New Clause 16
Children and Young Persons Bill [Lords]
2:15 pm
Greg Pope (Hyndburn, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 21—Duty to keep records—
‘(1) It shall be the duty of every local authority and voluntary organisation that looks after or provides accommodation for a child to maintain records prescribed by regulations.
(2) Regulations may provide for the transfer of records held by a voluntary organisation to another voluntary organisation or local authority.’.
New clause 22—Duty to provide access to records—
‘(1) A post-care adult has the right, at his request, to receive from the local authority or voluntary organisation holding his care records:—
(a) all the information relating to his personal history;
(b) all relevant information relating to his family history.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a request for information in circumstances where the local authority or voluntary organisation is authorised by regulations to withhold the information or any part of it.
(3) Regulations may provide for local authorities and voluntary organisations to provide appropriate support, including information and advice, to post-care adults if requested.
(4) The regulations may provide for circumstances in which the local authority or voluntary organisation holding the records may arrange for another local authority or voluntary organisation near the post care adult’s home to provide access to the records and support.
(5) In this section “post care adult” means a person aged 18 and over who has at any time been in the care of, or looked after or accommodated by, a local authority or voluntary organisation.’.