Terminology

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Our customer satisfaction  research results are broken down into three categories: enquirers, complainants and review customers.

We use the word customer as a collective term for any member of the public who has been in contact with us.

An enquirer is a member  of the public who gets in touch with us asking us to investigate their complaint  about a UK government department or  agency, or the NHS in England.

A complainant is someone  whose complaint is being formally investigated.

A review customer is someone who has asked us to review our decision  about their enquiry  or complaint, or who has made a complaint about our service.