AQW 1973/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 12/02/2020
Answered On Date: 21/02/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education what information about pupils may be shared with other departments, agencies and councils.

Answer:

Personal information relating to pupils can be shared with other departments, agencies and councils for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes, providing there is a lawful basis for doing so and the information is not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes.

When sharing information, my Department follows the data protection principles set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

Data sharing agreements are drawn up between my Department and those partners we share information with to safeguard the information being shared.