ESA list of aids and appliances and adaptations

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Anthony Collins

Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

For ESA Please send me a

a-
list of what are considered aids and appliances and adaptations

and
b-
list of what are not considered as aids and appliances and adaptations

and
c-
when "aid or appliance could ‘reasonably be expected'"

and the Guidance, explanations and Judicial decisions these are based on
for Decision Makers to follow to correctly assess the ESA - descriptors

For example

Activity 1 Mobilising: or other aid if such aid

Activity 8 Navigation: other aid if normally used

Activity 9 Absence: despite the presence of any aids or adaptations normally used

Yours faithfully,

Anthony Collins

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Work and Pensions's handling of my FOI request 'ESA list of aids and appliances and adaptations'.

a-
Please confirm DWP have no bulletins, updates or notices to either decision makers or assessors, detailing ESA list of aids and appliances and adaptations.

For example a stool used in the kitchen is not considered an aid, but a perching stool used in the kitchen as issued by a OT is

You provide no bulletins, updates or notices to decision makers nor assessors on aids and appliances and adaptations
Activity 1 Mobilising: or other aid if such aid
Activity 8 Navigation: other aid if normally used
Activity 9 Absence: despite the presence of any aids or adaptations normally used

2-
What ESA bulletins, updates or notices are issued for decision makers or assessors detailing changes to ESA and tribunal decisions.

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

Yours faithfully,

Anthony Collins

Dear DWP freedom-of-information-requests,

a-
Please confirm DWP have no bulletins, updates or notices to either decision makers or assessors, detailing ESA list of aids and appliances and adaptations.

For example a stool used in the kitchen is not considered an aid, but a perching stool used in the kitchen as issued by a OT is

You provide no bulletins, updates or notices to decision makers nor assessors on aids and appliances and adaptations
Activity 1 Mobilising: or other aid if such aid
Activity 8 Navigation: other aid if normally used
Activity 9 Absence: despite the presence of any aids or adaptations normally used

2-
What ESA bulletins, updates or notices are issued for decision makers or assessors detailing changes to ESA and tribunal decisions.

Yours sincerely,

Anthony Collins

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Dear Operations FOI Requests,

a-
Please confirm DWP have no bulletins, updates or notices to either decision makers or assessors, detailing ESA list of aids and appliances and adaptations.

For example a stool used in the kitchen is not considered an aid, but a perching stool used in the kitchen as issued by a OT is

You provide no bulletins, updates or notices to decision makers nor assessors on aids and appliances and adaptations
Activity 1 Mobilising: or other aid if such aid
Activity 8 Navigation: other aid if normally used
Activity 9 Absence: despite the presence of any aids or adaptations normally used

2-
What ESA bulletins, updates or notices are issued for decision makers or assessors detailing changes to ESA and tribunal decisions.

Yours sincerely,

Anthony Collins

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no-reply@dwp.ecase.co.uk on behalf of DWP Central FOI Team, Department for Work and Pensions

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Dear Anthony Collins,

I am writing in response to your request for information, received 7th
August.

Your response is attached

Yours sincerely,

DWP Operations FOI Team

Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Work and Pensions's handling of my FOI request 'ESA list of aids and appliances and adaptations'.

Further to your reply

>we hold information falling within the description
>specified in your request.

Please specifiy which information you identified and refer to as being held so I can narrow down the request

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

Yours faithfully,

Anthony Collins

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Dear Operations FOI Requests,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Work and Pensions's handling of my FOI request 'ESA list of aids and appliances and adaptations'.

Further to your reply

>we hold information falling within the description
>specified in your request.

Please specifiy which information you identified and refer to as being held so I can narrow down the request

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

Yours faithfully,

Anthony Collins

Dear [email address] on behalf of DWP Central FOI Team,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Work and Pensions's handling of my FOI request 'ESA list of aids and appliances and adaptations'.

Further to your reply

>we hold information falling within the description
>specified in your request.

Please specifiy which information you identified and refer to as being held so I can narrow down the request

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

Yours faithfully,

Anthony Collins

Yours sincerely,

Anthony Collins

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Dear Anthony Collins,

I am writing in response to your request for information, received 9
October.

Your response is attached

Yours sincerely,

DWP Operations FOI Team

Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of Department for Work and Pensions's handling of my FOI request 'ESA list of aids and appliances and adaptations'.

Please note the Freedom of Information Act says
62. A public authority should inform the requestor of what
information can be provided within the appropriate limit. This is
important for two reasons because a failure to do so
may result in a breach of section 16

Please can you give details of what information can be provided within the appropriate limit.

to Identify what bulletins, updates or notices to decision makers or assessors
on aids and appliances and adaptations
Activity 1 Mobilising: or other aid if such aid
Activity 8 Navigation: other aid if normally used
Activity 9 Absence: despite the presence of any aids or adaptations normally used

For example detailing a stool used in the kitchen is not considered an aid, but a perching stool used in the kitchen as issued by a OT is

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

Yours faithfully,

Anthony Collins

Dear DWP freedom-of-information-requests,

Please note the Freedom of Information Act says
62. A public authority should inform the requestor of what
information can be provided within the appropriate limit. This is
important for two reasons because a failure to do so
may result in a breach of section 16

Please can you give details of what information can be provided within the appropriate limit.

to Identify what bulletins, updates or notices to decision makers or assessors
on aids and appliances and adaptations
Activity 1 Mobilising: or other aid if such aid
Activity 8 Navigation: other aid if normally used
Activity 9 Absence: despite the presence of any aids or adaptations normally used

For example detailing a stool used in the kitchen is not considered an aid, but a perching stool used in the kitchen as issued by a OT is

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

Yours faithfully,

Anthony Collins

DWP freedom-of-information-requests, Department for Work and Pensions

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Dear [email address] on behalf of Operations FOI Team,

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

Please note the Freedom of Information Act says
62. A public authority should inform the requestor of what
information can be provided within the appropriate limit. This is
important for two reasons because a failure to do so
may result in a breach of section 16

Please can you give details of what information can be provided within the appropriate limit.

to Identify what bulletins, updates or notices to decision makers or assessors
on aids and appliances and adaptations
Activity 1 Mobilising: or other aid if such aid
Activity 8 Navigation: other aid if normally used
Activity 9 Absence: despite the presence of any aids or adaptations normally used

For example detailing a stool used in the kitchen is not considered an aid, but a perching stool used in the kitchen as issued by a OT is

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

Yours faithfully,

Anthony Collins

Operations FOI Requests, Department for Work and Pensions

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no-reply@dwp.ecase.co.uk on behalf of Operations FOI Team, Department for Work and Pensions

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Dear Anthony Collins,

I am writing in response to your request for information, received 5
November.

Your response is attached

Yours sincerely,

DWP Operations FOI Team

debbie left an annotation ()

I would say you are going round in circles!!!!!