Income support is handled by Jobcentre Plus.  Although 0845 608 8615 is not in the database, there are lots of geographical numbers there for various Jobcentre Plus offices all over the UK.  Suggest you try one nearest to you.

tall35man wrote on Mar 1^st, 2007 at 9:21pm:

What is the switchboard number and what is the address in Chippenham?

tall35man wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 10:48am:

Assuming that the calls to the 0845 number are answered at that location then it may be one of the numbers following that one.

I notice it ends 000. Perhaps it is a clue to their direct dialing in (DDI) numbers. I suggest you try other 01249 428xxx numbers.

trubster put in a request for his Jobcentre in Sheffield. They replied (see here) with the 0114 numbers for income support and JSA at the Sheffield Jobcentre office. You could try the same.

tall35man wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 1:35pm:

The 0845 number probably routes to one or more of the 01249 numbers (depending if one is engaged etc). The switchboard operator has obviously been told to refer callers to the 0845 rather than put you through to the relevant extension.

As the direct 01249 numbers won't be listed anywhere, the only way is to call through many of them. If it answers with a voicemail/recording when the office is closed, then you might be able to track it down that way.

I just rang 01249 428 000 and asked for income support. They asked where I lived, I said Chippenham. They put me through.

tall35man wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2007 at 4:30pm:

So perhaps the 0845 number is for the income support office at the Bournemouth JobCentre. Which means that you should call the Bournemouth Jobcentre. 

Jobcentre Plus
185 Old Christchurch Rd
Bournemouth
BH1 1JT
Tel: 01202 276000

I called 01202 276 000, as Dave suggested, and asked for the income support section for the Bournemouth area. They said the number changed to 0845 ......  I then said that numbers starting with 08 are barred by the switchboard my calls go through and in any case it is unfair that people who receive income support should be calling a higher than normal rate number.

They put me through.   

I suppose the kindness of the operator comes into the picture here, so there is no guarantee that they will put you through, but it is worth a try.