Presentation of case study on making better use of DWP data. Presented by Amanda Hillman at the Data-sharing Discovery Day on 26 January in London.

1. DWP and DWP functions
Real time
information
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CIS Data and Data Accessibility
Local Authority HB
Customer
LA HB
data
Social
landlord
data
Private
landlord
data
Payment
and award
info to
customer
Customer
supported
services e.g. Blue
Badge, Personal
budgeting
Other
services
e.g. free
leisure

2. Key messages
• Hugely complex
• Legislation
• Consent
• Common Law
• Right approach for each information
exchange
• Governance managed by EDSAC, DSDPP
and PIA process

3. • An ‘attribute’ is a data item about a person,
e.g. a name, e.g. rent cost,
e.g. is claiming UC.
• A ‘trusted attribute’ is such an item supplied
by a source we trust, e.g. a GOV.UK Verify
Identity Provider,
e.g. a social landlord, e.g. DWP.
• We need an attribute of an identity from a
trustworthy source which has assured the
data so that we can rely on the attribute for
our business transaction.

4. • User can give consent in context of the transaction,
releasing only those items which are necessary for
the process, increasing transparency and privacy.
• User cannot make an error in keying data since it
comes from a trusted source
• User has to type less, saving time
• User gets outcome during online session –
once and done
• User has no additional processes to ‘verify’ her data.

5. • Business has no need to verify data
it is already trusted, saving process time,
operational and third party costs
• Business doesn’t need to transfer and store data ‘in
case it is needed’ since it arrives with the transaction,
reducing costs and risks
• Business has audit of contextual permission to obtain
data, decreasing legal barriers and improving
compliance
• Business doesn’t need to integrate with multiple
sources and many point to point links since it comes
from a standard ‘attribute exchange’ service saving
cost and increasing agility.