We collect your information to:

  • assess, plan and review families' needs to provide early help support

What type(s) of information do we use?

  • contact details
  • demographic information
  • national identifiers such as NHS number, Unique Pupil Number etc
  • family and relationship details
  • referral, assessment and care plan
  • health data
  • employment data
  • financial information
  • housing data
  • education and attendance data
  • social care information
  • criminal offences, alleged offences, related proceedings
  • census data

What is the legal basis for using your information?

The legal basis for processing your personal data, in accordance with the UK GDPR is:

Article 6

  • (e) Public Task: the processing is necessary to perform a task in the public interest or for an official function.

Article 9

  • (b) processing is necessary for the purposes of carrying out the obligations and exercising specific rights of the controller or of the data subject in the field of employment and social security and social protection law
    and
  • (g) processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest

In this instance the legislation/statutory guidance that informs this processing is as follows:

  • Childcare Act 2006 Section 1: Duty on local authorities to improve the well-being of young children in their area and reduce inequalities between them
  • Working together to safeguard children 2023

Where do we get your information?

  • yourself
  • central government
  • schools, colleges or other education providers
  • health services
  • Family Hubs
  • care providers including family members
  • police
  • probation
  • supporting families employment advisors
  • other local authorities
  • any previous interactions with the council, such as Children’s services, Youth Offending Service and Mosaic
  • Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
  • Synergy
  • Clint Caseload Information System (CCIS)

Who do we share your information with?

  • care providers including family members
  • the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • the Department for Education
  • schools, colleges or other education providers
  • Family Hubs
  • youth justice services
  • health services
  • police
  • probation
  • other local authorities
  • supporting families employment advisors
  • Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

How long will we keep your information?

From date of birth plus 35 years in line with the council’s retention schedule

Transferring your information outside of the European Union (EU)

We will not transfer your information outside of the EU.

Automated decisions using your information?

For this service all the decisions we make about you involve human intervention.

Your rights

In our guide on exercising your rights you can find information about how to:

  • exercise your rights
  • contact our Data Protection Officer
  • raise a concern with us
  • make a complaint to the Information Commissioner

You can find out what information we hold about you, and ask us not to use any of the information we collect.

Further information

If you would like further information about this privacy notice, please email dpa.officer@stockport.gov.uk

Updates (notice)

Our core data protection obligations and commitments are set out in our primary privacy notice.

We may update or revise this privacy notice at any time. If you are reading this as a printed copy please refer to www.stockport.gov.uk for the most up to date version.