Inappropriate sending of WCA letters
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
FoI request: From this years records please kindly provide details on what the department has done to prevent new letters being sent out to claimants saying they are due for another work capability assessment within two months of a court ruling find the claimant unfit for work.
Benefits: All out of work benefits
Period: 2020 - as indicated above
Yours faithfully,
Amanda Hart
for Stop UK lies and Corruption.
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Dear Amanda Hart,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 13th
December.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
Thanks for your response to FOI2020 79591. We appreciate the information you were able to give outside your obligations to the Act.
We'd like to narrow our request to now read as follows:
FoI request: Please kindly provide a copy of your current legal obligations to prevent new letters being sent out to claimants saying they are due for another work capability assessment within two months of a court ruling find the claimant unfit for work.
Benefits: Employment and Support Allowance
Yours faithfully,
Amanda Hart
for Stop UK lies and Corruption.
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