Testing the feasibility of data matching between VOA and DWP data for improved fuel poverty targeting

Purpose
To test the matching of two data sets to enable Government to better identify households at risk of fuel poverty and improve the targeting of support to tackle fuel poverty
Information sharing benefits
The testing will help BEIS understand the feasibility of the matching between the two datasets; identify areas of error or non-match and investigate mitigations in order to maximise the datasets' matching success rates. The data matching mechanism would enable more effective targeting of fuel poverty policies.
Disclosed information
Valuation Office Agency (VOA) data relating to property characteristics will be shared with the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) for ranking according to potential energy costs. Data to be onwardly shared with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for the matching feasibility exercise; where the relationship between property data and benefits data will be compared
Information sharing method
Secure File Transfer
Contact
dataprotection@beis.gov.uk
Start date
2019-02-18
End date
2019-12-31
Review date
2019-07-01
Retention period
P3Y11M
Isa status
Complete
Id
4
Notes
no change

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