Dear Lesley,
I have received a copy of the
monthly review documents I requested from Trevor Law, who I have found to be
very helpful in dealing with such requests.
Looking at
the review documents that I have been sent, Pertemps appear to have recorded 55
Jobs when the actual figure is 0. Does this mean that Pertemps have claimed for
55 x £591.90 Job Outcome payments, or any amount of money at all for that
matter, when their actual entitlement is zero?
According
to the HMSO document 2004-2005 Fraud Report, An Analysis of Reported Fraud in
Government Departments, it is fraud for a contractor to a government department
to receive payment for services that it has not provided. Am I correct in
assuming that if Pertemps did this they have committed fraud?
Referring
back to the first letter I sent to you, I haven’t received an answer from you
to the following question.
According
to Schedule 4 Managing Performance
1.1 of the contract between Pertemps and Jobcentre Plus, The Provider shall
work with Jobcentre Plus to establish and maintain an effective and beneficial
working relationship and to ensure the Contract
is delivered to at least the minimum
required standard as specified in Schedule 2 (The Programme)
Can you
confirm that the contract between Pertemps and Jobcentre Plus is being
delivered to at least Schedule 2
specification?
I would
once again like to ask you for an answer to the above question.
Yours
sincerely,