There was one outstanding issue I wanted to clear up regards "Rab's" letter. Was that letter a one off or was it part of a erroneous series of letters from the DWP until it was brought to their attention by Salmond in the Scottish Parliament.
If you listened to the Yes campaign they certainly claimed that it was one of many.
Salmond certainly did claiming "constituents" (plural) had been written to.
As did the Yes campaign here is Margaret Ferrier MP in a video referring to letters (plural).
As I looked into this more and more the thing that sparked my greatest interest was the idea that there were, apparently, many letters but only one circulating on the internet. It was that more than anything else that made me think something was wrong and I needed to look deeper into the issue, hence the FOI.
The last part of my request was to establish if this letter was a one off or part of a series. We have the answer. The letter was a one off and as soon as the DWP became aware of the issue staff were informed as to how to reply to such questions in line with actual policy.
That closes this FOI. There are still people on the internet such as Campbell that just deny that this FOI exists or that it's a fake. Sorry folks it's real and it's proved, yet again, that the Yes side lied continually on pensions during the last independence referendum and some are still doing it.
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