# The Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (Disclosure of Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2009, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/277/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/statistics-and-registration-service-act-2007-disclosure-of-pupil-information-england-regulations-2009/note
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