Only half of all benefit claimants ordered to go on work placements or training actually turn up, according to new figures released by the Department of Work and Pensions.
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
I would like you to forward me any documents showing that starts in work placements (described as four-week work schemes or training in the Daily Telegraph article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics...) are lower than referrals because of people did not turn up for work. The Daily Telegraph has to based its assertion on some facts or figures and I would like to see them.
Yours faithfully,
Anita Bellows
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Dear DWP Strategy Freedom of Information,
Thank you for your response. I realise that I did not formulate my question in a way to elicit a meaningful response.
What I would like to know:
In any of the mandatory work programme schemes, the number of starts is always lower than the number of referrals. I would like to know what reasons, apart from 'not turning for work' explain the discrepancies in numbers. Has DWP commissioned any reports or compiled statistics on this? If so, could you tell me where I can find them. For example, what is the number or percentage of inappropriate referrals ? Any information on this will be welcome.
Yours sincerely,
Anita Bellows
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Dear DWP Strategy Freedom of Information,
Thanks for forwarding all these documents.
Yours sincerely,
Anita Bellows
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Steven King left an annotation ()
It would appear from the communication from DWP they are not aware of the year they are supposed to respond by ??, or the fact the Telegraph - whilst being an excellent newspaper is not a public authority in relation to FOIA requests - whereas DWP are ?