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Jim Otram

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This person's Freedom of Information requests (approximately 40)

Court of Protection & applications to execute wills
Response by Ministry of Justice to Jim Otram on 19 October 2016.

Refused.

Hello Mr Otram, Please find attached my findings regarding the above.   Bob Weston   Data Quality Manager   HMCTS - Finance Directorate - Perfor...
Audio-recorded evidence of medical malpractice
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 13 October 2014.

Successful.

Thank you Della. And thank you JtOakley for that useful insight into PHSO procedures. In the light of your having decided to 'park ' your complaint abo...
The perfect entitlement of claimants to audio-record WCAs
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by adrian todd (Account suspended) on 16 June 2013.

Refused.

The only reason you banned GEOFF REYNOLDS is because he is finding the truth......... This website is now a toothless poodle, a lapdog of the DWP.......
Face-to–face PIP medical assessments commencing April 2013
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by William Hammonds on 14 June 2013.

Partially successful.

Use whatever you like to make a record of your audible presentation. Since when did atos acquire the authority to decide how you make a record. Atos...
Claimants' personal audio-recording equipment. Expenses for additional appointments required by the DWP.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by Margaret Stone on 3 April 2013.

Information not held.

Between us, a friend and I have spoken to three different staff on the ever unhelpful desk, and a resources clerk. All four went to seek advice and al...
The audio-recording of WCAs. March 2012 to January 2013.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by J Newman on 20 March 2013.

Partially successful.

A case I think of not recording information you do not want the public to know. Given that DWP is still witholding some information under the policy-f...
Data re WCA recording
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 5 February 2013.

Successful.

So, on that basis, it might be the case that claimants are having their entitlement to full, or any, benefits denied for long periods, not because Atos...
Breaches of professional obligations by 'HCPs' during the ESA assessment process
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by John Slater on 12 January 2013.

Partially successful.

John, You raise an extremely valid point. I believe that distrust and contempt for claimants is endemic across the DWP. The Tribunal hearing related...
True costs of the WCA process(1)
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 4 January 2013.

Information not held.

And now see:- http://atosvictimsgroup.co.uk/2013/01/04/disabled-face-exorbitant-fees-in-benefit-appeals/
Postponement of WCAs on the basis of audio-recording
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by lotus on 2 December 2012.

Partially successful.

The assessment by a nurse or doctor for whatever reason becomes part of the person's medical file and any deviations from other mainstream medical opin...
The 'conditional perfect' entitlement for claimants to audio-record WCAs
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by J Newman on 14 November 2012.

Partially successful.

Hear, hear. It is however still a disgrace that DWP can do what it likes and leave the TS to sort out the mess.
Audio-recording equipment and 'the resource team'.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by J Newman on 13 November 2012.

Successful.

Hopefully we will crack the Day 21 issue soon elsewhere. I am working on the procedures they have established to ensure that the supply shortfall of e...
Inability to attend WCAs
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 9 November 2012.

Refused.

"...in the majority of cases, the reason why a person is unable to attend an assessment is not recorded as there is no relevant reason to do so..." I...
Failure by Atos to conduct WCAs to be recorded by claimants
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Jim Otram on 7 November 2012.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Otram, Please find attached response to your Freedom of Information Internal Review request. <<3993-IR679 Mr Otram Response.pdf>> Corres...
The 'take up' of audio recording WCAs
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Jim Otram on 6 November 2012.

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Otram Please find enclosed a response to your request for a review of the information previously supplied under the Freedom of Information...
Failure to acknowledge receipt of emailed FoI requests
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Jim Otram on 5 November 2012.

Successful.

Dear Mr Otram Please see attached response to your FoI request. Kind regards DWP Central FoI Team Jim Otram <[FOI #133310 email]> DWP Central Free...
Informing ESA claimants of their right to a recorded WCA
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Jim Otram on 22 October 2012.

Successful.

