Data Protection and use of data
All information and data provided shall be dealt with in accordance with the Councils data protection policy and privacy notices which are available on the councils website.
Management Information will be collected and cross checked by each area that makes an award under the scheme to provide high level information to the Department for Work and Pensions as required under the scheme, and to avoid duplication of assistance.
The Crisis and Resilience Fund is classified as Local Welfare Provision. The provision of DWP data to Authorities is under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between DWP and Authorities (Access, handling, exchange and protection of DWP's and HM Revenue and Customs' data). Under (Annex C) of the current DWP/Local Authority MoU authorities have legal permission to access DWPs Searchlight portal and specific DWP Monthly data share UC, Pension Credit, Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) (IR) and HB only data through a monthly data share for the purpose of The Fund.