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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 25 June 2025

Debate

Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill

Contribution

If the DWP makes any decisions based on automated processing of personal data without meaningful human involvement which have legal or similarly significant effects on individuals, it must do so with specific safeguards in place, as per the UK’s data protection framework. When collecting personal data, the DWP must tell data subjects whether it uses any automated decision-making, with meaningful information about the logic involved and the significance and envisaged consequence for the data subject. Further safeguards, which apply after a relevant decision is taken, are set out—

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