The latest statistics show that 67% of DWP employees would like to still work at DWP in 12 months time – 33% said they didn’t wish to. 48,914 would still like to work for the Department for Work and Pensions in a years time while 24,092 stated that they would not like to.
["1 in 3 DWP employees don't want to stay another year"] | No Comments: Be the first!Figures have been released after a Freedom of Information Act request revealing the extent of the Department for Work and Pensions own employment policies. They, however, refused to reveal how many dismissed members of staff signed on as a consequence. To summarise: 1 in 5 dismissed DWP employees sacked for Gross Misconduct 122 members of [...]
["1 in 5 DWP staff sacked for Gross Misconduct; DWP shreds 2.63% of total workforce"] | 5 Comments!New Deal Scandal can reveal that there were 1,869 allegations of fraud made against New Deal providers within the first 5 years – 15% of these allegations (or roughly 1 in 6) resulted in full fraud investigations being carried out.
["1,869 fraud tip offs in the first half of New Deal"] | No Comments: Be the first!The DWP Survey 2009, states that 26% of employees taking the survey (71% of the total workforce) answered “not sure” to the following question: “Do you possess a Level 2 qualification (NVQ, BTEC, 5 GCSEs Grade A-C, or equivalent) or above?“. That is 18,982 employees not sure about their own qualifications.
["26% of DWP employees do not know if they have qualifications"] | 7 Comments!351 Jobcentre Plus advertised jobs were in the Adult Entertainment Industry Between August 2007 and July 2008 Jobcentre Plus advertised 2.26 million job vacancies, 351 vacancies existed in this period as in the Adult Entertainment industry for jobs such as adult model, adult entertainment presenter, stripper, adult phone chat services and cam girl this equates [...]
["351 Jobcentre Plus advertised jobs were in the Adult Entertainment Industry"] | 3 Comments!Section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 enables the Secretary of State to approve arrangements “for the purpose of assisting persons to select, train for, obtain and retain employment suitable for their ages and capacities”. The New Deal Employment Subsidy (New Deal only vacancies) is administered under this Act.
["7260 New Deal vacancies advertised in the last year"] | 14 Comments!New Deal Scandal can reveal that there were 91,054 formal complaints made to the Jobcentre Plus District Managers over the last 2 years. This is around 3,794 complaints a month on average.
["90,000 formal complaints to Jobcentre Plus"] | 24 Comments!Just looked at the statistics on display at the Jobcentre the other day. In the last few months (last quarter) they received 247 complaints to only 5 praises. A complaint is one to the District Manager in writing not a verbal complaint, written complaint/letter to your personal adviser or unofficial complaint made online in form [...]
["98% of Jobcentre Plus formal feedback are complaints"] | 11 Comments!For a 3 part documentary called “Benefit Busters” two episodes will feature A4e. One episode that was shown on the 20th August 2009 was at A4e Doncaster focusing on lone parents whilst the other episode coming up next week will be at A4e Hull focusing on the unemployed. At A4e Doncaster, Hayley Taylor co-ordinates a [...]
["A4e Benefit Busters"] | 9 Comments!So it has been a hot topic in the recent week…. Benefit Busters at A4e Doncaster. I have already expressed disappointment regarding the low outcome by A4e the largest welfare provider in the UK that also has business interests overseas. Since the Benefit Busters show, I have been reviewing feedback across the internet. The comments [...]
["A4e Benefit Busters Single Mums Review"] | 15 Comments!As we all might be aware that the Channel 4 Benefit Busters show was designed for publicity for A4e rather than a fair insight in to the benefit system. Thursday’s (20th August) show which featured the training provider Action for Employment (otherwise known as A4e) and their star tutor/trainer/sales person/staff member Hayley Taylor (which I [...]
["A4e Benefit Busters: why A4e isn't the answer for welfare"] | 13 Comments!New Deal Scandal network can announce that Action 4 Employment has two main companies which they swapped names of. We do not suggest that this act was an act of fraudulent company trading however we felt the suspicions of which is significant to match the allegations of widespread fraud in the organisation.
["A4e fraud and the company switch"] | 1 Comment so farNew Deal Scandal can reveal that Episode 2 of Benefit Busters is now back online on the Channel 4 website.
["A4e Hull Benefit Busters Episode 2: now on 4oD"] | 3 Comments!We can reveal that on the 20th April 2009, Mr Neil Watson the Finance Director for Action 4 Employment resigned from a4e Ltd as a director.
["a4e New Deal: Finance Director resigned"] | 5 Comments!Taken from Watching A4e’s Two Memoranda article: A4e says that it has introduced a procedure whereby 50% of all claims are routinely checked by an independent team which phones the employer to verify that the client is working there, and can check with the Jobcentre that the client is off benefit. Whats the point of getting [...]
