Dear Sir/Madam or what?

st999

I am getting letters from DWP about pensions and pension credits and need to write an explanatary letter.

there is no notice of who sent the letter.

Should I address the person as

Dear Sir/Madam

Dear Sir

Dear Madam

Dear pension credit person

or what?

Stan

The_Plush_Doormat

Address the letter "Dear Sirs", as you are writing to the company, not an individual. Sign it off "Yours faithfully". Don't forget to include your national insurance number so that they can reference it. If they have put a reference number on their letter, include that too.

I love the "Dear pension credit person":rotfl:

toxic1990

'To whom it may concerns'

freezspirit

Yep I would put To whom it may concern;

shelovestobuystuff

Dear Sirs,
or
Dear Sir or Madam
end yours sincerely

sir=sincerely
friend=faithfully

tigtag02

shelovestobuystuff wrote: »

Dear Sirs,
or
Dear Sir or Madam
end yours sincerely

sir=sincerely
friend=faithfully

You end faithfully to sir/madam and sincerely if you address them.

Prinzessilein

I used to teach Literacy, including letter writing.

You should start you letter 'Dear Sir' or 'Dear Sirs'
End the letter ' Yours faithfully'

Never write 'To whom it may concern'
Rarely, if ever, 'Dear Sir or Madam'

(If you know the name you start Dear Mr......' and end 'Yours sincerely')

(I recall a learner who wrote a job application letter and ended 'lots of love' and added kisses after her name!...Part of me wanted to let her send it, just to give the Personnel Officer a smile!)

Macro_3

No-one will mind so long as you're polite. My vote is for pension credit person.