Independent Review Service
 for the Social Fund
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IRS Performance against Targets
The tables below show our aims and achievements for the previous financial year (2004/2005) and the first six months of this year.

For more detailed information about the standard of our review and complaints handling please click here to go to the Social Fund Commissioner's Annual Report or click here to go to the IRS Corporate Plan.


Completion Times - Inspectors Decisions
Action/Timescales Target   Achieved
01 April 05 to
31 March 06
Achieved
01 April 06 to
30 June 06

Urgent Cases
  • Completed within 24 hours of receipt



95%
 


90.4%



89.0%
Straight forward enquiries or no enquiries
  • Completed within 12 days of receipt



95%
 


99.6%



99.8%
Further investigations/ complex enquiries
  • Completed within 23 days of receipt



90%
 


96.3%



95.5%
 
 
 
Completion Times - Complaints
Where a customer makes a complaint, we aim to deal with it as quickly as possible, balanced with the need to investigate the complaint thoroughly.
Action/Timescales   Achieved
01 April 05 to
31 March 06
Achieved
01 April 05 to
30 June 05

Urgent Cases
  • Completed within 24 hours of receipt
 


97.4%



93.3%
Straight forward enquiries or no enquiries
  • Completed within 15 days of receipt
 

99.1%


98.8%
Further investigations/ complex enquiries
  • Completed within 30 days of receipt
 

97.6%


94.6%