Common use of Primary and Secondary Evidence Clause in Contracts

Primary and Secondary Evidence. Primary - All ESF outcomes should be accompanied with primary (objective) evidence to support the outcome being claimed. Secondary - Secondary evidence would be a statement from the participant confirming employment, education or training, in addition to a statement from the Case Manager stating what is being claimed and the details of the outcome that has been secured – this must include contact information and details of the employment, training or education offered. Secondary evidence should only be sent if there is no possibility of gaining any primary evidence. When a hard outcome is claimed, the evidence is to be sent to the NOMS CFO Data Integrity Team. Details for this can be found in the DI Hard Outcome Evidence Return Process (DI-02). Additional evidence for soft outcomes - not required for soft outcomes, other than the completion of additional CATS details where requested. Audit Trail - In addition, CATS must contain sufficient detail of the work that has been undertaken to secure any outcome. Auditors may check details to verify outcomes claimed as part of the audit process and CFO staff reserve the right to verify any outcomes claimed at any time. Claiming outcomes – All participant activity should be recorded on CATS and can be claimed as soft outcomes where relevant. Hard outcomes should only be claimed where sufficient work has been undertaken by the provider to justify the claim. This is especially important when more than one agency may have been involved in working with a participant to avoid duplication and double counting. If a participant is accessing more than one ESF project at the same time, delivery should be complementary and different outcomes should be achieved i.e. both agencies should not claim the same outcome. Recording outcomes – Please note that each outcome should only be claimed once, i.e. if claiming as a hard outcome cannot also record as a soft outcome.