Hi All
Happy New Year to you all....sorry came back to over 200 e-mails yesterday and have just finished answering them all...who invented FoI?
Anyway, I have receved a request for lists of people who have died, - names, date of death, DOB, last known address and size of estate. Our Registrars are run by the Council but they only provide name and date of death to the Registrar General for Scotland - they do not kow size of estate etc and they cannot provide lists of people who have died to anyone. This is a person who is trying to trace next of kin and I think it is for people who have died whilst in care - (Social Services) and is requesting a list of the above which has been sent to Treasury Solicitor. I think it is different up here in Scotland but I am a bit wary about this - identity theft etc. Admittedly, it would be nice if someone contacted me and said my relative had died and there was £1m waiting to be collected!!!
I am not sure this is FoI - yes, dead people are not covered by Data Protection but by discllosing last known address etc. that could identify next-of-kin who are living individuals...and I am sure there must be other legislation which does not permit disclosure...
Any views would be greatly appreciated as usual..............
Dor
Doreen Broom
Access to Information Officer
Scottish Borders Council
Tel: 01835 826516
Fax: 01835 825059
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