DWP Central Freedom of Information Team Caxton House 6-12 Tothill Street London SW1H 9NA Nigel Lawrence freedom-of-information- [email protected] [email protected] DWP Website Our Ref: FOI2020/69472 7 December 2020 Dear Nigel Lawrence, Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FoI) request received on 12 November. You asked for: “Please provide a list of all private sector organisations to which DWP has awarded a contract to purchases services in connection with the provision of any interventions designed to help claimants to enter the labour market. My request includes, but is not limited to, employability courses and individual employment advice including tailored assistance with completing employment applications.” DWP Response I can confirm that the Department holds the information you are seeking for contracts awarded since 2009. Since 2009 DWP Employment Category has awarded contracts for interventions designed to help claimants enter the labour market to the following providers. 15billion 3SC A4e Ltd Aberdeen Foyer Access to Industry Acorn Training Advance Housing & Support Ltd ADVANCED PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT GROUP (UK) LIMITED Adviza Partnership Amacus Ltd Apex Scotland APM UK Ltd Atos IT Services UK Limited Autism Alliance UK Babington Business College Barnardo's 1 Best Practice Training & Development Ltd Burnley Telematics and Teleworking Limited Business Sense Associates C & K Careers Ltd Campbell Page Capital Engineering Group Holdings Capital Training Group Careers Development Group CDG-WISE Ability City of Glasgow College Coalfields Regeneration Trust Crosby Training CSW GROUP LIMITED Cumbria Chamber of Commerce Dearne Valley College Doncaster Deaf Trust Eat That Frog C.I.C Employment Enterprise Enable Energise Innovation Limited Enham Eos Works Ltd ESG Holdings Everton in the Community Evolve Your Future Ltd Fedcap Employment Limited Finchale Training College Futureshapers (Sheffield) Limited G4S Care and Justice Services G4S Regional Management (Uk & I) Ltd Gateshead Council GFirst Ltd Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families Gloucestershire Enterprise Ltd GOALS UK Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale Headland Future Healthy Working Futures HIT Training Ltd Hull College Group Indigo Project Solutions Ingeus UK Ltd Inspira Inspire 2 Independence Interserve Working Futures Ixion Holdings (Contracts) Ltd J and K Training Ltd Jennifer Griffiths Recruitment & Training Limited JobFit Kennedy Scott Ltd Kingston University Higher Education Corporation Lancaster and Morecambe College 2 learndirect Ltd Learning Partnerships Links to Success Livability Lowland Training Services Ltd Mantra Learning MAXIMUS People Services Limited Momentum Monmouthshire County Council Monmouthshire Youth Service National Learning and Work Institute Newcastle College Group North Wales Training Ltd Northbrook College Nottingham City Council Paragon Concord Ltd Pembrokeshire College Pembrokeshire County Council (Futureworks) PeoplePlus Group Ltd Pertemps Coachright Limited Pertemps Medical Limited Peterborough Regional College Pinnacle People Limited Pluss Portland College Prevista Ltd Private Equity Foundation Prospects Services Queen Alexandra College Queen Elizabeth's Foundation For Disabled People Realise Futures CIC Reed in Partnership Rehab Group Remploy Limited RNIB Rocket Science UK Ltd Royal British Legion Industries Royal Mencap Society Sarina Russo Job Access School of Hard Knocks Seetec Sencia Ltd Serco Group Serco Limited Shaw Trust Skills Training UK Social Finance South West Regional Assessment Centre St. Loye's Foundation Standguide Ltd Start Smiling Again Steps to Employment Limited 3 Stoke on Trent College Stone Maiden Ltd Stonemaiden Ltd T/A BEST Training Street League T&T Innovation Limited TBG Learning Ltd The Citizens Trust 'The Conservation Volunteers The Consultancy Home Counties (TCHC) Ltd The Growth Company Ltd The Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind The People Business-Wales Ltd The Royal National College for the Blind The Wise Group Third Sector Consortia Management LLP (3SC) TORFAEN COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL Trac Training Triage Central Limited Triodos Bank Twin Training International Ltd UKSA Unlocking Potential Ltd Vedas Recruitment & Training Walsall College Wansbeck CAB WEA Scotland West Devon BIP Whitehead-Ross Education and Consulting Ltd Workers' Educational Association Working Links (Employment) Ltd Workpays Details on the contracts awarded can be found on Contracts Finder which allows you to search for information about contracts worth over £10,000 with the Government and its agencies. If you have any queries about this letter, please contact us quoting the reference number above. Yours sincerely, DWP Central Freedom of Information Team Department for Work and Pensions ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your right to complain under the Freedom of Information Act If you are not happy with this response you may request an internal review by e-mailing [email protected] or by writing to: DWP Central FoI Team, Caxton House, 6-12 Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NA. Any review request should be submitted within two months of the date of this letter. 4 If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office for a decision. Generally, the Commissioner cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted our own complaints procedure. 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