On Donald's point my rather tongue in cheek suggestion only works if you have narrowed the scope to "personal data" rather than "a copy of the file". Having said that where there was scope for ambiguity my practice was often to write to an applicant asking "can you confirm that you are requesting any personal data you are entitled to under s7 DPA".
FOIA / FOISA is a good reason not to worry too much about redaction in such cases but not forgetting under FOI/ FOISA you may often be refusing to confirm or deny the existence of a file even though you will happily provide an applicant with his PD from it under an SAR.
One of many reasons why SAR's should be dealt with by "experts" and not just anyone whse desk they land on
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