2023-04-192022/23:JuU15 · p.5JuUJustice
Coordinated interventions
Coordinated efforts between schools, social services, and police
What's at stake: Early, coordinated efforts between schools, social services, and police are highlighted as crucial to stopping the recruitment of young people into criminal gangs, but confidentiality rules can currently make it harder to share information about individual young people between these actors. The issue concerns how quickly such barriers should be addressed.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question was whether confidentiality barriers that hinder information-sharing between police, social services, and schools should be urgently removed through new legislation, or whether the ongoing government inquiry into confidentiality law should be awaited.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The Committee rejects the motion, noting that the government has already commissioned an inquiry into improved possibilities for information-sharing between law-enforcement authorities and other state and municipal actors, and that a supplementary directive has been decided that will, among other things, examine a main rule for information exchange in confidentiality law. The Committee considers that the inquiry's work should not be pre-empted.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 5 (S)
The Social Democrats argue that confidentiality barriers to sharing information about young people between police, social services, schools, and other relevant actors must be urgently removed, and that the government should quickly return to parliament with a legislative proposal rather than waiting for the ongoing inquiry.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 5 by S.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have gone the other way
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: KDKristdemokraterna, LLiberalerna, MModeraterna, MPMiljöpartiet, SDSverigedemokraterna
Ja 212–93Nej 42–263
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | Yes | Yes 21/0/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | No 0/93/0/14 | match | confidence: high | explicit |
| MP | No | Yes 16/0/0/2 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| C | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| KD | No | Yes 17/0/0/2 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| M | No | Yes 59/0/0/9 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| SD | No | Yes 64/0/0/9 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects motion 2022/23:2128 by Åsa Westlund et al. (S) amendment 20.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motion 2022/23:2128 av Åsa Westlund m.fl. (S) yrkande 20.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected 14 proposals in motions submitted during the ordinary motion period 2022. The proposals concerned children and young people who violate the law and raised issues such as crime prevention work, measures to stop new recruitment, sentencing and penalties. The Riksdag refers to ongoing investigations and preparation work.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants confidentiality barriers to be removed for information sharing between police, social services, and schools in coordinated efforts. (S) — Reservation 5
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The programme requires that everyone has a broad private sphere and that growing registration is prevented, and that welfare services and the justice system are organized so that they do not reproduce structural racism — which general information sharing about young people between police, school, and social services risks.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The programme requires that everyone has a broad private sphere and that growing registration is prevented, and that welfare services and the justice system are organized so that they do not reproduce structural racism — which general information sharing about young people between police, school, and social services risks. The plan's way is instead a strengthened social services with resources for preventive work and child protection. Quickly removing secrecy barriers is therefore not the plan's line.
Original (Swedish)
Programmet kräver att alla har en bred privat sfär och att växande registrering motverkas, och att välfärdstjänster och rättsväsende organiseras så att de inte reproducerar strukturell rasism — vilket generell informationsdelning om unga mellan polis, skola och socialtjänst riskerar. Planens väg är i stället en förstärkt socialtjänst med resurser för förebyggande arbete och barnskydd. Att skyndsamt riva sekretesshinder är därför inte planens linje.
- prevent registration of individualsweak support»Alla människor har rätt till en bred privat sfär som skyddas på praktisk och principiell grund. Växande övervakning och registrering ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“All people have the right to a broad private sphere that is protected on a practical and principled basis. Growing surveillance and registration shall be prevented.”
- welfare must not reproduce racismdecisive»välfärdstjänster såväl som rättsväsendet måste organiseras på ett sådant sätt att de inte reproducerar den strukturella rasismen i deras konkreta verksamhet.« (party programme ↗)“welfare services as well as the justice system must be organized in such a way that they do not reproduce structural racism in their concrete activities.”
- strengthened preventive social services»förstärk socialtjänsten med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen social services with sufficient resources and knowledge to work both preventively and with child protection.”
