DWP Central Freedom of Information Team
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Our Ref: IR2020/40148
05 August 2020
Dear Dan Manville,
Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FoI) internal review request received on 27 July.
You asked:
The outcomes have been provided but I asked another question which is yet to be addressed;
can a WCA outcome be processed without a referral through MSRS?
DWP Response:
In response to your request, I can confirm that the handling of your original request and
response has now been appropriately reviewed and that I was unconnected with the handling
of your original request.
As a result of this review I can advise that I find the original decision to be partly correct. Your
complaint is therefore partially upheld. The reasoning behind this decision is as fol ows:
The initial information provided to you was correct with the additional information you
requested being a question. The Freedom of Information Act provides a legal right of access to
recorded information held by a public authority like DWP, subject to certain exemptions that
may apply. The Act does not oblige a public authority to create new information to answer
questions; nor does it require a public authority to give advice, opinion or explanation, generate
answers to questions, or create or obtain information we do not hold.
If you ask a question, rather than requesting recorded information, we wil provide you with the
recorded information that best answers the question. Once we have provided the recorded
information, we have met our obligations under the Act; interpreting the information provided is
up to you.
However, to be helpful; where DWP is seeking a WCA assessment to be undertaken by
CHDA, the majority of referrals are made on MSRS. DWP can also reach a LCW, LCWRA or
no LCW outcome without a referral to CHDA via MSRS. We have provided this information
outside of our obligations under the Freedom of Information Act.
If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me quoting the reference number
above.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
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