Crime Reduction - Helping to Reduce Crime in Your Area

[In this very large section, place all relevant or pertinent documents and forms.]

For example, choose from the following list:

1. The request for information forms, filled in by the enquiring party.
   
   Sample request for information form
   
   

2. The Personal Information Request Forms (PIRF), filled in by the disclosing party. 
   
   Sample Personal Information Request Form
   
   

3. The Human Rights Act 1998, definitions and articles. 
   
   Guide to the Human Rights Act articles PDF (108 Kb)
   
   

4. The Data Protection Act 1998, definitions, sections and implications. 
   
   Crime and Disorder Act 1998: data protection implications for information-sharing (Information Commission guidance)
   
   

5. The Crime and Disorder Act 1998, definitions, implications and relevant sections (section 115 & section 17). 
   
   Guidance on Statutory Crime and Disorder Partnerships - chapter 5: Information Exchange
   
   

6. Guidance from the General Medical Council on Patient Confidentiality, definitions and relevant sections. 
   
   GMC guidance: Confidentiality: Protecting and Providing Information
   
   

7. The Freedom of Information Act 2000, definitions, relevant sections and implications on data-sharing. 
   
   An Introduction - Dec 2001 (Information Commission guidance)
    
   Overview of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Information Commission, Dec 2001) PDF (40Kb)
   
   

8. Other relevant legislation and information: 

1. The Common Law Duty of Confidence

2. The Freedom of Information Act 2000

3. The Housing Act 1996

4. The Mental Health Act 1983

5. The Health and Social Care Act 2001

6. The Education Act 1996

7. The Children Act 1989

8. The NHS and Community Care Act 1990

9. The Sex Offenders Act 1997

10. The Human Rights Act 1998

11. The Data Protection Act 1998

12. The General Medical Council

 

1. Any guidance on which bodies are entitled and invited to form the Crime Reduction Partnership. Types of Information:
   
   Responsible Authorities
   List of parties requiring protocol
   Guidance on referral and disclosure to Youth Offending Teams
   
   

2. Notes for specific Guidance, that are too bulky to be placed in the main text of this Protocol. For example, the day to day operation and procedures of the partnership, including the posts responsible for producing information, content and format of data, and means of exchanging data. [Insert here].
   
   

3. A library of good example Information Sharing Protocols will be added in coming week. Until this is available practitioners are invited to request good examples from the Information Sharing Team either by calling 020 7273 2179 or alternatively by sending a request by e-mail to informationsharing@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
   

 

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Date modified: July 2003
Review date: February 2004
Originator: Home Office Information Sharing Te

Last update: Tuesday, November 14, 2006