Annex A

Annex A

Dear Mr Rymer,

You emailed DWP on 16 June 2010 and asked for clarification of the Departments response dated 18th January 2010 in which you asked for an internal review of an earlier Freedom of Information reply.

Your Email asked:

“Dear DWP Adelphi Freedom-of-Information-request, so you are saying that in Merseyside due to fraud £146 only has been paid back to DWP due to fraud is that correct. What about the A4e fraud investigation in Merseyside are you saying that a4e has not paid back any money to DWP due to fraud in Merseyside??????”

I can confirm that the information supplied to you on the 18^th January 2010 has not changed. From 1^st April 2006 until 4^th January 2010, one Welfare to Work Provider in Merseyside has had to pay back monies to DWP as a consequence of fraud. The overpayment was £146 and was the result of fraud by an individual employee of the company.

In our response to your FOI request dated 4^th January 2010 we stated that one investigation remained open at that time. This has now closed and did not establish any fraud, either by employees or the provider organisation concerned.

There are no other investigations currently in progress in respect Welfare to Work Providers in Merseyside.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me quoting the reference number above.

Yours sincerely,

DWP Central FoI Team

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Your right to complain under the Freedom of Information Act

If you are not happy with this response you may request an internal review by e-mailing [DWP request email] or by writing to DWP, Central FoI Team, 5^th Floor The Adelphi, 1-11, John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT. Any review request should be submitted within two months of the date of this letter.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner's Office for a decision. Generally the Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted our own complaints procedure. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow Cheshire SK9 5AF www.ico.gov.uk

DWP Central Freedom of Information Team

e-mail: [DWP request email]

Our Ref: VTR1613

08 July 2010