Schedule 9 to the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (c. 2) includes provision for the Secretary of State or the Minister for the Cabinet Office to carry out data matching exercises or to arrange for them to be done on his or her behalf. Paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 sets out the circumstances in which information (obtained for a data matching exercise and the result of any such exercise) may be disclosed by or on behalf of a Minister. The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 applies to relevant authorities in England.