DWP Central Freedom of Information Team

e-mail: [DWP request email]

Our Ref: VTR 1022

04 June 2009

Dear Ms Shrive,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 30 May 2009 asking:

“I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Work and Pensions's handling of my FOI request 'FRAUD - DELIBERATE LOSS OF EVIDENCE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE'.”

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has only received a request for internal review from you, regarding your request `Fraud - Deliberate loss of evidence Royal Courts of Justice', which was handled by the Office for Judicial Complaints. DWP cannot conduct an internal review of the Office for Judicial Complaints' handling of your request. You must ask the Office for Judicial Complaints to conduct this review.

If the Office for Judicial Complaints' internal review is unsatisfactory, then you can approach the Information Commissioner, at the contact details below.

If you are not satisfied with my handling of your request please tell me why within two calendar months of the date of this letter. I will then arrange for someone to conduct an internal review of your request and my handling. The review will be conducted by another officer, usually of a more senior grade to me. This person will have taken no part in my original decision. You will be advised of their decision in writing.

If you are still not content with the outcome of the internal review you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner to look into the way your request has been handled. Please note that generally the Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have first exhausted DWP's own complaints procedure. The Commissioner can be contacted at:

FoI Complaints Resolution

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Fax: 01625 545 510

Email:[email address]

Yours sincerely,

Central FoI Team

Department for Work and Pensions