Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
FOI Reference: FOI/202500461157
Date received: 8 April 2025
Date responded: 8 May 2025
Information requested
Request for information 1: In 2024 the number of distinct recipients who were removed from the ADP caseload.
Request for information 2: In 2024 the number of distinct recipients who were removed from the ADP caseload in each calendar month.
Request for information 3: For (request 1) and (request 2) please provide the average time these individuals had been recipients of ADP.
Request for information 4: For (request 1) and (request 2) please provide a breakdown of the amount of time these recipients who were removed from the ADP caseload had been receiving ADP.
Request for information 5: For (request 1) and (request 2) please provide the condition for which those who left the ADP caseload were originally approved.
Response
Request for information 1 and 2:
Please find attached the requested information.
Please note that the data that informs this information included rounded figures. The application of rounding is standard practice in statistical outputs.
Request for information 3 and 4:
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Social Security Scotland does not have the information you have requested.
Social Security Scotland has not carried out analysis on the length of time Adult Disability Payment (ADP) recipients were in receipt of ADP when they were removed from the caseload.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that Social Security Scotland does not have the information you have requested.
Request for information 5:
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party, i.e. the data confirms the number of individuals that have been removed from the caseload in a specific month with a specific primary condition, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.
In order to assist you, and to protect the identities of those involved, we have provided redacted information in the attached document. Where the answer is 5 or less this has been redacted, where the answer is zero this has been disclosed.
Please note that these figures are based on management information, they have not been quality assured to the same standard as Official Statistics.
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FOI 202500461157 Released Documents