Health Assessment Advisory Service

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Dear DWP,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The DWP states in its notes sheet “About your face-to-face assessment” (ref WCA AL1C 02/15) on page 2:

“A fully qualified Healthcare Professional who works for the Health Assessment Advisory Service will carry out your face-to-face assessment.”

For a person to work for an entity it needs to have a legal entity/personality in the UK (e.g. be a limited company). I can find no record of a legal entity called “Health Assessment Advisory Service” registered with Companies House.

RFI1: Please tell me the nature of the legal relationship between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and “Health Assessment Advisory Service” (e.g. is it via a contract?).

RFI2: If a contract or legal agreement does exist please provide me with a copy (or direct me to it if it is held online). I remind the DWP of its duty to confirm or deny. Also do not refer me to the contract with CHDA as that is not the entity I am asking about.

RFI3: If “Health Assessment Advisory Service” is a trading name then which legal entity is trading as “Health Assessment Advisory Service” and why is that not made clear in the ‘notes sheet’?

I’m sure that the DWP won’t care about this but if “Health Assessment Advisory Service” is a trading name of CHDA limited then the stationary being used to call ESA claimants to attend WCA is in breach of the Companies (Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2008.

Yours sincerely
John Slater

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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 'Health Assessment Advisory Service'.

The Department has failed to reply within 20 working days. Therefore it is in breach of s.10 FOIA.

Sadly such failures are becoming the norm for the Department .

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

Yours faithfully,

John Slater

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DWP CAXTON HOUSE Commercial Directorate Correspondence, Department for Work and Pensions

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Dear Mr Slater,
 
Please see attached response
 
DWP Caxton House Commercial Directorate Correspondence Team
 
 
 

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DWP CAXTON HOUSE Commercial Directorate Correspondence, Department for Work and Pensions

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Dear Mr Slater
 
Please see attached response to Internal Review, please accept our
apologies for the late response
 
 
DWP Caxton House Commercial Directorate Correspondence Team
 
 
 

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