# The Child Minding and Day Care (Disclosure Functions) (England) Regulations 2004, Regulation 5: Disclosure to parents


(1) In this regulation, “parent” means a person who is, or has been a parent of, or has, or has had, parental responsibility for, a child.
(2) The Chief Inspector shall, in response to a written request by a parent of a child who is or, at any time prior to the request, was being—
(a) looked after by a registered child minder; or
(b) provided with care by a registered day care provider,
for information relating to that childcare provider, provide that parent with such information of a kind falling within paragraph (3) in his possession as he considers appropriate to meet that request.
(3) The information referred to in paragraph (2) shall be—
(a) information concerning the setting for the childcare provided by that childcare provider;
(b) the date of, purpose of, and any conditions attaching to, the registration of the childcare provider;
(c) information relating to the quality of the childcare obtained by an authorised person;
(d) information as to any enforcement action taken against the childcare provider by the Chief Inspector, by an authorised person, or by a local authority acting under Part X of the Act.
(4) Nothing in this regulation shall require the Chief Inspector to disclose to the parent the following information—
(a) information as to the identity of a child other than a child of the parent without the consent of a parent of the child identified;
(b) information as to the identity of a parent or relative of such a child, unless the parent or relative in question is the childcare provider, without the consent of the parent identified;
(c) information which the Chief Inspector does not consider reliable having regard to its age, provenance or the degree of substantiation available to him in relation to it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3136/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-minding-and-day-care-disclosure-functions-england-regulations-2004/regulation-5
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