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Written question asked by Ian Mearns (Labour) on Monday, 2 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 September 2019 (named day). It was answered by Will Quince (Conservative) on Thursday, 5 September 2019 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Working Links

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions officials of her Department have had with their counterparts in the Ministry of Justice on the correspondence entitled Working Links: Ministerial direction confirmation letter from the Secretary of State for Justice, published on 8 May 2019; and if she will introduce similar financial protections for permitted subcontractors as set out in that correspondence to her Department’s Working Links subcontractors.

Answer

DWP Commercial have had discussions with MOJ colleagues to clarify the MOJ Ministerial direction correspondence published on 8 May 2019.

The MOJ are making payments to a small number of Permitted Sub Contractors on the basis of a) the unique nature of their services (statutory services) and b) the structure of their current market in the context of the transformation announced on 16 May 2019.

The Department considered the impact on stakeholders and sub-contractors, based on the Administrator’s statement of affairs at the point of Working Links going into administration, and has worked with both the Administrator and Fedcap, who have taken over a number of Working Links contracts, to minimise the impact on those supply chain partners owed monies by Working Links at the point of administration.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
284751
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Departmental coordination Working Links
Link
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