closed
Complaint Category
Upheld per category Stage 1 Upheld per category Stage 2
Performance
% of complaints closed within SPSO timescales