✅ FOI: 3rd Party Datasets Accessed by the Assessor/ERO.
Request to the Highland & Western Isles Valuation Joint Board.
Sent: 22 December 2025
Due: 23 January 2026
Response Received: 19 January 2026
19 January 2026
22 December 2025
Dear Sirs,
Please provide the following information:
1. List of Datasets - A comprehensive list of all third-party datasets that the Assessor/ERO has accessed, or formally requested access to, for any purpose since January 2022. This should include, but is not limited to: Blue Badge records, payroll data, planning, building standards, education, housing or housing benefit records, council tax records, STL licencing data etc. Please include the name of the provider for each dataset.
2. The purposes for which each dataset is used and the specific categories of data (names, addresses, birthdates, NI etc.) accessed for each dataset.
3. State the methods of access used for each dataset. (e.g., direct read-only access to Council systems, batch file transfers, manual spreadsheet extracts, correspondence etc.).
4. For each dataset listed, state the specific legislative provision that the Board relies upon to authorise the transfer of this data from those third parties to the Assessor/ERO and state any internal policies, contracts, written agreements that apply to access of each dataset.
Thank you for your time & attention.
Kind regards.