The Department for Work and Pensions is investigating with consultants PwC
whether poor financial controls on payments to IT suppliers have “materialised
into cash that should not have been spent”.
If there is evidence the DWP’s permanent secretary Robert Devereux says the DWP will raise the matter with suppliers.
It’s rare for details of central government’s relationship with specific suppliers to come into the public domain but this has happened to some extent on the Universal Credit IT project, thanks mainly to the National Audit Office.
If there is evidence the DWP’s permanent secretary Robert Devereux says the DWP will raise the matter with suppliers.
It’s rare for details of central government’s relationship with specific suppliers to come into the public domain but this has happened to some extent on the Universal Credit IT project, thanks mainly to the National Audit Office.
