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Who called from 0800 169 0140

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Who lists this number

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DWP

This number is listed by DWP on its own website (Social Fund enquiry line (Budgeting Loans)).

Source: “you Social Fund Enquiry Line Telephone: 0800 169 0140” (opens in a new tab). Checked 13 October 2026.

Every number DWP publishes

This could still be a scam call

Criminals can make their number look like a genuine one (this is called spoofing). If someone calls from this number and asks for money, bank details, a code or passwords, hang up. Then call DWP back on a number you've found yourself, such as the one on their own website or on a letter or bill from them.

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Listed by a public body

The label for each number is the source’s own wording.

This could still be a scam call

Scammers use phone spoofing, which falsifies caller ID so that a call can appear to come from a trusted government department when it does not. Banks and the police will never call you to verify your PIN, and will not ask you to withdraw money or buy or send items for an investigation. If you get a call like this, hang up. HMRC will never ask you to pay with gift or payment vouchers, and will never threaten arrest or leave a voicemail threatening legal action. If you are not sure a call was genuine, hang up and contact the organisation on a number you have found yourself, such as on GOV.UK or a letter from it. Do not use a number the caller gives you.

This is a number the organisation publishes for people to contact it. Government departments, police forces and courts often call out from other numbers or with the number withheld, and scammers can make a call show a real number, so a call from it is not proof of who called.

Contains public sector information from Government Digital Service (GOV.UK), "GOV.UK Content API: contact details on GOV.UK guides" (checked 13 October 2026), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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What Ofcom’s records say

Number type
Freephone number (080)
Area or region
UK-wide
Not linked to a place
Cost to call
Free
Free to call from UK landlines and mobiles.
Allocated to
BT
This is the provider Ofcom allocated the number block to. It is not the caller, and the number may have moved network since.
Ofcom status
Allocated
Block 0800 169 xxxx
Allocated on
10 June 1999
Date Ofcom allocated the block

Source: Ofcom numbering data, files published 7 October 2026, checked 13 October 2026

See the 0800 169 xxxx range for the Ofcom facts about the whole block and any numbers in it that organisations or visitors have told us about.

What the provider and number type mean

Numbers starting 0800 and 0808 are freephone numbers, used by businesses, helplines, charities and government services.

Ofcom allocates phone numbers to communications providers in blocks. The provider shown is the one Ofcom allocated this block to. It is not the person or business that called you, and the number may since have moved to a different network, because people can usually keep their number when they switch provider. Ofcom does not hold information about individual numbers.

Ofcom says calls to 0800 and 0808 numbers are free from all consumer landlines and mobiles. If you are calling from a business line, check with your provider.

Report or block 0800 169 0140

Reporting helps networks and the police find the people behind scam calls. Blocking stops this one number, though scammers often switch numbers.

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