- children's best interests first»Vänsterpartiets politik ska utformas så att barnens bästa kommer i första rummet.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party's policy shall be designed so that the best interests of children come first.”
flags: citat_svagt
The election manifesto explicitly states that secrecy barriers between authorities shall be torn down so that the police and other professionals can do their jobs, and that more cooperation is needed between police, student health, social services and schools.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto explicitly states that secrecy barriers between authorities shall be torn down so that the police and other professionals can do their jobs, and that more cooperation is needed between police, student health, social services and schools. This is exactly the counter-proposal's demand for information sharing about young people. The plan does not, however, take a position on the committee's reasons that the ongoing investigation should not be preempted.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet säger uttryckligen att sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb, och att det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola. Det är exakt motförslagets krav om informationsdelning om unga. Planen tar däremot inte ställning till utskottets skäl att den pågående utredningen inte bör föregripas.
- torn down secrecy barriersdecisive»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secrecy barriers between authorities shall be torn down so that the police and other professionals can do their jobs.”
- collaboration around young people»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“More cooperation is needed between police, student health, social services and schools.”
- stop recruitment»Ingen ung ska bli kriminell. Nyrekryteringen måste stoppas. Vi vill se fler och mer långtgående sociala insatser och föräldrar ska vara skyldiga att medverka när deras barn behöver socialtjänstens åtgärder.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“No young person shall become a criminal. Recruitment must be stopped. We want to see more and more far-reaching social measures and parents shall be obliged to participate when their children need social services action.”
- strengthened social services»Att socialtjänsten stärks är centralt för att fånga upp unga i tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthening social services is central to reaching young people in time.”
The election manifesto explicitly demands that confidentiality be eased between community police, schools and social services so that no children fall through the cracks, and the party programme that obstacles to cooperation regarding children at risk be removed.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto explicitly demands that confidentiality be eased between community police, schools and social services so that no children fall through the cracks, and the party programme that obstacles to cooperation regarding children at risk be removed. The counter-proposal's demand to remove confidentiality obstacles quickly is thus the plan's own line.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver uttryckligen att sekretessen lättas mellan områdespoliser, skola och socialtjänst så att inga barn faller mellan stolarna, och partiprogrammet att hinder för samverkan kring barn i riskzonen arbetas bort. Motförslagets krav på att sekretesshinder undanröjs skyndsamt är därmed planens egen linje.
- eased confidentiality regarding childrendecisive»lätta på sekretessen mellan områdespoliser, skola, socialtjänst och stärka samarbetet med civilsamhälle så att inga barn faller mellan stolarna i det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ease confidentiality between community police, schools, social services and strengthen cooperation with civil society so that no children fall through the cracks in prevention work.”
- remove obstacles to cooperation»Samverkan mellan olika aktörer som kommer i kontakt med barn och unga i riskzonen, och som kan bidra till att relevanta åtgärder sätts in, bör stärkas. Hinder för denna samverkan bör arbetas bort.« (party programme ↗)“Cooperation between different actors who come into contact with children and young people at risk and who can contribute to appropriate measures being taken should be strengthened. Obstacles to this cooperation should be removed.”
- prevention work»storsatsa på det förebyggande arbetet i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make a major effort in prevention work in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.”
- crime prevention foundation»Det brottsförebyggande arbetet är grunden för ett tryggt samhälle med låg kriminalitet.« (party programme ↗)“Crime prevention work is the foundation of a safe society with low crime.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan requires measures that prevent gang recruitment and that children at risk are caught faster, among other things through national school absence statistics, which builds on the ability to actually use information about young people.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires measures that prevent gang recruitment and that children at risk are caught faster, among other things through national school absence statistics, which builds on the ability to actually use information about young people. Removing secrecy barriers between police, social services and school follows from the preventive commitment. At the same time, the plan requires that such measures be tested against personal integrity.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver insatser som förebygger gängens nyrekrytering och att barn i riskzonen fångas upp snabbare, bland annat genom nationell frånvarostatistik i skolan, vilket bygger på att uppgifter om unga faktiskt kan användas. Att undanröja sekretesshinder mellan polis, socialtjänst och skola följer av det förebyggande åtagandet. Samtidigt kräver planen att sådana ingrepp prövas mot den personliga integriteten.
