The Information Sharing Index (England) Regulations 2006

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Required disclosure of information to the Secretary of State
     2. —(1) Within twenty-eight days of receiving a request from the Secretary of State, a children's services authority in England shall provide to the Secretary of State such of the information—

(a) referred to in the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(b) held by, or on behalf of, that authority,

as is requested.

    (2) Nothing in this regulation shall be taken as imposing a duty on a children's services authority in England to create, obtain or disclose information which is not already held by, or on behalf of, that authority at the time of the request.

Permitted disclosure of information by the Secretary of State
     3. The Secretary of State may disclose any information disclosed under these Regulations, or information provided by a Secretary of State under section 12(9) of the Act, to a person or body authorised by her to process the information on her behalf.

General provision in respect of disclosure of information
     4. Any—

(a) disclosure of information under regulation 3; or

(b) provision of information by a Secretary of State under section 12(9) of the Act,

may be made notwithstanding any rule of common law which prohibits or restricts the disclosure of information.

Conditions of processing information
     5. —(1) Information disclosed under these Regulations, or information provided by a Secretary of State under section 12(9) of the Act, may only be processed for the purpose of assessing the accuracy and quality of that information.

    (2) The Secretary of State shall not request information which is excessive in relation to the purpose specified in paragraph (1).

    (3) Information disclosed under these Regulations, or information provided by a Secretary of State under section 12(9) of the Act, in respect of any person to whom arrangements specified in section 12(1) of the Act relate, may not be processed—

(a) to support measures or decisions with respect to that person; or

(b) in such a way that substantial damage or substantial distress is, or is likely to be, caused to that person.

Retention of information
     6. Information disclosed under these Regulations, or information provided by a Secretary of State under section 12(9) of the Act, may be retained for no more than three years from the date on which the Secretary of State obtained it.



Signatory text


Beverley Hughes
Minister of State Department for Education and Skills

30th March 2006

     5. In relation to any primary medical services which are being provided under Part 1 of the National Health Service Act 1977[2], the name and contact details of any person providing those services, and the date on which those services were first provided.

     6. The name and contact details of anyone with parental responsibility for the person (within the meaning of section 3 of the Children Act 1989[3]) or who has care of the person at any time.

     7. Where child benefit is being claimed under Part IX of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[4] in respect of the person—

(a) the name; and

(b) the address,

of the claimant.

     8. Such metadata as may be requested by the Secretary of State and relates to information disclosed under these Regulations, or information provided by a Secretary of State under section 12(9) of the Act.

[2] 1977 c. 49.back

[3] 1989 c. 41.back

[4] 1992 c. 4.back