Statutory guidance

Annex H: Access to Work MHSS Standard Wording

Updated 21 November 2024

Standard wording for your final response to the customer’s complaint

Independent Case Examiner

If you are not happy with this response, you can ask the Independent Case Examiner (ICE) to consider your complaint. You should contact them within six months from the date of this letter. The ICE service is provided by the Department for Work and Pensions (which includes Jobcentre Plus) and offers a free, impartial resolution service but does not consider matters of law or government policy. ICE can be contacted at:

The Independent Case Examiner

PO Box 209
BOOTLE
L20 7WA

Phone: 0800 414 8529

Website: The Independent Case Examiner

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

You can also, at any time contact an MP who may be able to send your complaint to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. The Ombudsman normally (but not always) expects you to have exhausted both the Provider complaints process and the ICE services before accepting a complaint for investigation.

The Ombudsman investigates complaints that government organisations have not acted properly or fairly or have provided a poor service. To find out more, please contact:

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Millbank Tower
Millbank London
SW1P 4QP

Phone: 0345 015 4033

Website: The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman