Algorithmic decision-making

The request was refused by Home Office.

Dear Home Office,

I am making this application on behalf of the Public Law Project.

Please disclose strategy documents and Data Protection Impact Assessments in relation to the use of algorithmic decision-making by your department. By 'algorithmic decision-making', I mean to include decisions in which a computer automatically performs part or all of the decision-making process without a human's direct involvement, such as:
1. Determining a person's identity, suitability or eligibility for a particular immigration status.
2. Gathering additional information about a person (e.g. from social media).
3. Assessing the risk posed by a person.

Disclosing these documents should not exceed the cost limit under section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. If cost limit is an issue, please prioritise disclosure of the aforementioned documents regarding the following subject areas in order:
1. Applications for asylum.
2. Applications for asylum support.
3. Change of Conditions applications for individuals with No Recourse to Public Funds conditions.
4. Applications made under the EEA regulations.
5. Applications made under Appendix FM .
6. Other application systems where the Home Office uses algorithms.

Yours faithfully,

Jack Maxwell

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Dear Jack Maxwell,

Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your request.

This has been assigned to a caseworker (case ref 60070). We will aim to send you a full response by 23/09/2020 which is twenty working days from the date we received your request.

If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you,

N McKenzie
Home Office

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Dear Mr Maxwell

 

Please find attached a letter regarding your FOI request of 25 August.

 

Yours sincerely

 

J Slater

CCT FOI

Customer Performance and Improvement

 

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Dear Home Office,

I note that your reponse to my request is now overdue. Please confirm when you will respond to my request.

Yours faithfully,

Jack Maxwell

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Dear Mr Maxwell

 

Please find attached a letter regarding your FOI request of 25 August.

 

Yours sincerely

 

J Slater

CCT FOI

Customer Performance and Improvement

 

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Dear Home Office,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Home Office's handling of my FOI request 'Algorithmic decision-making'.

The Home Office's response to my request is long overdue. I am seeking an immediate response to my request.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...

Yours faithfully,

Jack Maxwell

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Dear Jack Maxwell,

Thank you for contacting the Home Office with your time complaint request.

This has been assigned to a caseworker (case ref 60070). We will aim to send you a full response by 25/11/2020 which is twenty working days from the date we received your request.

Regards,

N McKenzie
Home Office

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Please see attached in response to your Time Complaint.

Regards,

P. Zebedee
Home Office
Lower Ground Floor | Seacole | 2 Marsham Street | London SW1P 4DF
www.gov.uk/home-office

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Dear Mr Maxwell

 

Please find attached a letter in response to your FOI request of 25
August.  I apologise for the delay in replying.

 

Yours sincerely

 

J Slater

CCT FOI

Customer Performance and Improvement

 

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