Required disclosure of information to the Secretary of State

2.—(1) Within twenty-eight days of receiving a request from the Secretary of State, a children’s services authority in England shall provide to the Secretary of State such of the information—

(a)referred to in the Schedule to these Regulations; and

(b)held by, or on behalf of, that authority,

as is requested.

(2) Nothing in this regulation shall be taken as imposing a duty on a children’s services authority in England to create, obtain or disclose information which is not already held by, or on behalf of, that authority at the time of the request.