Then, on April 1st of this year, authorities became obliged to share information with law enforcement agencies. From December 1st, the obligation also applies between authorities, not just information to, for example, the police.
According to the government, the outcome of the April legislative change could have been much better. However, social services, municipalities, regions and others have not started to tip off the police to the extent the government wanted.
Doesn't rattle
– My impression is not that information has started to leak out, says Minister of Justice Gunnar Strömmer (M) at a press conference, describing it as unsustainable that authorities continue to withhold information.
When asked by TT what Strömmer bases his image of a lack of sharing on, he says that he "cannot boast of any well-developed basis".
– But I have asked the question to the police during visits around the country, also nationally. The overall picture is that there is not a lot of pressure or a noticeable difference compared to before, says the Minister of Justice, adding that it is enough to call for more emphasis on sharing more.
He says that a major change in the culture of authorities and private and public actors subject to the access to and confidentiality laws is needed to get them to share more information. And now the question marks that have existed regarding the legislation and what is permitted to be shared should also have disappeared.
Check bank statement
– Every actor must think about: What information do we have, what information do others have? What conditions do we have and what cultures do we have to change, says Strömmer, who during the press conference is supported by Minister of Social Services Camilla Waltersson Grönvall (M) and Minister of Social Insurance Anna Tenje (M).
Tenje says that the reduced secrecy can provide new tools to counteract so-called sham separations or the wrong payment of a guarantee pension even though the person in question actually lives abroad. Bank statements that show where a person lives or stays can be used more than before the new law.
