Frank Zola

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on 11 November 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Frank Zola, I am writing in response to your request for information, received 9th October. Yours sincerely, DWP Central FoI Team DWP Cent...

Police requests for personal data from your National Disclosure Unit

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on 11 November 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Frank Zola, I am writing in response to your request for information, received 24 October. Your response is attached Yours sincerely, DWP...

Disclosure of Personal Information from DWP to Police Forces and vice versa

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on 11 November 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Frank Zola, I am writing in response to your request for information, received 11 October. Your response is attached Yours sincerely, DWP...

Signing on form - UB40 and the UBL 18 Unemployment Benefit 'Responsibilities of Claimants' leaflet

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on 7 November 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Frank Zola, I am writing in response to your request for information, received 13 October. Your response is attached Yours sincerely, DWP...

UniversalCredit in-work trial for low income workers: £ cost of fares to attend Jobcentre meetings?

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on 6 November 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Frank Zola, I am writing in response to your request for information, received 11th October. Yours sincerely, DWP Central FoI Team DWP Cen...

How many DWP staff on Universal Credit?

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on 6 November 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Frank Zola, I am writing in response to your request for information, received 17th October. Yours sincerely, DWP Central FoI Team DWP Cen...

Policing and the Liberal Democrat Party conference

Response by Dorset Police to Frank Zola on 5 November 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Zola, Please find attached my response to your FOI Internal Review. Kind Regards, Lynn Pattinson Records Manager Devo...

Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Behavioural Insights

Response by Cabinet Office to Frank Zola on 31 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Please find attached the reply to your FOI request Regards FOI Team Room 405 70 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AS E-mail -[1]...

Policing and the Conservative Party conference

Request sent to Greater Manchester Police by Frank Zola on 29 October 2019.

Awaiting response.

Policing and the Conservative Party conference It is expected you hold information specific to policing for the September 28th to October 2nd 201...

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - Exchange of Information

Response by Devon and Cornwall Constabulary to Frank Zola on 28 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Mr Zola, Please find attached the Word version of the form Regards Steve REQUEST TO DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS FOR INFORMATION UNDER S...

Public Order and Policing: The Human Rights Act 1998 plus The Equality Act 2010 and peoples protected characteristics

Response by Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to Frank Zola on 28 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Official Information Rights Unit PO Box 57192 London SW6 1SF United Kingdom Our Ref: 01/FOI/19/012100 ...

DWP forms for healthcare professionals

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 26 October 2019.

Partially successful.

Thanks James, links below go to HTML versions of PIP forms and the FOI request, as they show full history of the request and can be viewed without down...

Public Order and Policing: The Human Rights Act 1998 plus The Equality Act 2010 and peoples protected characteristics

Response by Greater Manchester Police to Frank Zola on 25 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Good morning Mr Zola, Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, public authorities are able to amalgamate requests from the same individual that are...

Your Equality Impact Assessments with regards Public Order Policing and Protests

Request sent to Greater Manchester Police by Frank Zola on 24 October 2019.

Awaiting response.

Please disclose a copy of your Equality Impact Assessments with regards Public Order Policing and Protests Yours faithfully, Frank Zola

Your Equality Impact Assessments with regards Public Order Policing and Protests

Request sent to Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) by Frank Zola on 24 October 2019.

Awaiting response.

Please disclose a copy of your Equality Impact Assessments with regards Public Order Policing and Protests Yours faithfully, Frank Zola

Your use of Positive Health Statements with patients

Response by Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust to Frank Zola on 24 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dorset Healthcare FOI Your FOI3255 request's official response Dear Frank Zola, Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Info...

Exchanging personal data with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and others' - follow up request to your GSA 2632/19 response

Response by Greater Manchester Police to Frank Zola on 23 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Hi Frank, Please accept my apologies if the response you received from myself was unclear. The only information held by GMP in regards to your belo...

Exchanging personal data with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and others

Response by Greater Manchester Police to Frank Zola on 23 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

This email is to confirm receipt and acts as an acknowledgement of your request for an internal review of your recent FOI request (our ref GSA/2632/19...