Dear Mr Otram Please find enclosed a response to your request for a review of the information previously supplied   under the Freedom of Information...
Monitoring recorded WCAs
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by J Newman on 9 October 2012.

Successful.

Back to the incompetence vs malice debate Jim. The Atos report openly & rightly acknowledges the 500 sample was arbitrary and categorically NOT sta...
Recorded WCAs and 'reconsideration'
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by J Newman on 6 August 2012.

Long overdue.

Linked to this, I have asked given my absolute right to record a session "behind closed doors", that if Atos cannot oblige, what possible objection can...
Recording of WCAs: the 2011 'Pilot'
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Jim Otram on 12 July 2012.

Refused.

Dear Mr Otram Please find enclosed a response to your request for an Internal Review under the Freedom of Information Act. <<FOI Response 3036-IR1...
The 'Pilot' of audio recording WCAs
Response by Department for Work and Pensions to Jim Otram on 25 June 2012.

Refused.

Dear Mr Otram, Please see attached response to your Internal Review request. Kind regards, DWP Central FoI Team From: Jim Otram [mailto:[FOI #10446...
WCAs -The audio recording 'Pilot'
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 30 May 2012.

Refused.

So:- 1. Despite the terms of its own briefing document, which specifically stated that factors to be considered in evaluating the pilot included: "...
Commencement of the current WCA recording scheme
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by John Slater on 25 May 2012.

Partially successful.

JN’s points are spot on. I’ve been in situations where I have raised concerns about treating people badly and I got very strange looks from senior peop...
Substandard doctors and WCAs
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 25 May 2012.

Partially successful.

So the DWP ask Atos and Atos say 'no probs' - and that, it would appear, is the end of any audit. I cannot presently prove they are wrong, but I pers...
WCA 'pilot' of audio recording: copy recording statistics
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by J Newman on 16 May 2012.

Refused.

As regards the praise for this site - hear hear!
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This person's 178 annotations

Audio-recorded evidence of medical malpractice
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 13 October 2014.

Successful.

Thank you Della. And thank you JtOakley for that useful insight into PHSO procedures. In the light of your having decided to 'park ' your complaint abo...
Audio-recorded evidence of medical malpractice
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 10 October 2014.

Successful.

Thank you for taking an interest in this query. Reciprocally, I am very interested in the point you bring to bear. Telephone calls are, regrettably,...
Audio-recorded evidence of medical malpractice
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 9 October 2014.

Successful.

Laugh or cry? In all fairness to the PHSO, it HAS addressed the queries I raised. It does NOT have a 'policy' which automatically excludes evidence...
Audio-recorded evidence of medical malpractice
Request to Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 12 September 2014.

Successful.

The prompt for this enquiry is a Consumer Action Group thread:- http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?256545-Audio-recording-your...
ESA Work Capability Assessment Medical Assessment
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by Jim Otram on 16 August 2013.

Refused.

"... the Commissioner has confirmed that the response dated 14 March 2013 was handled incorrectly and reference to the term vexatious should not have b...
Mandatory Work Activity - Participating companies/businesses in Peterborough
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Sarah Tomkins. Annotated by Jim Otram on 27 July 2013.

Refused.

Good one, Sarah T. I look forward to learning of further developments with interest. It looks like the DWP is once again commencing the policy of fla...
Deliberately Misleading 0800 055 6688 JSA claim line.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jack Silverside. Annotated by Jim Otram on 11 July 2013.

Partially successful.

I've seen one or two of these types of message here at WDTK before. It usually seems to mean that someone at the recipient's end, the DWP in this cas...
Mandatory Reconsideration - Information
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Gerald Jones. Annotated by Jim Otram on 29 May 2013.

Successful.

" Options are currently being considered around commissioning claimant insight activity..." Anybody able to translate this juvenile jargon into Engl...
PIP Audio Recordings
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by B. Adams. Annotated by Jim Otram on 30 April 2013.

Successful.