["A4e only checks half of claims before claiming job outcomes"] | 10 Comments!The Department for Work and Pensions has been investigating Action 4 Employment and at least 2 other undisclosed training providers for fraud over the last 13 months – this comes after Maatwerk had their contract terminated for fraud. This means that even though they weren’t restricted or blacklisted from bidding for Flexible New Deal contracts: [...]
["A4e to lose Flexible New Deal contract for fraud: other training providers also under investigation"] | 20 Comments!This is criticism against A4e and how they manage their business. This is relevant because they are the largest New Deal provider receiving money from, (guess who?) you, the taxpayer! I couldn’t resist but to disclose how strange A4e operates being such a large company and all. I don’t know of anything like it. Please [...]
["A4e, Secrets and Censorship"] | 15 Comments!In the last financial year, 2008-09, Action for Employment (a4e), the largest welfare to work provider who has 47 active welfare to work provisions only resulted in 20% of their clients securing employment. This is quite short of the 45% target.
["a4e: 47 welfare contracts but only 1 in 5 secure employment"] | 2 Comments!As from today the New Deal Scandal network will be also promoting the abolishment of the Jobseekers Agreement (JSAg), an proposed act of Welfare Reform
["Abolish the Jobseekers Agreement"] | 21 Comments!So, it has been 6 weeks since my First tier Social Security and Child Support Appeal Tribunal regarding Sanctioned Jobseekers Allowance. No sign of any payment and also no contact from DWP or Jobcentre Plus about it. Is this common for everyone who goes to an Appeal Tribunal?
["Appeal Tribunal: 6 weeks, no money"] | 3 Comments!The Government launched a several event initiative to get Young People back into employment – although the career fair (not a job fair) was advertised on the radio as an event for those who have never worked before. Flexible New Deal Scandal has collate some feedback from the Ipswich event.
["Backing Young Britain — Careers Fair feedback"] | 3 Comments!After some extensive research into UK Unemployment Benefit (Jobseekers Allowance) and New Deal related legislation, New Deal Scandal can inform you, confirmed by DWP, that the £4 weekly travel deductions are unlawful. This means New Deal participants past and present are entitled to be reimbursed.
["Been on New Deal? You are likely to be owed over £50"] | 43 Comments!Interesting links on A4e Doncaster featured Benefit Busters Series 1, Episode 1 that was shown on Channel 4 last Thursday night.
["Benefit Busters Episode 1"] | 2 Comments!New Deal Scandal can reveal that Channel 4 has finally pulled the preview clips for Episode 2. It has caused great controversy when Channel 4 decided to pull the Episode 2 Benefit Busters show from 4od and Virgin Media On Demand service while scrapping the repeat showing too. There was confusion where most people were [...]
["Benefit Busters Episode 2: Channel 4 pulls Episode 2 preview clips"] | 2 Comments!Benefit Busters is on again tomorrow at 9pm. The first episode of Series 1 of Benefit Busters spreaded a lot of anger of Princess Emma of Sheffield in her mansion and A4e: the largest New Deal Provider. New Deal Scandal will review the preview clips of Episode 2 of Benefit Busters – this show could [...]
["Benefit Busters: Episode 2 Preview"] | 33 Comments!It is official – the Government has succeeded with its campaign against bullying genuine claimants from claiming benefits they are legally entitled to. In a survey of the 100 most annoying things for 2008, benefit scroungers bet the Credit Crunch and Gordon Brown to the top spot.
["Benefit scroungers are Britains most annoying pet hate"] | 12 Comments!It has been revealed that in some areas of the UK, immigrants make up to almost 7 in 10 jobs. If you cannot secure a job, perhaps that is why!
["Cant get a job? Immigrants rule UK Jobs"] | 9 Comments!If you receive “D W P ADVICE CONFIRMS” on your bank statement instead of the usual “AB123456C DWP JSA” read on.
["D W P ADVICE CONFIRMS??"] | 2 Comments!The Government department was involved in a racial experiment with recruitment processes says the Institute of Economic Affairs, which involved sending two identical applications for 1,000 jobs – the difference being one was a typical “white British” name and the other was from a pool of names from different “ethnic minority” groups to compare the [...]
["Department for Work and Pensions: thousand bogus applications"] | No Comments: Be the first!It seems that Channel 4′s Benefit Busters Episode 2 was pulled from Virgin Media On Demand service and the online 4od service. Why? Rumour has it that perhaps A4e ordered the On Demand/Catch Up availability to be removed due to concerned pressures over the services provided which could lose them their Flexible New Deal contracts [...]