Disclosure of Personal Information from the Westminster City Council to DWP and vice versa

Internal review request sent to Westminster City Council by Frank Zola on 23 October 2019.

Awaiting internal review.

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an internal review of Westminster City Coun...

Library copy of the 'Memorandum of Understanding between the DWP and ACPO' - DWP and Police exchange of personal data

Response by College of Policing Limited to Frank Zola on 22 October 2019.

Successful.

Dear Frank, No worries. Thanks, Kate.

DWP should "Refresh consent" concerning the ESA65B letter and informing Doctors of claimant 'fit-for-work' decisions

Follow up sent to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola on 19 October 2019.

Awaiting response.

To assist you in finding the information I am seeking, below are the relevant extracts from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), noting th...

UC Journal and the Claimant Commitment

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on 18 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Frank Zola, I am writing in response to your request for information, received 3rd October. Yours sincerely, DWP Central FoI Team DWP Cent...

Using Positive Health Statements with claimants and your £99,000 provider contracts

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on 18 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Frank Zola, I am writing in response to your request for information, received 9 October. Your response is attached Yours sincerely, DWP...

UC automated email messages, improvements and standard statements and the distinction between voluntary and mandatory activities

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on 18 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Frank Zola, I am writing in response to your request for information, received 20th September. Yours sincerely, DWP Central FoI Team DWP C...

Jobcentre tells claimants: "avoid terms such as Depression, M.E., or low back pain, etc" - 'creating a positive health statement'

Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Frank Zola on 16 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Dear Frank Zola, I am writing in response to your request for information, received 7 October. Your response is attached. Yours sincerely, DWP...

Social media websites for job search.

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by simon. Annotated by Frank Zola on 8 November 2019.

Partially successful.

DWP: Social media use Guidance and moderation information for DWP social media channels, including specific guidance for Twitter, YouTube and Facebook...

Social media websites for job search.

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by simon. Annotated by Frank Zola on 31 October 2019.

Partially successful.

Social media guidance for civil servants: October 2014 The case for social media The Government Digital Service’s Social Media Playbook sets out the...

Social media websites for job search.

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by simon. Annotated by Frank Zola on 31 October 2019.

Partially successful.

List of social networking websites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_social_networking_websites Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin are all based in...

DWP forms for healthcare professionals

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 26 October 2019.

Partially successful.

Thanks James, links below go to HTML versions of PIP forms and the FOI request, as they show full history of the request and can be viewed without down...

Differing response time to Online complaints, and complaints by letter and telephone

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Mark Abraham. Annotated by Frank Zola on 16 October 2019.

Awaiting response.

Complaint teams are usually reactive and to maintain some semblance of independence, usually won't seek out complaints - such as those made via a UC Jo...

Differing response time to Online complaints, and complaints by letter and telephone

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Mark Abraham. Annotated by Frank Zola on 16 October 2019.

Awaiting response.

You might want to link the 'online procedure' you speak of as the DWP could consider what you are referring to is imprecise and give them leeway to int...

UC Journal and the Claimant Commitment

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 3 October 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Details of the 3 year sanctions being on all CCs, have been highlighted to the Social Security Advisory Committee via email, referring to this FOI req...

Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Behavioural Insights

Request to Cabinet Office by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 27 September 2019.

Awaiting classification.

ICO enforcement notice: Cabinet Office told to release info on experiments to nudge sick and unwell into work https://mrfrankzola.wordpress.com/2019/0...

Template/blank copy of the UC Claimant Commitment

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Henry King. Annotated by Frank Zola on 21 September 2019.

Withdrawn by the requester.

@Henry King, A UC CC does not need to be 'signed', but accepted*, which is commonly done via claimants online UC account. You might want to amend your...

UC Journal

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Curtis Allan. Annotated by Frank Zola on 19 September 2019.

Successful.

The DWP response does not make any mention of the Journal RE: ‘A message to my work coach’ sections of the Universal Credit journal https://www.what...