- prevent recruitmentdecisive»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen. För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society shall not yield to gangs. To defeat them requires better measures that prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and prisons and tougher sentences.”
- catch children at risk»För att snabbare fånga upp barn i riskzonen vill vi se handlingsplaner mot hedersförtryck i alla skolor och bättre utbildning av personal.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To faster catch children at risk, we want to see action plans against honour-based abuse in all schools and better staff training.”
- preventive measures in school»Vi behöver rusta Sveriges totalförsvar, stärka hela rättskedjan, satsa på förebyggande insatser och en likvärdig skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We need to strengthen Sweden's total defence, strengthen the entire justice chain, invest in preventive measures and an equal school.”
- integrity testing of information sharingweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet. Det måste finnas en proportionalitet mellan lagstiftningens inskränkning av medborgarnas integritet och lagarnas syfte.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal integrity. There must be proportionality between the legislation's restriction of citizens' integrity and the laws' purpose.”
flags: citat_svagt
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto requires that police and social services as a main rule shall always be able to exchange information with each other and that schools shall always make police reports and reports of concern in case of suspected criminality.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires that police and social services as a main rule shall always be able to exchange information with each other and that schools shall always make police reports and reports of concern in case of suspected criminality. Removing secrecy obstacles for information sharing about young people is thus precisely the plan's requirement. The plan furthermore emphasizes that measures against young people at risk of drifting into crime shall come earlier and clearer.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver att polis och socialtjänst som huvudregel alltid ska kunna utbyta information med varandra och att skolan alltid gör polis- och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet. Att undanröja sekretesshinder för informationsdelning om unga är därmed exakt planens krav. Planen betonar dessutom att insatserna mot unga på glid ska komma tidigare och tydligare.
- information exchange as main ruledecisive»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police and social services shall as a main rule always be able to exchange information with each other”
- school's reporting obligation»huvudregeln bli att skolan alltid gör polisanmälan och orosanmälan vid misstänkt brottslighet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“the main rule be that schools shall always make police reports and reports of concern in case of suspected criminality”
- early interventions against youth crime»Tidigare, tydligare och tuffare insatser för att förebygga och förhindra att unga glider in i brottslighet måste till.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Earlier, clearer and tougher measures to prevent and stop young people from drifting into crime are needed.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The election manifesto requires a comprehensive review of the secrecy rules so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes, which is precisely the counter-proposal's requirement.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto requires a comprehensive review of the secrecy rules so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes, which is precisely the counter-proposal's requirement. The plan requires social services, police and school to have close cooperation to early prevent crime among young people and wants the secrecy option to be used restrictively. The election manifesto also wants to strengthen social services' efforts against young people who commit crimes.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet kräver en total översyn av sekretessreglerna så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott, vilket är exakt motförslagets krav. Planen ålägger socialtjänst, polis och skola en nära samverkan för att tidigt förhindra kriminalitet hos unga och vill att sekretessmöjligheten nyttjas restriktivt. Valmanifestet vill också stärka socialtjänstens insatser mot unga som begår brott.
- secrecy barriers shall be removeddecisive»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Comprehensive review of the secrecy rules, so that authorities can share information between them to prevent and solve crimes.”
- close cooperation around young people»Socialtjänsten, polisen och skolan har en stor uppgift i detta avseende« (party programme ↗)“Social services, police and school have a major task in this respect”
- restrictive secrecy»Sekretessmöjligheten ska nyttjas restriktivt.« (party programme ↗)“Secrecy options shall be used restrictively.”