Quite so, JN. The fact the DWP will not accept the obviously sensible, cost-effective accommodation, 'if you record then you must let the DWP as well',...
The perfect entitlement of claimants to audio-record WCAs
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 19 April 2013.

Refused.

(Absolutely agreed, D.A.) Re: laptops - now see yesterday's response to this query:- https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/dwpatos_guidance_documen...
WCA Audi Recording Pilot
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by J Newman. Annotated by Jim Otram on 18 April 2013.

Partially successful.

An absolutely cracking result here. Thank you, John. "More recently it has been accepted that under the Data Protection Act and as we are acting on b...
FoI Act 20 day limit
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by J Newman. Annotated by Jim Otram on 3 April 2013.

Partially successful.

Many congratulations, JN. Looks like you and I were compiling annotations at the same time. In much the same direction, I am glad to note!
FoI Act 20 day limit
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by J Newman. Annotated by Jim Otram on 3 April 2013.

Partially successful.

Indeed, JS. An excellent result from admirable persistence. It may not be immediately obvious to any passers by that the ruling from the ICO referred...
Claimants' personal audio-recording equipment. Expenses for additional appointments required by the DWP.
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 3 April 2013.

Information not held.

It is extraordinary. I have been specifically told the contray by Atos. Ah, well - at least this request may be of some use the next time a claimant\...
WCA Postponements – impact on ESA payments
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by J Newman. Annotated by Jim Otram on 3 April 2013.

Partially successful.

Many congratulations on getting the ICO to rule succinctly and emphatically in your favour on this issue, John. For 'passers-by', see:- http://www....
Data Protection Act Section 36 Exemption (2)
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by Jim Otram on 19 March 2013.

Partially successful.

Congtaulations on getting the ICO bestir itself of this issue, John. Further developments awaited with interest.
WCA Postponements – impact on ESA payments
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by J Newman. Annotated by Jim Otram on 5 March 2013.

Partially successful.

That's the spirit, John. I'm looking forward to the outcome of your ref. to the ICO on the point in question.
Legal basis for denying claimants rights to appeal
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Ray Playforth. Annotated by Jim Otram on 27 February 2013.

Partially successful.

That strikes me as an extremely important and precise point. Best of luck with this, RP, and thank you for the info. Definitely one to 'follow'.
The perfect entitlement of claimants to audio-record WCAs
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 26 February 2013.

Refused.

No other option.
Capita PIP Contract & Audio Recording of Assessments
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by paul smith. Annotated by Jim Otram on 25 February 2013.

Partially successful.

Many thanks chaps. Until now, the only specific reference to this I knew was made by the B&W people in their 10 12 12 newsletter:- "So, the fight is...
Capita PIP Contract & Audio Recording of Assessments
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by paul smith. Annotated by Jim Otram on 25 February 2013.

Partially successful.

Good one, Paul. May I request a link to Capita's saying it would be happy to record, etc.?
WCA Audi Recording Pilot
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by J Newman. Annotated by Jim Otram on 18 February 2013.

Partially successful.

It's just grotesque, John. Still 'formulating policy' as regards a tin-pot 'pilot' completed in June 2011.. Blatant and contemptible evasion.
Atos contract - performance management
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by J Newman. Annotated by Jim Otram on 13 February 2013.

Partially successful.

Many congratulations, John. Your tenacity is an example and encouragement to all FoI enquirers, and I look forward to reading the forthcoming info, and...
Refusal to Record WCA
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by John Slater. Annotated by Jim Otram on 9 February 2013.

Refused.

Thnaks for that update, DF. Wholly agreed, JS. The DWP are not montoring the real reason why people's medical assessments are being delayed - some...
Data re WCA recording
Request to Department for Work and Pensions by Jim Otram. Annotated by Jim Otram on 5 February 2013.

Successful.

So, on that basis, it might be the case that claimants are having their entitlement to full, or any, benefits denied for long periods, not because Atos...
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