Contact between the Daily Mail and DWP

The request was refused by Department for Work and Pensions.

Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
1 Can you please provide all correspondence between the DWP and the Daily Mail relating to benefits fraud between the time period of September 2014 and November 2014.

2 Please enclose any press notices that were released to the Daily Mail during this time period.

3 Please give information on why press notices that relate to benefits fraud are not published on the dwp site in line with the other press releases.

4 Please provide documentation on the policies and procedures in the DWP press office that pertain to issue and release of press releases.

Many thanks

Yours faithfull,
S B

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Dear DWP freedom-of-information-requests,

In regard to initial request, if no press releases have been issued during this time period, please provide all written information that has been collated for the Daily Mail by the Dwp.
Thanks

Yours sincerely,

S Banks

DWP CAXTON HOUSE Communications, Department for Work and Pensions

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Dear Mr Banks

Please find attached response to your FOI request of 11 December.

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Work and Pensions's handling of my FOI request 'Contact between the Daily Mail and DWP'.

With regards to q1. I understand as part of the FOIA 2000, you are obliged to give advice and assistance in how to refine my request so that it does not exceed the cost threshold. Can you please advise on parameters that will fall under the costs specified. Please also advise on whether I need to submit a new FOI request including your advised parameters.

Many thanks,

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c...

Yours faithfully,

S Banks

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