Frank Zola
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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 573)
Financial support for businesses during coronavirus (COVID-19), fraud and error.
Partially successful.
COVID-19 business grant schemes - National Audit Office
Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury
24 MARCH 2023
'4,529,000 number of gra...
Jobcentre/DWP work search documents/forms and booklets for use by your customers
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Successful.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 16th
July.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
Your meeti...
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 16th
May.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
Central...
Toucbase: Email copies of all versions created since 26 March 2021
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Partially successful.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 16th
March.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
Touchbase...
Coronavirus intranet webpage
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Information not held.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 29th
January.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Cen...
DWP requests from employer feedback on claimants job applications and interviews
Awaiting classification.
In addition to enclosing a privacy notice as described by Steve, a jobseeker might like to include a copy of Annex B with the following part highlighte...
The "AI career coach called Bob" RE: DWP will use £1.3m robot to find people jobs in latest Universal Credit crackdown
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Partially successful.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 21st
February.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team...
80 pages of redacted emails
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Information not held.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 24th
February.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Ce...
A jobs fair held in Liverpool city centre with "65 people offered jobs on the day"
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Partially successful.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 18th
February.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Ce...
Weekly work search reviews
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Successful.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 10th
March.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Centr...
Related update and further comments
https://mrfrankzola.wordpress.com/2022/03/16/touchbase/
240000 people each week who fail to turn up for an appointment
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Successful.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 12th
February.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
Child...
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 18th
February.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FOI Team
DWP Ce...
Operation Hillman questionnaire
Response by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to Frank Zola on .
Long overdue.
Dear Mr Zola,
Please find attached response to your request for information.
Kind regards,
Suzanne Mason, MIB
Information Manager...
Claimant Commitment is not a contract, just a "contractual concept"?
Partially successful.
High Court finds DWP unlawfully refused Universal Credit to disabled students for seven years - only for Secretary of State to change the law to bar th...
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 27th
January.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Cen...
Way To Work eligibility and criteria for support
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Partially successful.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 1st
February.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Cen...
'Universal Credit official error overpayment 'write-offs'
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Successful.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 22nd
December.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Ce...
Restart scheme and holidays whilst on Universal Credit
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Successful.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 8th
December.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Cen...
Consultation on the expansion of the National Fraud Initiative (NFI) Data Matching Powers and the new Code of Data Matching Practice
Response by Cabinet Office to Frank Zola on .
Refused.
Dear Frank Zola,
Please find attached our response to your request for an Internal Review
(reference IR2021/12103).
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
7...
Universal Credit official error overpayment waivers
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 2nd
December.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Cen...
Recording DWP interaction by the public
Waiting clarification.
There is no legal requirement, for an individual, to inform anyone they would be/are covertly recording Restart interactions, when doing so is for own...
Retrospective action: Take selfie holding your passport next to your face with today's newspaper or your Universal Credit claim will be closed & all past payments treated as debt. (or fraud?)
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Refused.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 19th
October.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Cen...
Restart providers data protection obligations and participants information rights
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Partially successful.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 7th
October.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Cent...
Helping those on the lowest wages and in-work conditionality
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Frank Zola,
I am writing in response to your request for information, received 5th
October.
Yours sincerely,
DWP Central FoI Team
DWP Cent...
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Unfair job search
Successful.
Might be worth discussing topic on:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DWPhelp/
But as an observation, a Restart provider could issue a Mandatory Activity Not...
Data Sharing with other deparntments
Refused.
How DWP shares information about you
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/about/personal-information-charter#how-d...
Can the DWP force me to apply for certain jobs
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by [Name Removed] (Account suspended). Annotated by Frank Zola on .
Partially successful.
RE: FO v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (UC): [2022] UKUT 56 (AAC)
Judicial Summary
Claimant’s award of Universal Credit (UC) ‘closed’ b...
Related update and further comments
https://mrfrankzola.wordpress.com/2022/03/16/touchbase/
Toucbase: Email copies of all versions created since 26 March 2021
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/toucbase_email_copies_of_all_ver
DWP has disclosed information on this matter
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/240000_people_each_week_who_fail#incoming-1995297
Signing Claimant Commitments, Contracts, Action Plans
Partially successful.
Universal Credit is digital by default and legislation requires a Claimant Commitment (CC) to be accepted, rather than signed.
CC acceptance can be do...
Unvaccinated NHS staff dismissals.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Tyrone Armatage (Account suspended). Annotated by Frank Zola on .
Refused.
COVID-19 and mandatory vaccination
Your rights if you are considering refusing mandatory vaccination
Employment rights: can my employer dismiss me...
Restart scheme end date
Refused.
It is likely the DWP will refuse this request, due to lack of a surname based on: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/help/privacy#real_name
Recording DWP interaction by the public
Waiting clarification.
There is no legal requirement, for an individual, to inform anyone they would be/are covertly recording Restart interactions, when doing so is for own...
Claimant Compliance & Work and Health Programme
Information not held.
"The absence of signed documentation, will of course preclude the training provider from receiving their usual fee in respect of the claimant"
Incorr...
Claimant Eligibility and Claimant Suitability
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/restart-provider-guidance/chapter-1-introduction-and-overview...
Portal provider to DWP providers
https://www.abintegro.co/clients/skills-and-employability/
Claimant Refusal Of Signature For Restart Action Plan & Documents
Partially successful.
"4.18. You are required to ensure that the action plan is signed by both you and your Participant. You must issue your Participant with a copy of the a...
As an example, when Universal Credit call a claimant they are often pre-planned calls/appointments and the claimant should get a text message and email...
Further complaint lodged with Information Commissioner (ICO) on 10/8/21.
Restart mandatory participants, their sensitive personal data and benefit sanctions
Awaiting classification.
Restart Scheme provider guidance
Chapter 4: Early interventions
Published 28 June 2021
"Diagnostic Assessment
4.08. The diagnostic assessment is a...
Please disclose a copy of the 'initial Diagnostic Assessment' used by Reed in Partnership
Successful.
Restart 'initial diagnostic tools' in use by Serco Limited, Jobs 22 Limited, Reed in Partnership Limited, Seetec Pluss Limited and Fedcap Employment Li...
I want to find a lost relative
Refused.
RE: Bulk Letter Forwarding service: guidance
Updated 21 January 2021
"The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) provides a tracing and pre-paid lett...
Recording DWP interaction by the public
Waiting clarification.
@Meme
Thanks for ICO notes
Here's a reported case:
'Why I secretly taped my disability assessment'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41581060
>...
Recording DWP interaction by the public
Waiting clarification.
FOI request
"Can you confirm that members of the public are also free to covertly record their interactions with the DWP or it's contractors"
23 Sep...
Identity Verification Processes for Universal Credit
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Florence Elizabeth Constance Daisley. Annotated by Frank Zola on .
Successful.
Dear Work Coach
Since the lifting of covid19 restrictions and Jobcentres now being open to the public, please arrange a Jobcentre appointment for me t...
Cheap broadband for claimants - BT deal
Partially successful.
How to order BT Basic
"You will also need to give us some personal information:
your date of birth
your National Insurance number
confirm th...
DWP 'spys' on 20 million individual's social media accounts, just because they are claiming Universal Credit and other social security benefits?
Partially successful.
Formal complaints have been lodged with the websites and authors that are propagating these similar items, with relevant regulators and the DWP as appr...
Coronavirus intranet webpage
Information not held.
Complaint lodged with ICO