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Date: 15 August 2024
Our Reference: 26871312
Your reference:[FOI #1159679 email]
 
Dear Ms Selman
 
Information Request  - Use of automated decision-making and automated
decision support tools  - 26871312 
 
Thank you for your recent request for information, which will be handled
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 as appropriate.
 
Y ou asked for the following information:
 
I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, to make a request
for information relating to your organisation's use of automated decision
making and automated decision support tools and systems (ADM tools).

For the purposes of this request, an automated decision is one in which an
automated system performs at least part of the decision-making process,
including:

- Decision support: where an automated system provides additional
information to aid a human decision-maker in their decisions (e.g. a
system assesses whether someone poses a risk of housing benefit fraud, and
presents that risk score to a decision maker to inform their decision)),

- Streaming or triage: where an automated system determines the type and
quality of human judgment involved in a particular case (e.g. a system
deems an individual's application to present a high risk of housing
benefit fraud, which means the application is directed to a particular
team to review)

- Fully automated: where an automated system takes a decision and action
in relation to a person or group without human input (e.g. a system
automatically assesses and approves an application)

Automation refers to any form of automation including. but not limited to,
data matching, profiling, machine learning or any other tools that use
software algorithms to generate outputs.

Examples of ADM usage could include, for example, risk assessments in
adult social care or social housing decisions.

Please provide the following:

1. Copies of any inventory that the authority has of tools, artificial
intelligence or software algorithms used to assist in decision-making.

2. If not included in the above, the names of any such tools.

3. Where a process contains ADM or is partially supported by automated
tools, any Equality Impact Assessments that have been carried out.

4. Where a process contains ADM or is partially supported by automated
tools, any Data Protection Impact Assessments that have been carried out.
 
Under statutory timeframes our response to your request is due by 13
September 2024. 
 
If you have any queries about this information request please email us,
quoting our reference number in the subject line.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Ellie Simcox
Information Rights Assistant
Cheshire East Council
 
NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email.

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Date: 21 August 2024
Our Reference: 26871312
Your reference:[FOI #1159679 email]
 
Dear Caroline Selman
 
Information Request - 26871312 - Use of automated decision-making and
automated decision support tools 
 
Thank you for your recent request for information. 
Before we can progress your request, we need some clarification about the
information you are trying to access. Without this we will not be able to
respond to your request.
 
Can you please confirm what you mean by "inventory" in question 1? We do
not understand what information you are looking to obtain. Question 1 is
detailed below for your ease of reference:
 
1. Copies of any inventory that the authority has of tools, artificial
intelligence or software algorithms used to assist in decision-making.
 
If you would like us to progress your request please respond providing the
above clarification as soon as possible. Once we understand what
information you are trying to access we will respond to you within 20
working days.
If we do not receive your clarification by 16/10/2024 then we will
consider your request to be withdrawn and you will not receive a response.
If you would like to withdraw your request there is no need to respond to
this email.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Information Rights Team
Cheshire East Council
 
NOTE: Please do not edit the subject line when replying to this email.

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Date: 16 October 2024
Our Reference: 26871312
Your reference:[FOI #1159679 email]
 
Dear Caroline Selman
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 3 September 2024.
 
Please find attached our response to your request.
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Beverley Murphy
Deputy Data Protection Officer
Cheshire East Council
 
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