["Did A4e get Benefit Busters Episode 2 pulled from On Demand?"] | 14 Comments!We had recently reported that possibly A4e had pulled Benefit Busters Epidsode 2 from the TV repeat and On Demand services. Last night there was concerns that maybe the Government was involved in pulling the show off the air and off the internet.
["Did the Government get A4e Benefit Busters Episode 2 pulled from On Demand?"] | 14 Comments!I was never a fan of the old Jobcentre Plus job search website although I used it regularly to seek employment. Many issues with it included: Although the job reference code is passed within the page URL; when the site timeout within a few minutes it forgets what job advert/search you were doing and begins [...]
["Direct.gov.uk: why the new job search website needs to be replaced"] | 12 Comments!I personally think they do as I have experienced it… they sent me all information APART from information regarding sanctions etc. relevant to an appeal. It seems I am not the only one who thinks this… Dear Department for Work and Pensions, After serving the department with a subject access request they have failed to [...]
["Do DWP withhold Data Protection Act requests for appeals?"] | No Comments: Be the first!If the answer is yes, then you should think again! Details published from DWP themselves from the DWP Survey 2009 – a survey of 73,006 people (71%) – a response of under 3 in 4 members of staff, show some worrying statistics. Is your data safe?
["Do you trust the Department for Work and Pensions with your data?"] | 3 Comments!Gordon Brown’s recent speech on Building Britain’s Digital Future has stirred up some confusion amongst jobseekers and news reporters. Tim Lott of The Guardian was probably the biggest news article on the speech and the future of unemployment with the headline “The dole queue is doomed” and tag-line “Gordon Brown has announced that soon jobseekers [...]
["Dole queue is here to stay: MyGov will not replace signing on"] | 19 Comments!OK, we know the Government department is called the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) but what more likely could DWP stand for?
["DWP = Dismissed With Prejudice???"] | 8 Comments!It is rather common to hear how the Department for Work and Pensions have messed up yet another benefit claim, however, today I report about a blog article I found where a woman battled with cancer and rather recently sadly passed away. The Pension Service part of the Pension, Disability and Carers Service (an executive [...]
["DWP beaurocratic incompetence results to more heartache"] | 25 Comments!As wordpress kept messing up, the third time… I given up on the introduction paragraph. This is a New Deal Scandal exclusive!
["DWP Code Cracked"] | No Comments: Be the first!At the start of this century, a law called Freedom of Information Act was created. We do a lot of reporting of information obtained with this law and recently I have realised that information stopped becoming available from before the 2006-07 tax year – this is apparently due to them having a new computer system. [...]
["DWP destroys Freedom of Information data"] | No Comments: Be the first!A Freedom of Information request reveals that DWP’s Risk Assurance Division (RAD) received 60 referrals of allegations of fraud or abuse of New Deal programmes by New Deal providers for the period since April 2006 until end of December 2009.
["DWP Risk Assurance Division receives 60 New Deal Fraud allegations"] | 1 Comment so farNew Deal Scandal can confirm that in the last year (2008-09) the Department for Work and Pensions spent £184,857,504 on Royal Mail postage services.
["DWP spends £185 million on postage services"] | No Comments: Be the first!Flexible New Deal Ombudsman There is meant to be a Flexible New Deal Ombudsman (was recommended) – which doesn’t currently exist. We are launching a new blog today that exposes such concerns to Flexible New Deal participants who might not be aware of such recommendations for an independent body to overlook and regulate Flexible New [...]
["Flexible New Deal Ombudsman: Where? New Blog launched"] | 15 Comments!Is it Flexible New Deal or flexible New Deal? (notice the lowercase f in flexible) I have noticed different providers and news sources have displayed Flexible New Deal differently, have I said it wrong saying Flexible New Deal instead of flexible New Deal? I am aware that its basically is New Deal 2.0 but I [...]
["Flexible New Deal or flexible New Deal?"] | 3 Comments!Ministers have managed to implement an projected £530 million saving to Flexible New Deal Phase 2 after reducing the estimated referrals of long-term unemployed persons by around half. This means that contracts will fall in value. The largest Phase 2 contract is for East London which was worth £130 million over 5 years and is [...]
["Flexible New Deal Phase 2 set for meltdown?"] | 1 Comment so farFlexible New Deal providers fail to deliver contract and pocket taxpayers’ cash Flexible New Deal providers nationwide (well, in the Phase 1 areas!) are widely reported not to have been actively processing referrals from Jobcentre Plus. Their contract is still active up until the Work Programme begins so referrals should continue. Are providers harming the [...]
["Flexible New Deal Providers refuse to deliver contract"] | 4 Comments!
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