UC journal usage clarification

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Stephen Ross. Annotated by Frank Zola on 10 September 2019.

Awaiting classification.

Section 23 of the Welfare Reforms Act 2012, Chapter 2…does not compel this evidence to be supplied in a particular way, only that it must be supplied i...

UC journal usage clarification

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Stephen Ross. Annotated by Frank Zola on 10 September 2019.

Awaiting classification.

#UniversalCredit: Your Work Search. A ‘Coach’ can require you to supply your evidence in a “particular way”? What about your CV? https://mrfrankzola...

Using the 'To-do list' and 'A message to your work coach' section of the UC journal

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Curtis Allan. Annotated by Frank Zola on 8 September 2019.

Partially successful.

" Curtis Allan left an annotation ( 8 September 2019) @Frank Zola Does this mean that claimants can be forced to use the journal to provide evidenc...

Universal Credit Journal

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 8 September 2019.

Partially successful.

" Diptak Patel left an annotation ( 8 September 2019) What does this mean please. Do I have to upload evidence to journal now of job search." " ::...

Using the 'To-do list' and 'A message to your work coach' section of the UC journal

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Curtis Allan. Annotated by Frank Zola on 8 September 2019.

Partially successful.

"Thank you for your Freedom of Information request of 1st October 2017. You asked: Can work search evidence be provided via a claimants own Netbook...

Universal Credit Journal

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 8 September 2019.

Partially successful.

#UniversalCredit: Your Work Search. A 'Coach' can require you to supply your evidence in a "particular way"? What about your CV? https://mrfrankzola.w...

Using the 'To-do list' and 'A message to your work coach' section of the UC journal

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Curtis Allan. Annotated by Frank Zola on 8 September 2019.

Partially successful.

#UniversalCredit: Your Work Search. A 'Coach' can require you to supply your evidence in a "particular way"? What about your CV? https://mrfrankzola.w...

Universal Credit Journal

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 8 September 2019.

Partially successful.

Universal Credit – Benefit sanctions: notifications to take specific actions and the UC Journal https://mrfrankzola.wordpress.com/2019/09/05/notificat...

Using the 'To-do list' and 'A message to your work coach' section of the UC journal

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Curtis Allan. Annotated by Frank Zola on 8 September 2019.

Partially successful.

Universal Credit – Benefit sanctions: notifications to take specific actions and the UC Journal https://mrfrankzola.wordpress.com/2019/09/05/notificat...

Funding agreement with citizens advice

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Awaken Unite. Annotated by Frank Zola on 21 August 2019.

Refused.

Grants/Agreements https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/universal_support_ps39_million_f#incoming-1413447 Awaken Unite, Can FOI requests be made un...

Citizens Advice Universal Credit support

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by Frank Zola on 18 August 2019.

Successful.

Full unredacted @CitizensAdvice & @CitAdviceScot Universal Credit £51 million grant released 9 August 2019 Full copies of : ANNEX3 Citizens Advic...

Universal Support: £39 million for Citizens Advice

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 15 August 2019.

Successful.

Citizens Advice signed gagging clause in return for share of £51m from DWP https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/citizens-advice-signed-gagging-clause...

Lack of claimant consent to send their personal data to GPs, using the ESA65B letters

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 10 August 2019.

Successful.

DWP revising UC & ESA Claims & Work Capability forms, so sharing, obtaining and processing health info will now require claimant opt-in consent. http...

Universal Support: £39 million for Citizens Advice

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 9 August 2019.

Successful.

ICO forces Citizens Advice £51 million Universal Credit contract to be released in full – [ redactions removed ] The @CitizensAdvice & @CitAdviceScot...

Letters & info sent to GPs after being found 'fit-for-work', regards 'Fit Notes' and related matters

Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Frank Zola. Annotated by Frank Zola on 1 August 2019.

Successful.

Update: ICO tells DWP to “stop” issuing the #ESA65B ‘fit-note’ letters https://mrfrankzola.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/stopesa65b/

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