Part 1: Children Chapter 2: Safeguarding of children Section 19: Information
This section adds a new section 16H into the Children Act 2004. References to subsections below are to subsections in that new section.
	The section sets out the requirement on persons or bodies to supply information to the safeguarding partners on request.
	Subsection (1) specifies that the safeguarding partners can request that information is supplied to the safeguarding partners, relevant agencies, a reviewer or another person or body specified in the request, for the purpose of enabling or assisting the performance of the functions set out in sections 16E and 16F.
	Subsection (2) states that a person or body requested to provide information under this section must comply with the request.
	Subsection (3) allows the safeguarding partner that made the request for information to apply for a High Court or county court injunction to enforce the request for information where the recipient of the request does not provide comply with the request.
	Subsection (4) sets out that the information may be used by the person to whom it is provided, only for the purpose of enabling or assisting the performance of functions conferred by section 16E or 16F.