Informing elected representatives about prisoners
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25(1)This condition is met if—
(a)the processing consists of the processing of personal data about a prisoner for the purpose of informing a member of the House of Commons, a member of the National Assembly for Wales or a member of the Scottish Parliament about the prisoner, and
(b)the member is under an obligation not to further disclose the personal data.
(2)The references in sub-paragraph (1) to personal data about, and to informing someone about, a prisoner include personal data about, and informing someone about, arrangements for the prisoner’s release.
(3)In this paragraph—
“prison” includes a young offender institution, a remand centre, a secure training centre or a secure college;
“prisoner” means a person detained in a prison.