Child Winter Heating Assistance: service level agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers

19. Right of access requests

19.1 The parties will work together, when appropriate, and are expected to comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) and UK General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (UK GDPR) and must respond to right of access requests accordingly.

19.2 DWP agrees to inform Scottish Ministers as soon as possible (within 3 working days) of all right of access requests received from Data Subjects requesting copies of data held by Scottish Ministers. Where necessary, DWP will assist Scottish Ministers in processing the requests in line with the requirements of the DPA 2018 and UK GDPR.

19.3 Scottish Ministers agree to inform DWP as soon as possible (within 3 working days) of all right of access requests which may be received from Data Subjects requesting copies of data held by DWP. Where necessary, Scottish Ministers will assist DWP in processing the requests in line with the requirements of the DPA 2018 and UK GDPR.

19.4 Details of the specific data being shared can be found in the [REDACTED] Data Sharing Agreement, as per Section 4 (Derivation) of this Agreement.

Social Security Scotland Right of Access Request

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DWP Right of Access Request

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