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Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Department for Work and Pensions should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
FOI1 Please confirm how many DWP staff members have been taken to court for misrepresentation of a client dating from 01/01/2016 to 01/01/2018.
FOI2 please confirm how many DWP staff members have been take to court for harassment in the period of 01/01/2016 to 01/01/2018

Yours faithfully,

Darren

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Frank Zola left an annotation ()

Dear Darren,

"Technically, you must use your real name for your request to be a valid Freedom of Information request in law....

There are several good alternatives to using a pseudonym.

Use a different form of your name. The guidance says that “Mr Arthur Thomas Roberts” can make a valid request as “Arthur Roberts”, “A. T. Roberts”, or “Mr Roberts”, but not as “Arthur” or “A.T.R.”. "

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
FOI1 Please confirm how many DWP staff members have been taken to court for misrepresentation of a client dating from 01/01/2016 to 01/01/2018.
FOI2 please confirm how many DWP staff members have been take to court for harassment in the period of 01/01/2016 to 01/01/2018

Yours faithfully,

Darren

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DWP reply

"What is a valid FOI request
Under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, requests for information
must:
• be in writing
• in permanent form (including e-mail, twitter and faxes)
• state the name of the applicant – first names only ‘Chris’ ‘Fred’ are
not valid. However, ‘Mr Jones’ ‘Ms Clark’ are valid.
• state an address for correspondence (an e-mail address is
acceptable)
• describe the information requested.

We are happy to accept your request if you can come back with a
surname."
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