Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
FOI Reference: FOI/202300383182
Date received: 31 October 2023
Date responded: 28 November 2023
Information Requested
You asked for the following information for the time period 1 July 2022 to 1 July 2023.
Request for information 1: The number of individuals in receipt of Child Disability Payment that did not apply for Adult Disability Payment before their 18th birthday.
Request for information 2: The number of individuals in receipt of Child Disability Payment who had an application for Adult Disability Payment still pending a decision after their 18th
birthday.
Request for information 3: The number of individuals in receipt of Child Disability Payment who received reminder letters notifying them to apply for Adult Disability Payment.
In other words, the number of reminder letters (or email or phone calls) issued to individuals in receipt of Child Disability Payment to notify them to apply for Adult Disability Payment
Response
Requests for information 1 and 2:
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the costs of locating, retrieving and providing the information requested would exceed the upper cost limit of £600. This would require analysis of over 12,000 records. Under section 12 of FOISA public authorities are not required to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying would exceed the upper cost limit, which is currently set at £600 by Regulations made under section 12.
You may, however, wish to consider reducing the scope of your request in order that the costs can be brought below £600. You may wish to do this by narrowing the timeframe of your request. You may also find it helpful to look at the Scottish Information Commissioner's 'Tips for requesting information under FOI and the EIRs' on his website at:
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/YourRights/Tipsforrequesters.aspx
Request for information 3:
All clients in receipt of Child Disability Payment receive a letter informing them to apply for Adult Disability Payment six months before their entitlement end date. 2,812 such reminder letters were sent to clients during the timeframe specified.
About FOI
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