Decision details

The committee considered a report on the progress made in developing robust arrangements to manage the County Council's responsibilities to properly maintain the confidentiality and security of information.

It was reported that good progress had been made in the provision of meaningful resources to the information governance function and in relation to staff awareness and training.

The committee was pleased to note that the Council had achieved a 'satisfactory' score of 82% against the NHS Toolkit attainment levels. Although the Council had not been able to attain the required Level 3 accreditation for all categories by the deadline of 31^st March, it had been able to demonstrate excellent progress, that work was progressing well and that it had a project plan in place to achieve the required level in all categories in the near future.

It was also reported that a new version of the Toolkit would be released for 2014/15 which it was expectedwould be more aligned to local government ways of working and that a report on such would be presented to the committee when available.

The committee noted that 21 information security breaches had been reported in the last threemonths, a number of which had been reported to the Information Commissioner's Office.

Resolved:  That the report be noted.