Regulation 8 Disclosure to other government departments and local authorities

(1)

In this regulation—

“government department” includes a Northern Ireland department and any body or authority exercising functions on behalf of the Crown; and
“local authority” means a local authority acting in pursuance of any of its statutory functions other than those functions to which regulation 6 relates.

(2)

The Chief Inspector shall, in response to a written request from another government department for information relating to a childcare provider named in the request, provide that government department 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 information concerning—

(a)

the setting for the childcare provided by the 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 provided 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 the following information—

(a)

information as to the identity of any child to whom childcare is or has been provided without the consent of a parent of the child identified;

(b)

information as to the identity of a parent 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.

(5)

The Chief Inspector shall, in response to a request in writing from another government department or a local authority, provide that department or authority with so much of the following information as is in his possession relating to childcare providers registered under section 79F of the Act at the date of the request as is needed to meet the request—

(a)

the names of the childcare providers; and

(b)

in relation to each childcare provider—

(i)

any unique reference number or other identifier used by the Chief Inspector;

(ii)

the date and purpose of registration, in so far as it relates to the provision of relevant childcare;

(iii)

the date and number of any current certificate of registration;

(iv)

the business name, if any, under which the childcare is, or is to be, provided;

(v)

the address of the childcare provider;

(vi)

the address, if different from the address at (v), of any premises at which relevant childcare is, is to be, or may be provided;

(vii)

any telephone number, fax number or e-mail address of the childcare provider or of the premises supplied to the Chief Inspector by the childcare provider; and

(viii)

any relevant qualifications.

(6)

The information that may be provided to a local authority under paragraph (5) shall be limited to such information as relates to childcare providers in the area administered by that authority and the local government areas adjacent to that area.