Mr A.J Wilson
Cafcass National Office
3rd Floor
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
21 Bloomsbury Street
London
Your ref: CAF 19-146
WC1B 3HF
Our ref: Gov/CAF 19-146
Tel 0300 456 4000
Email
: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx
11 September 2019
Dear Mr A.J Wilson
Re: Freedom of Information request
Thank you for your email of 05 September 2019.You made the following requests for
information:
Since the introduction of the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection
Regulations ("GDPR"); please provide the following under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
1. CAFCASS operating guidelines for handling of Subject Access Requests
The Cafcass
Subject Access Request Policy sets out the process followed by
Cafcass when handling a Subject Access Request.
2. The total number of Subject Access Requests made to CAFCASS from the
implementation of the above legislation to today's date.
3. The total number of subject access requests which were not delivered within the
initial 30 day statutory timeline from the implementation of the above legislation to
today's date.
4. The total number of subject access requests which were subject to extension by way
of classification of being "complex" from the implementation of the above legislation to
today's date.
Please see the table below for information in response to questions two – four.
Please note that the 23 Subject Access Requests where extensions were applied for
Edward Timpson CBE Chair
Jacky Tiotto Chief Executive
Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental body of the Ministry of Justice
Cafcass National Office, 3rd Floor, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3HF
were due to the size of the case file, the number of previous case files and complaints
data, new information being provided that needed to be reviewed to ensure a full
disclosure was made or a change in request for data (i.e. the requestor originally only
asked for one document but then requested a full SAR).
Number of SARs requested from May 2018 to 6th September 2019
369
Number of SARs completed within the GDPR guidance of one calendar
346
month
Number of SARs completed with an agreed extension
23
We hope that you feel your question has been answered effectively. If you are unhappy with
the decisions made in relation to your request, you may ask for an internal review to be
undertaken. If you are dissatisfied with the way the internal review is handled or with the
final decision made at that review about the information released, you are free to contact the
Information Commissioner’s Office
(https://ico.org.uk/):
Post
Fax
Information Commissioner's Office
01625 524 510
Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Tel
Wilmslow,
0303 123 1113
Cheshire
E-mail
SK9 5AF
xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
Yours sincerely,
Governance Team
Cafcass
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Edward Timpson CBE Chair
Jacky Tiotto Chief Executive
Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental body of the Ministry of Justice
Cafcass National Office, 3rd Floor, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3HF