The Committee gave consideration to the second report of the evening, presented by the Director of Corporate Services on behalf of the Data Protection Officer / FOI Officer. It was explained that the purpose of the policy was to provide a framework for the Council and those working on its behalf to: provide information to deliver better services, consider the controls needed for information sharing; and, ensure that partners sharing information were aware of the Council’s Minimum Security Standards for securing information, the obligations of consent, and how to take appropriate account of an individual’s objection to the sharing. As previously, it was noted that no changes to the policy had an effect on the current processing at the authority.

As with the earlier report, Members of the Committee expressed their satisfaction with the report and policy amendments. The same Member of the Committee proposed the additional recommendation be put to the Committee, for authority to be delegated for minor housekeeping amendments. This was seconded with the Democratic Services Officer confirming the same wording would be used as for the previous item.

Having been moved and seconded, with the additional recommendation included, it was unanimously

            RESOLVED that

a)    amendments to the Information Sharing Policy be approved by the Corporate Policy & Resources Committee for formal adoption; and

b)    future minor housekeeping amendments be delegated to the Director of Corporate Services in consultation with the Chairs of the Joint Staff Consultative and Corporate Policy and Resources Committees.