Hi zamara r u on line I need help

[soslasthope]

Can you ask the Housing Benefit for all details held on you in there file under the Data protection Act

 

Hope u no

 

Thanks

[sallysas]

Yes this is a legal request. Not sure if sar is correct way to go............

[soslasthope]

thanks which way is the best way then

[sallysas]

Call them up and ask them how to obtain your information. You won't be the 1st person to ever ask

[soslasthope]

Hi did that got passed to different people they say I can not request my information on paper and computer what is the legal asspect so I can quote in a letter to them please

 

DOES ANYBODY KNOW?

[The GodMother]

I am assuming you can send them a SAR request with a £10 fee.

 

I know a fellow CAGger whose solicitor has done that re her HB/CTB

[soslasthope]

Thank you Godmother was th fellow cag successfull in obtaining the info do you know?

[havinastella]

Thank you Godmother was th fellow cag successfull in obtaining the info do you know?

 

It is a legal requirement.

 

Send the SAr with the £10 and see what you get back!

 

JOgs

[The GodMother]

Yes from what i know the solicitor got back over 6 years worth of info.

[soslasthope]

Thanks God mother what do I ask for I want all information on my Housing Benefit File

[saintly_1]

you can adapt the letter from here http://www.consumerforums.com/resources/templates-library/48-bank-templates/110--data-protection-act-1998-subject-access-request-.html to suit

 

saint

[The GodMother]

What i would do is write a breif letter summing like this.

 

Dear Sir/madam.

 

Housing benefit number

council tax number

 

I am writing to request all the information you hold on file regarding the above housing and council tax numbers.

 

I have enclosed a £10 postal order for the statory fee which is the maximum you can charge regarding the request for this info.

 

I have also been known by theses names and lived at the following addresses during my time as a council tax and housing benefit claimant.

[soslasthope]

Thanks God Mother

 

DO YOU KNOW AND CAN YOU HELP

 

I have received a letter from the Council saying that that the local authority needs to be satisfied that the retal arrangment to pay Housing Benefit to me fits there criteria and that the arrangment to pay is a commercial one.

 

Hope you can help the housing benefit people keep turning down my application firstly it was that the Landlord was my Partner No I put them right on that one.

 

For a commerial what criteria do you have to met is there any reference I can quote in a letter to tham please

 

Thanks

[soslasthope]

Are u still on line God Mother

[The GodMother]

yep i here just.

 

It depends on ur local area re the rules so u will need to read those.

 

I believe that a commercial rent was business premisses but i may be wrong.

 

You could always ask them for a copy of the rules sorrounding this.

[sallysas]

I may be barking up the wrong tree but I thought landlords had to register with the council to be able to rent properties out in which case they were allocated a specific LL number. Does your landlord have this 'cos it seems to me that would settle the matter.

 

For advise ask the council or CAB.