JSA work placements
Dear Homes for Haringey,
Can you please let me know all details of involvement you have had with any of the government work experience schemes for people claiming Job Seekers Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance (eg. Work Experience Scheme, Mandatory Work Activity, work placements from the Work Programme, Sector Based Work Academies). This should include:
- What schemes you have been involved in and over what dates?
- What work people have been carrying out?
- How many placements have you had under each scheme?
- Whether your involvement has been direct or through allowing a charity or other body (eg. Groundworks) to administer the placements on your estates?
Yours faithfully,
Luke Sheldon
Dear Mr Sheldon
Freedom of Information / Environmental Information Regulations Request:
Reference LBH/1726313
I acknowledge your request for information received on 10 April 2013.
This information request will be dealt with in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations and we
will send the response by 09 May 2013.
If you have any questions, please contact us on 020 8489 2550 or
[email address].
Yours sincerely
Varsha Shah
Feedback Response Officer
Feedback & Information Governance | 020 8489 2550
Dear Shah Varsha,
Legally, you should have responded to my FOI in 20 days. This has not happened. Please answer my FOI asap.
Yours sincerely,
Luke Sheldon
Dear Mr Sheldon,
Re: Freedom of Information Act Request ref: LBH/1726313
I refer to your request for information, which was received on 10 April
2013.
Feedback Team (Homes for Haringey), is now being asked to deal with your
request but needs more time to consider your request before fully
responding to you.
We apologise that there will be a delay in responding to your request. We
now expect to respond to you by Friday 17^th May.
Yours sincerely,
Wayne Russell
Feedback Team
From: Shah Varsha
Sent: 15 April 2013 15:43
To: '[FOI #156855 email]'
Subject: Sheldon: FOI request LBH/1726313
Dear Mr Sheldon
Freedom of Information / Environmental Information Regulations Request:
Reference LBH/1726313
I acknowledge your request for information received on 10 April 2013.
This information request will be dealt with in accordance with the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations and we
will send the response by 09 May 2013.
If you have any questions, please contact us on 020 8489 2550 or
[1][email address].
Yours sincerely
Varsha Shah
Feedback Response Officer
Feedback & Information Governance | 020 8489 2550
Dear Mr Sheldon,
Please accept my apology for the delay in replying to your freedom of
Information Act request. received on 10 April in which you asked for the
following information:
Can you please let me know all details of involvement you have had with
any of the government work experience schemes for people claiming Job
Seekers Allowance or Employment and Support Allowance (e.g. Work
Experience Scheme, mandatory Work Activity, work placements from the Work
Programme, Sector Based Work Academies).
Question- Response
What schemes you have been involved The only government scheme we have
in and over what dates? been involved in has been is the
Future Job Fund and the Work
Programme run through Careers
Development Group who then work with
Groundwork. This was run over the
past 2 years.
They have been carrying out work that
involves gardening and maintenance
What work people have been carrying which improves the estates.
out?
The Green team's work is above and
beyond the work carried out by our
service contract with London Borough
Haringey and no work is being
undertaken that would have been done
by paid staff
· 5 placements through Future
job Fund
How many placements have you had
under each scheme? · 27 placements through the
green team (Groundwork)
Whether your involvement has been Our placements have been through the
direct or through allowing a charity administering through another body
or other body (e.g. Groundworks) to (Groundwork)
administer the placements on your
estates?
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B. Okenla
Bola Okenla
HR Business Partnering Manager
Homes for Haringey & Ascham Homess
Human Resources
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