Training Provided to DWP Decision Makers personal independence payment
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
Please supply any and all training manuals, guidance and material such as handouts and training modules provided to DWP Decision Makers for evaluating a PiP application and assessment report.
Please supply any training manuals, guidance and material such as handouts and training modules provided to DWP Decision Makers for GDPR compliance when inputting a decision on the PiP Dataset and recording their decision on an applicants entitlement to PiP or not.
If the training modules are in a format such as power point send those, if a handout has questions that are handed back to a trainer provide the answer and include any scripts
Also provide any tests that capita do to test cognitive functions and memory long term and short term
Whatever material you provide it can be electronic if a document or module contains another document that needs to be clicked on to open supply that says the document or module can be read in its entire format
Yours faithfully,
David Andrew Jameson
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Our ref: FOI2023/34566
Dear David Jameson,
Thank you for your request for information which was received on 4th May.
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Dear David Jameson,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 4th
May.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
I would like to request the information on the training for PIP Case Managers, as this is
the role responsible for PIP claim decision making.
I will choose a more specific set of materials. For example, by limiting my request to
The core learning documents, which consist of a facilitator brief and presentation slides,
for each training module detailed below as you believe that these modules cover the key
area of my request.
o PIP Module 13 The Decision Reason
o PIP Module 14 Explaining the Decision
o PIP Module 20 Receipt of the Assessment Provider Report
Please also provide me the names of all the other PIP training modules thank you
Yours faithfully,
David Andrew Jameson
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Our ref: FOI2023/41711
Dear David Andrew Jameson,
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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 'Training Provided to DWP Decision Makers personal independence payment'.
On the 31st of May 2023, the DWP stated that "we do not have colleagues holding the role of Decision Maker working within the PIP
process". This is entirely false.
The DWP's "Advice for decision making: staff guide" (ADM) repeatedly refers to DMs throughout the sections related to PIP, and the ADM's "List of abbreviations" confirms that DM is the abbreviated form of Decision Maker.
Of particular note is ADM Chapter P2 ("Assessment for PIP"). Paragraph P2002 states "This will be determined by a DM using the information gathered during the PIP assessment".
I would strongly recommend asking for an Internal Review of their initial response - the DWP provided incorrect information as the basis for its refusal of your initial request (and therefore unlawfully delayed the eventual response to your request).
ADM: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...
ADM Chapter P2: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
ADM List of abbreviations: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...
Yours faithfully,
David Andrew Jameson
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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 'Training Provided to DWP Decision Makers personal independence payment'.
On the 31st of May 2023, the DWP stated that "we do not have colleagues holding the role of Decision Maker working within the PIP
process". This is entirely false.
The DWP's "Advice for decision making: staff guide" (ADM) repeatedly refers to DMs throughout the sections related to PIP, and the ADM's "List of abbreviations" confirms that DM is the abbreviated form of Decision Maker.
Of particular note is ADM Chapter P2 ("Assessment for PIP"). Paragraph P2002 states "This will be determined by a DM using the information gathered during the PIP assessment".
The DWP provided incorrect information as the basis for its refusal of my initial request (and therefore unlawfully delayed the eventual response to my request).
ADM: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...
ADM Chapter P2: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
ADM List of abbreviations: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...
Yours faithfully,
David Andrew Jameson
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Dear David Andrew Jameson,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 31st
May. Due to the size of the data files, the information is being sent
attached to three seperate emails.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
Dear David Andrew Jameson,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 31st
May. This is the second of three emails - further information is attached.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
Dear David Andrew Jameson,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 31st
May. This is a third and final email that has further information
attached.
We hope that you are now in receipt of all of the information requested.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if this is not the case.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central 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 'Training Provided to DWP Decision Makers personal independence payment'.
Whilst you provided some of the information you did not provide an answer to “ Please also provide me the names of all the other PIP training modules thank you”
Let me clarify this refers to the names / numbers of the training modules that case managers / decision makers refer to either to make decisions or receive training on how to make decisions regarding PIP or training about disabilities, if you can provide a brief description what those modules cover great
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...
Yours faithfully,
David Andrew Jameson
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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,
As you have provided the info (my error) I withdraw this further request
Yours faithfully,
David Andrew Jameson
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Dear David Jameson,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 3rd
June.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
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James C Kelsall left an annotation ()
On the 31st of May 2023, the DWP stated that "we do not have colleagues holding the role of Decision Maker working within the PIP
process". This is entirely false.
The DWP's "Advice for decision making: staff guide" (ADM) repeatedly refers to DMs throughout the sections related to PIP, and the ADM's "List of abbreviations" confirms that DM is the abbreviated form of Decision Maker.
Of particular note is ADM Chapter P2 ("Assessment for PIP"). Paragraph P2002 states "This will be determined by a DM using the information gathered during the PIP assessment".
I would strongly recommend asking for an Internal Review of their initial response - the DWP provided incorrect information as the basis for its refusal of your initial request (and therefore unlawfully delayed the eventual response to your request).
ADM: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...
ADM Chapter P2: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...
ADM List of abbreviations: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...