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Writing To The DWP

deathvalleydemon
deathvalleydemon Posts: 134 Forumite
in Benefits & tax credits
I wish to write to the organ grinder duncan-smith, not his decision making monkeys...

how do I get the address for this particular endeavour?
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  • p00hsticks
    p00hsticks Posts: 14,963 Forumite
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    Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith,
    House of Commons,
    London
    SW1A 0AA

    Not a particularly difficult address to locate......
  • deathvalleydemon
    deathvalleydemon Posts: 134 Forumite
    p00hsticks wrote: »
    Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith,
    House of Commons,
    London
    SW1A 0AA

    Not a particularly difficult address to locate......




    thankyou for assisting me in this particular endeavour.
  • stazi
    stazi Posts: 1,295 Forumite
    And IDS's office will then pass your letter onto "his decision making monkeys" who will reply to you.
  • Morglin
    Morglin Posts: 15,925 Forumite
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    edited 14 May 2011 at 5:58AM
    IDS won't actually reply to this, as it will just be passed on to whatever DWP office you are dealing with.

    If you wish to write to an MP and complain about something, you'd be better writing to your own constituency MP, who generally do try to help.

    http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/

    It's also worth taking into account that any 'decision making monkeys' at the DWP will only be applying the rules as set by the government of the day and the minister, which would be IDS anyway lol


    Lin :)
    You can tell a lot about a woman by her hands..........for instance, if they are placed around your throat, she's probably slightly upset. ;)
  • cit_k
    cit_k Posts: 24,812 Forumite
    Chances are if you raise some incredibly good points, that they cant dispute, they wont even bother replying at all.
    [greenhighlight]but it matters when the most senior politician in the land is happy to use language and examples that are simply not true.
    [/greenhighlight][redtitle]
    The impact of this is to stigmatise people on benefits,
    and we should be deeply worried about that    [/redtitle](house of lords debate, talking about Cameron)
  • fluffymovie
    fluffymovie Posts: 1,417 Forumite
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    stazi wrote: »
    And IDS's office will then pass your letter onto "his decision making monkeys" who will reply to you.

    I deal with letters from MP's on a fairly regular basis. The MP asks for our comments, we reply and the MP's secretary copies what we say into a letter on headed paper.

    Depending on what your area of concern is, you may be better seeking a meeting with a member of management, your local councillor or the Ombudsman.
    I currently manage a Housing Benefit service and have been working in Housing / council tax benefit (as was) since 2001.

    All views expressed in my posts are my own opinions and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer.
  • deathvalleydemon
    deathvalleydemon Posts: 134 Forumite
    fluffymovie wrote: »
    I deal with letters from MP's on a fairly regular basis. The MP asks for our comments, we reply and the MP's secretary copies what we say into a letter on headed paper.

    Depending on what your area of concern is, you may be better seeking a meeting with a member of management, your local councillor or the Ombudsman.


    why am I unable to write to the organ grinder himself?
  • Uncertain
    Uncertain Posts: 3,901 Forumite
    deathvalleydemon wrote: »
    why am I unable to write to the organ grinder himself?

    You can.

    Other posters are simply pointing out (correctly) that you are most unlikely to get any meaningful reply.
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    deathvalleydemon wrote: »
    why am I unable to write to the organ grinder himself?

    Because the 'decision making monkeys' have far more knowledge of the day to day operation of the benefits system than he does.
    Gone ... or have I?
  • deathvalleydemon
    deathvalleydemon Posts: 134 Forumite
    dmg24 wrote: »
    Because the 'decision making monkeys' have far more knowledge of the day to day operation of the benefits system than he does.

    but surely the organ grinder is the one who makes the decisions, the monkeys just enforce them?
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