The Performance and Innovation Unit at the Cabinet Office is producing a report on data sharing and matching which you may find useful when it is published. The Rights in Data group at the IDeA have produced a draft data sharing code of practice. It is available to download at www.idea-infoage.gov.uk - just follow the links. Any comments gratefully received - please email them to me. Nicola Wood People Information Programme Manager Information Age Practice Unit Direct Line: 020 7296 6601 Mobile: 07884 312241 www.idea-infoage.gov.uk <http://www.idea-infoage.gov.uk> -----Original Message----- From: Dave Uppington [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 09 February 2001 11:12 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Data Matching Outside of the NFI Aside from the uncertainty surrounding Audit Commission powers to require local authorities to take part in the NFI, to what extent may we engage in data matching 'off our own bat'? If we wanted to match specifically payroll against, say, benefits, or whatever, is it straight out ultra vires, or can we do it by 'consent', or can we make it a condition of employment, or what....? Comments appreciated, Dave U ********************************************************************** This e-mail and any files transmitted with it from South Gloucestershire Council are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the South Gloucestershire Council postmaster at the address below. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - www.jiscmail.ac.uk/user-manual/summary-user-commands.htm all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ____________________________________________________________ This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient and you have received this e-mail in error any use, dissemination, forwarding or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact us immediately by telephone or fax on the numbers given below Improvement & Development Agency/Employers' Organisation Layden House 76-86 Turnmill Street London EC1M 5LG Tel: 020 7296 6600 Fax: 020 7296 6666 Registered in England No 3675577 Registered Office: Local Government House, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HZ Improvement and Development Agency http://www.idea.gov.uk Employers Organisation http://www.lg-employers.gov.uk ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - www.jiscmail.ac.uk/user-manual/summary-user-commands.htm all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^