UK Parliament / Open data

Deposited Paper DEP2024-0495

Deposited paper deposited in the House of Lords by the Department for Work and Pensions on Wednesday, 15 May 2024. The commitment to deposit was made on Tuesday, 14 May 2024.

Letter dated 14/05/2024 from Viscount Younger of Leckie to Lords regarding questions during the Committee stages of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill: fraud, welfare fraud and error, why the Third-Party Data measure is needed and what the power is, compliance with ECHR, limiting the primary powers, benefits in scope, restrictions on information received, information received on linked accounts, further safeguards, affirmative Secondary Legislation, the Code of Practice, the proposed use of this power, commitment to test and learn and delivery, comparisons with other schemes, impact of the measure and evidence underpinning it. 12p.