Information sharing agreements under chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 of part 5 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 register

Information sharing agreements under the public service delivery, debt, fraud and civil registration provisions within the Digital Economy Act 2017

First published 1 November 2018

Last updated 14 December 2018 — see all updates

Category: Government

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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Information sharing agreement 0001	Name	Purpose	Information sharing benefits	Legal power disclosure	Disclosed information	Controllers	Controller names	Information sharing method	Processors	Processor names	Retention period	Start date	End date	Review date	Contact	Areas	Area names
1	Exploring differences in company accounts filed between Companies House and HMRC	To identify where differences in accounts filed between HMRC and Companies House over the last 48 months indicate fraudulent activity	This pilot will help Companies House to identify potential fraud and error and, in establishing improvements to the operation of the account filing process, ensure that Companies House are presenting a more accurate picture of the financial health of businesses. This pilot will also enable HMRC to identify where companies are understating accounts and thereby reducing tax liabilities. In doing so, HMRC will be able to redeem extra public funds through increased tax dividends.	information-sharing-agreement-powers-and-objectives-0001:7	Company names and registration numbers, selected accounts items, and the names of associated company directors, partners, and third party accountants where relevant.	government-organisation:EA26, government-organisation:D25	No data	Government Secure Email	No data	No data	P11M	2018-09-06	2019-03-31	2019-03-21	informationrights@companieshouse.gov.uk	No data	No data

The **18 fields** in this register
Field name	Field description
Information sharing agreement 0001	The unique code for the information sharing agreement.
Name	The title of the information sharing agreement.
Purpose	The purpose of the information sharing agreement.
Information sharing benefits	The intended benefits of the information sharing agreement.
Legal power disclosure	The legal power disclosure for the information sharing agreement — this is referring to the information sharing agreement powers and objectives record in the Powers and objectives for disclosure under the Digital Economy Act 2017 register.
Disclosed information	A description of the information disclosed by the controller under the agreement
Controllers	The unique codes for the disclosers of the information.
Controller names	Name of Controller(s) disclosing the information
Information sharing method	How the information is shared.
Processors	The unique codes for the receivers of the information being shared.
Processor names	Names of the processors or controllers in receipt of the information
Retention period	How long the information will be held by the recipient, formatted as described by the ISO 8601 time interval standard.
Start date	When the information sharing agreement will start.
End date	When the information sharing agreement will end.
Review date	When the information sharing agreement will be reviewed.
Contact	The contact details for subject access requests for the information sharing agreement.
Areas	The unique codes for the geographical areas the information sharing agreement applies to.
Area names	The names of the geographical areas the information sharing agreement applies to.