Manchester, Cheshire, Warrington: Avanta Enterprise Ltd

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

In a recent FOI response (ref. VTR 5636) you revealed that information relating to the number of WP08 doubts raised by a contract provider in a particular area that resulted in sanctions being imposed on claimants (Failing to participate in the Work Programme) was recorded in a way that did not identify the number of WP08 doubts raised by a specific office that resulted in sanctions being imposed on claimants (Failing to participate in the Work Programme).

1. Please provide details of the total number of offices that Work Programme participants attend for which “Manchester, Cheshire, Warrington: Avanta Enterprise Ltd” is responsible.

2. Please provide the number of Work Programme participants for which “Manchester, Cheshire, Warrington: Avanta Enterprise Ltd” is responsible receive:

i.Jobseeker's Allowance, and;
ii. Employment and Support Allowance.

3. Please provide a full list of addresses of contract providers in each of the 18 Contract Package Areas that hold information on the number of sanctions imposed on claimants resulting from doubts raised using WP08 forms.

Yours faithfully,

J Roberts

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Dear Operations FOI Requests,

Thank you for your response. I have, however, a query concerning your answer to my third question.

The question concerned not the number of sanctions imposed on claimants by providers, but the details held by contract providers in each of the 18 Contract Package Areas regarding the number of sanctions imposed. If contract providers are notified by the DWP that the doubts they raised resulted in sanctions being imposed, then the DWP would have a record of the addresses to which details of the number of sanctions imposed are sent. If so, and the information is passed solely to the head offices of the Work Programme providers concerned, then there would be only 18 addresses. However, if the information is passed to Work Programme provider offices at a lower level in the chain (e.g. "Manchester, Cheshire, Warrington: Avanta Enterprise Ltd”) then the number of addresses would be significantly greater.

Can you confirm that the DWP does not pass details of the sanctions it imposes on Work Programme participants to Work Programme providers at a lower level in the chain (e.g. "Manchester, Cheshire, Warrington: Avanta Enterprose Ltd")?

Yours sincerely,

J Roberts

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