DWP Central Freedom of Information Team

e-mail: [DWP request email]

Our Ref: VTR 750

15 August 2008

Dear Ms Foulkes,

Freedom of Information Request - VTR 750

Thank you for your email dated 12 August 2008 providing clarification regarding your recent FOI request.

You advised that your request is regarding the “NHS Private Pension Scheme”.

I'm afraid the Department for Work and Pensions does not hold any information regarding this pension scheme. It is administered by the Department of Health (DH), and you should submit your request directly to them.

I have attached a link to the DH website for ease of reference.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/FreedomOfInformation/index.htm

I hope this is of help.

If you are not satisfied with my handling of your request please tell me why. I will then arrange for an internal review of your request and my actions. The review will be conducted by another officer of a more senior grade to myself who took no part in my original decision in the provision of this information. The reviewing officer will advise you of his decision in writing.

If you are still not satisfied after we have looked at your request again, you can then ask the Information Commissioner to look into the way your request has been handled. The Commissioner is an independent officer who is appointed by Her Majesty the Queen and reports directly to Parliament. The Commissioner can see all the papers about your request and decide whether my decision is fair and meets the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act.

The Commissioner can be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Fax: 01625 524 510

e-mail: http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

DWP Central FoI Team