Clause 17 - Information sharing

Part of Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 3:15 pm on 28 January 2025.

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Photo of Neil O'Brien Neil O'Brien Shadow Minister (Education) 3:15, 28 January 2025

I have a brief question. I understand what the Minister is trying to do here; the Secretary of State is taking powers to require the Ofsted chief inspector to share information with them in connection with the functions under this part. Can the Minister explain how that differs from the current ability of His Majesty’s chief inspector to share information with the Secretary of State? As the Minister just said, proposed new section 30ZO(8) is clear that it cannot contravene the GDPR legislation anyway, so I am trying to understand what gap this clause is trying to fix.