Winter Heating Payment: service level agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers

Service level agreement between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Scottish Ministers in respect of the Winter Heating Payment.


17. Freedom of Information Requests, Parliamentary Questions Ministerial Correspondence and ‘Treat Official’ Correspondence

17.1 Each Party is to follow existing processes and obligations for requests to that Party and having regard to the ‘MoU on Devolution' as well as the ‘Concordat between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Scottish Government’ as referenced in Section 4 (Derivation) of this Agreement.

17.2 Each Party will assist and cooperate with each other where appropriate to enable each to meet its obligations.

17.3 This agreement does not supersede any legal obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA) and the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FoI(S)A).

SG FoI(S)A contact

FoI@gov.scot

DWP FoI Contact

Freedom-of-information-request@dwp.gov.uk

Contact

Email: formalagreements@socialsecurity.gov.scot

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