Subject Access Requests and 'Find a Job'

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

1. Please provide all recorded information related to the processing of Subject Access Requests and your UJ replacement, 'Find a Job'.

2. Please provide details of all field headings in Find a Job that would be captured by a Subject Access Request.

3. Please provide all recorded information relating to how you can access a particular Find a Job account, with or without the holder's express consent.

4. Please provide all category headings of statistical information that you record in relation to Find a Job e.g. number of accounts created each month, number of benefit claimants who created accounts, number of job applications made.

5. Please provide a copy of any minutes or reports concerning EU competition rules and the Department's legal authority to mandate benefit claimant's to create a Find a Job account.

Yours faithfully,

D Moore

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Frank Zola left an annotation ()

The request does seem to be requesting a large amount of information, based on this request https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/1... you could resubmit your request to something like:

I wish to resubmit my request to come within your £600 limit

1. Please provide all recorded information related to the processing of Subject Access Requests and your UJ replacement, 'Find a Job'.

and then if within your fees please

2. provide details of all field headings in Find a Job that would be captured by a Subject Access Request.

and then if within your fees please

3. provide all recorded information relating to how you can access a particular Find a Job account, with or without the holder's express consent.

and then if within your fees please

4. provide all category headings of statistical information that you record in relation to Find a Job e.g. number of accounts created each month, number of benefit claimants who created accounts, number of job applications made.

and then if within your fees please

5. provide a copy of any minutes or reports concerning EU competition rules and the Department's legal authority to mandate benefit claimant's to create a Find a Job account.

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Or you could make new requests for 1 and 2 and others individually. However, the DWP can aggregate similar requests over a short time and decline to disclose info as doing so may well cost more than £600. Costs guidance https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...

On item 5 the DWP guidance suggests all jobsites are given parity and a Jobcentre may mandate any Jobsite and not just Find A Job https://mrfrankzola.wordpress.com/2018/0...

“Use of the Find a job website is not compulsory for claimants of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) or Universal Credit (UC)”
https://mrfrankzola.wordpress.com/2018/0...

Item 1 related info :

Request your personal information from the Department for Work and Pensions
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/request-your...
You can request your personal information online.
https://secure.dwp.gov.uk/personal-infor...
+ DWP’s personal information charter https://www.gov.uk/government/organisati...

D. Moore left an annotation ()

Frank Zola,

Thanks for your very helpful annotation.

Dear DWP Strategy Freedom of Information,

I wish to resubmit my request to come within your £600 limit

1. Please provide all recorded information related to the processing of Subject Access Requests and your UJ replacement, 'Find a Job'.

and then if within your fees please

2. provide details of all field headings in Find a Job that would be captured by a Subject Access Request.

and then if within your fees please

3. provide all recorded information relating to how you can access a particular Find a Job account, with or without the holder's express consent.

and then if within your fees please

4. provide all category headings of statistical information that you record in relation to Find a Job e.g. number of accounts created each month, number of benefit claimants who created accounts, number of job applications made.

and then if within your fees please

5. provide a copy of any minutes or reports concerning EU competition rules and the Department's legal authority to mandate benefit claimant's to create a Find a Job account.

Yours sincerely,

D. Moore

DWP Strategy Freedom of Information, Department for Work and Pensions

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FoI 2912

Please see the attached reply to your Freedom of Information request.
 

Yours sincerely
 
DWP Strategy FoI Team

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Dear DWP Strategy Freedom of Information,

I wish to narrow my request.

Please provide all recorded information related to the processing of Subject Access Requests and your UJ replacement, 'Find a Job'.

Yours sincerely,

D. Moore

DWP Strategy Freedom of Information, Department for Work and Pensions

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FoI 3458 - Reply

Please see the attached reply to your Freedom of Information request.

Yours sincerely

DWP Strategy FoI Team

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D. Moore left an annotation ()

I'm not sure if the DWP retains a copy of your CV and email address when responding to a SAR.