Winter Heating Payments and data sharing: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
- Any correspondence with the Department for Work and Pensions relating to the devolved Winter Heating Payment (formerly Cold Weather Payments) in relation to the transfer of appropriate data and securing a data sharing arrangement
- Any minutes of meetings with Department for Work and Pensions relating to the devolved Winter Heating Payment (formerly Cold Weather Payments) in relation to the transfer of appropriate data and securing a data sharing arrangement.
Response
A copy of information requested is attached.
Not all information has been released as per exemption detailed below.
An exemption applies under section 38(1)(b) – personal data relating to a third party
An exemption under Section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of th information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. the names and contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in Section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.
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Contact
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Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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