DWP-IR Longitudinal Study racial profiling
Some details about what the Department for Work and Pensions and Inland Revenue Longitudinal Study is being used for have been published.
The promised Ethics Committee still does not seem to have been constituted, or if it has, it is a secret.
Why are so many of the first tranche of access requests to this controversial merging of DWP and IR databases to do with Racial Profiling ? presumably these people also have access to the Census Data as well. They should seek to ensure that they do not go down in history alongside the infamous Jacobus Lambertus Lentz whose state of the art statistical analyses of the Dutch population formed the basis of the "efficient" delivery of Government services, and the Nazi round up of Jews and forced slave labourers etc.
Which of the Data Sets are these teams of statisticians, consultants and others working with ?
"Version 1 - fully identifiable, 24 year history, accessible only by those who will be linking in the Inland Revenue data;
Version 2 - anonymised, 24 year history, available to analysts for statistical and research purposes;
Version 3 - fully identifiable, 1 year history, used for operational purposes (most notably fraud and error)."
It is obvious that the Longitudinal Study Uses are not restricted to short term studies, but are in effect, a permanent gateway between the DWP and IR databases, which raises many unanswered privacy questions.
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Neighbourhood Statistics Team Information and Analysis Division
(IAD) |
Merge ethnicity data for use in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) pilots for London Improvement Project |
21/01/04 |
One Month only Four staff access |
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IAD Operational Research (OR) 4B |
To understand those who have fraud or incorrectness in their claims so that we can better target and investigate efforts, and reduce loss to the Dept. Commissioned by Ministers to support Public Service Agreement (PSA10a) |
28/01/04 |
12 Months Five staff access |
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Jobseeker and Analysis Division 4 (JAD4) Kings Court |
To undertake analysis and review the results of employment programmes |
28/01/04 |
Continuous but reviewed at regular intervals Seven staff access |
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IAD OR9 Quarry House |
Jobcentre Plus evaluation. Asses the impact of moving individuals onto caseloads and into work |
28/01/04 |
March 2005 But reviewed at regular intervals Three staff access |
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Ethnic Minorities Research team Kings Court |
To investigate and produce analysis to look at the movements of ethnic minorities from benefits to work and to look at longer term impacts of Jobcentre Plus in order to inform effective policy making. |
28/01/04 |
Continuous but reviewed at regular intervals Three staff access |
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Working Age and Child Group directorate (WACG) Adelphi |
To explore the efficiency of Jobcentre Plus targets (captured in it?s performance and Resources Agreement) to support the achievement of the Depts overall Public Service Agreement |
6/04/02 |
Indefinitely but subject to internal review |
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Lone Parents and Older Workers Division (LODAD) 6 Sheffield |
1) Tracking outcomes into work from Welfare to Work programmes. 2) Examine work history and its impact on programme performance 3) Examine the long term work patterns for those who took part in the New Deal Lone Parents (NDLP) Quantitative evaluation. |
13/02/04 |
Proposed until 2008 but likely to go beyond. Seven staff access |
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Statistical Services Division (SSD) Kings Court |
1) To further Job Centre Plus (JCP) stated aims of being ?the recruitment partner of choice in chosen sectors and accounts? by developing measures of whole economy recruitment v JCP recruitment 2) Use pay data for further analysis of vacancies and Employers ? i.e. analyse pay rates for different occupation/ employers |
26/02/04 |
12 Months Four staff access |
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Product Development Team Benton Park View -Room 5201 |
Modernising Statistical Publications to develop 100% data as a resource for reporting, to improve performance monitoring policy |
02/03/04 |
Review end- August 3/3/2004 Four staff access |
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Statistical Analysis System (SAS) Consultant |
Development & support of Work & Pensions The Longitudinal Study |
2/03/04 |
Indefinitely but subject to internal review One staff access |
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Business Strategy Directorate Kings Court |
To enhance the effectiveness of employment programmes through identifying current practices that help practices that help people into employment most effectively |
2/03/04 |
Indefinitely but subject to internal review One staff access |
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SSD Kings Court |
To analyse employment records of participants on employment programmes to comply with DWP aims to help people into sustained employment |
2/03/04 |
1 year initially three staff access |