- stronger social efforts»Stärk sociala insatser och socialtjänstens möjligheter till tvingande åtgärder gentemot barn och unga som begår brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strengthen social efforts and social services' opportunities for coercive measures against children and young people who commit crimes.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan explicitly commits to remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police and to eliminate the barriers between police and social services in work with young people at risk.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly commits to remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police and to eliminate the barriers between police and social services in work with young people at risk. The counter-proposal's demand to promptly present a bill that removes confidentiality barriers around young people is the same commitment, linked to the plan's no entry program and more placements in care.
Original (Swedish)
Planen åtar sig uttryckligen att undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis och att ta bort sekretesshindren mellan polis och socialtjänst i arbetet med unga i riskzonen. Motförslagets krav på att skyndsamt lägga fram lagförslag som river sekretesshindren kring unga är samma åtagande, kopplat till planens no entry-program och fler omhändertaganden.
- removed confidentiality barriersdecisive»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police”
- early intervention for young people at risk»Ta bort sekretesshindren mellan polis och socialtjänst samt inrätta ett nationellt no entry-program för unga i riskzonen i syfte att snabbt stoppa en påbörjad kriminell karriär« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove the confidentiality barriers between police and social services and establish a national no entry program for young people at risk in order to quickly stop a budding criminal career”
- more placements of young people in care»Se till att fler unga lagöverträdare omhändertas enligt lagen om vård av unga« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that more young offenders are placed in care under the Act on Care for Young People”
- crime prevention reform package»Moderaterna vill därför genomföra det största brottsförebyggande reformpaketet i modern tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderates therefore want to implement the largest crime prevention reform package in modern times.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan explicitly requires that social services, schools and the justice system be able to intervene with tougher measures at an early stage, that authorities' cooperation be improved and that procedural obstacles to increased prosecution be removed.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly requires that social services, schools and the justice system be able to intervene with tougher measures at an early stage, that authorities' cooperation be improved and that procedural obstacles to increased prosecution be removed. The counter-proposal's demand that secrecy obstacles to information sharing about young people be removed expeditiously responds directly to this. The plan furthermore wants social services to be able to intervene earlier with forceful measures.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver uttryckligen att socialtjänst, skola och rättsväsende ska kunna ingripa med tuffare tag i ett tidigt skede, att myndigheternas samverkan förbättras och att processuella hinder för ökad lagföring undanröjs. Motförslagets krav på att sekretesshinder mot informationsdelning om unga undanröjs skyndsamt svarar direkt mot detta. Planen vill också att socialtjänsten tidigare kan gå in med skarpa åtgärder.
- early interventionsdecisive»Ge socialtjänst, skola och rättsväsende möjlighet att ingripa med tuffare tag i ett tidigt skede« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Give social services, schools and the justice system opportunity to intervene with tougher measures at an early stage”
- better authority cooperation»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The justice system's cooperation between authorities and tools to detect and prosecute criminals shall be improved.”
- remove obstacles»Processuella hinder för att möjliggöra en ökad lagföring måste också undanröjas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Procedural obstacles to enabling increased prosecution must also be removed.”
- tools for social services»Socialtjänsten behöver också verktyg att tidigare gå in med skarpa åtgärder när det kommer till unga som far illa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Social services also needs tools to earlier intervene with forceful measures when it comes to young people who are suffering.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2022/23:JuU15)
- Committee report full text (HA01JuU15)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2022/23:1217 — Åtgärder med syfte att stoppa våldskulturen av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:1673 — Jämställdhet för hållbar utveckling av Annie Lööf m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:2119 — Sänkt straffmyndighetsålder av Boriana Åberg (M)
- Motion 2022/23:2128 — En jämlik kunskapsskola utan vinstjakt av Åsa Westlund m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:2139 — Utgiftsområde 4 Rättsväsendet av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:581 — Nya ungdomsstraff av Helena Storckenfeldt (M)
- Motion 2022/23:863 — Rättspolitik av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:883 — Våld i nära relation - ett samhällsproblem av Ulrika Liljeberg m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:951 — Åtgärder mot unga lagöverträdare av Richard Jomshof m.fl. (SD)
Source: The Swedish Parliament