Explanatory note

These Regulations provide that the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families may disclose the information listed in regulation 4 about individual pupils to the Statistics Board (the Board). Regulation 5 provides that the Board may only use that information in order to enable it to produce population statistics; for the making of arrangements for a census that the Board is required to undertake under the Census Act 1920; and for the assessment of the census returns.

Regulation 6 places further restrictions on the circumstances under which personal information may be disclosed by the Board. Personal information may only be disclosed by the Board if it is under a statutory or Community obligation to do so, or disclosure is made in pursuance of an order of a court. The Board may disclose personal information to a person providing services to it in connection with any of the purposes listed in regulation 5 for which disclosure to the Board was authorised.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.