Complaints About PIP Assessment HCP

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Dear Department for Work and Pensions,

I am requesting how many complaints have been received regarding the Independent Assessment Service assessor Mr. Steven Chadwick-Higgins.

Given that Mr. Chadwick-Higgins cannot tell the difference between 6 and 12 meters (which would be odd for someone that served in the RAF I would have thought) or his left from his right (again, having served in the RAF I would have thought this simple observation would be routine)

As estimating distances is vital to qualifying for differing rates of the PIP Mobility award then I am guessing being so way out on one estimate would not be a 'one-off' occurrence and would warrant many people complaining.

As the IAS is sub-contracted by the DWP then they should also come under the Freedom of Informations Act rules, I did ask Atos/IAS regarding complaints against this assessor but naturally, they ignored any request for information.

Yours faithfully,

Clive Arnold

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Dear Clive Arnold,

I am writing in response to your request for information, received 24th
February.

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 'Complaints About PIP Assessment HCP'.

I should have received an answer to my request, I have not had one so I am requesting an internal review.

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

Yours faithfully,

Clive Arnold

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Dear Clive Arnold,

I am writing in response to your request for information, received 3rd
April.

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 'Complaints About PIP Assessment HCP'.

You have stated the complaints against said assessor is "his data", this is clearly not the case as complaints will have been sent to the DWP and/or the branch of Atos that employ him. The data requested therefore would not be breaching the Data Protection Act.

I requested "numbers of complaints against this assessor" who has clearly lied in my assessment and lied repeatedly! The complaints do not go direct to Mr Chadwick-Higgins therefore the data is not his and is exempt from the DOA.

If the DWP are to appear "open and transparent" then it has to provide the simple statistics requested so I am asking for an internal review before I take this to the ICO.

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

Yours faithfully,

Clive Arnold

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Dear Clive Arnold,

Our Ref: IR2020/17884

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Could you provide me with the information or state you are refusing to supply it so I can then go to the ICO's office with a complaint please

Yours sincerely,

Clive Arnold

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