Are you being shafted by your Provider?
Your New Deal provider is a private
entity that has an agreement with a public branch known as either the
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) or Jobcentreplus. They have
changed their name in the past and no doubt will do so in the future.
Provision in Kidderminster is by Pertemps People Development Group Ltd.
(PPDG). I have now received a copy of the contract that PPDG operate
under and have begun to perform an objective quality control assessment
on the New Deal program that I have undertaken. Let's cut to the chase.
Why am I doing this? To protect people
from exploitation by providers and apathy from the DWP. Public
expenditure must in principle be accounted for and used efficiently.
Jobcentreplus regularly monitor individual contracts of Jobseeker's and
New Deal participants, taking swift action against them (they stop
their payments) if they default. If they can do that to any individual,
they can do it to Pertemps with their £2.26 million contract.
Equal Opportunities?
There is no way out for them in this regard, as it states in the contract that they have to
ensure its compliance. Perhaps the average working person isn't
interested, but it is relevant to them because it is their money that
is used to pay Pertemps.