The grounds on which a Universal Credit claimed can change their assigned ‘work coach’
Dear Department for Communities (Northern Ireland),
I am requesting any information you may have on dealing with an individual Universal Credit claimant who requests their work coach be changed, and any information on the grounds upon which such a change would be accepted.
Yours faithfully,
Nicholas Fuentes
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Good afternoon
Please see attached acknowledgement in respect of your Freedom of
Information Request received on 8 May 2021
Thank you
Sheila Fitzpatrick| Operational Control Centre – Universal Credit |
Department for Communities
|CastleCourt | Royal Avenue | Belfast | BT1 1DD
Contact: * [1][email address] Tel: 02890 406869
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Mr Fuentes
Please see attached response in relation to your Freedom of Information
Request – Changing Universal Credit Work Coach
Thank you
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Sheila Fitzpatrick| Operational Control Centre – Universal Credit |
Department for Communities
|CastleCourt | Royal Avenue | Belfast | BT1 1DD
Contact: * [2][email address]
Supporting people, Building communities, Shaping places
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