Public Sector Framework
Official Secrets Act s 5 & Statutory Bodies and Government Companies (Protection of Secrecy) Act s 3
- Information entrusted in confidence to a person owing to his official position
- must take reasonable care of the information
- must not retain if required lawfully to dispose of it
Statistics Act
- Information on any individual obtained under the Act
- must not disclose without written consent of that person
- may disclose if it can be done without identifying the individual and Minister determines that an appropriate time has elapsed