2026-06-152025/26:SfU32 · p.4SfUMigration & social insurance
Responsibility for disclosure of information and treatment of side information
Individual officials' liability and the limits on which supplementary information must be disclosed
What's at stake: The decision affects both the working environment and legal position of individual officials who must disclose information, and how much supplementary information about individuals - not least children - risks being shared between authorities.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the new duty for certain authorities to pass information to the Police Authority should lead to changed rules on individual officials' liability and a clearer limit on which supplementary information is covered, or whether this can continue to be regulated through each authority's own internal rules.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee does not consider that the new duty to disclose information should lead to changed rules on individual officials' liability, since the question of how far individual officials should disclose information can be regulated in each authority's own internal rules. It therefore recommends rejecting the motions calling for changed liability for officials and for a narrower definition of which supplementary information is covered.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 4 (S, V, C, MP)
S, V, C and MP argue that making individual officials personally responsible for disclosing information risks creating an untenable working environment, making it harder to recruit staff to important public functions, and damaging trust between the public and government employees. The parties want the government to bring forward legislation ensuring that internal agency rules cannot place this responsibility on individual officials, together with a proposal that narrows and clarifies which supplementary information is covered by the disclosure duty - by raising the threshold from 'reason to assume' to 'strong grounds to assume' - in order to protect personal privacy, with particular regard for children's privacy.
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 4 by S, V, C, MP.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
What each plan points to — and how the party voted
For each party: the vote its own election manifesto and party programme point to in this case, next to how the party actually voted. A plan can only point to Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| Plan | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | No 0/21/0/0 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | No 0/105/0/1 | follows the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| MP | No | No 0/18/0/0 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| C | No | No 0/24/0/0 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| L | No | Yes 16/0/0/0 | departs from the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
| KD | No | Yes 19/0/0/0 | departs from the plan | confidence: low | not addressed |
| M | Yes | Yes 66/0/0/0 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | Yes | Yes 70/0/0/0 | follows the plan | confidence: medium | derived |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2025/26:4152 by Ida Karkiainen et al. (S) requests 2 and 3 as well as 2025/26:4159 by Niels Paarup-Petersen et al. (C) requests 2 and 3.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2025/26:4152 av Ida Karkiainen m.fl. (S) yrkandena 2 och 3 samt 2025/26:4159 av Niels Paarup-Petersen m.fl. (C) yrkandena 2 och 3.
Riksdag decision: The Government wants to streamline return work and make several amendments to the Aliens Act and other legislation. The Riksdag voted yes to the Government's proposal. To streamline return work, the Government proposes that the Police Authority and the Migration Agency are to be given better tools to enforce departure and expulsion decisions. The Government proposes a new obligation for the Public Employment Service, the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, the Prison Service, the Enforcement Service, the Pensions Agency and the Tax Agency to take the initiative to provide information about a foreign national to the Police Authority if there is reason to believe that he or she does not have the right to stay in Sweden. The proposal also includes that the authorities are given additional tools to clarify a foreign national's identity. It introduces a possibility to seize and search a foreign national's mobile telephone if it can be assumed to contain information about the foreign national's identity. In addition, fingerprints and photographs are to be used in alien affairs more extensively and more efficiently than today. The legislative amendments enter into force on 13 July 2026.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to raise the evidence threshold from reason to assume to strong reasons to assume and exclude side information from agencies' reporting obligations. (S, V, C, MP) — Reservation 4
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 plan establishes that all people have a right to protection of their personal integrity and wants to see regulations ensuring serious occupational health and safety work at all workplaces.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that all people have a right to protection of their personal integrity and wants to see regulations ensuring serious occupational health and safety work at all workplaces. The counter-proposal's requirements—that individual officials shall not bear personal responsibility for disclosure, narrower definition of side information and raised burden of proof with particular consideration for children—follow from these commitments. The plan also emphasises strong children's rights.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att alla människor har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet och vill se regelverk som säkrar ett seriöst arbetsmiljöarbete på alla arbetsplatser. Motförslagets krav på att enskilda tjänstemän inte ska bäras personligt ansvar för utlämnande, på en snävare avgränsning av sidoinformation och ett höjt beviskrav med särskild hänsyn till barn, följer av dessa åtaganden. Planen betonar dessutom starka barnrättigheter.
- protection of personal integritydecisive»har rätt till skydd av sin personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“have a right to protection of their personal integrity.”
- serious occupational health and safety work»Det behövs regelverk och strukturer som säkrar ett seriöst« (party programme ↗)“There is a need for regulations and structures ensuring serious”
- strong children's rights»Utvecklingen mot starkare rättigheter för barn är en av de progressiva« (party programme ↗)“Development towards stronger rights for children is one of the progressive”
The plan requires protection of personal privacy and that all employees have good working conditions and influence over their own work.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires protection of personal privacy and that all employees have good working conditions and influence over their own work. Placing personal responsibility for disclosure of information on individual officials risks the working environment and competence supply the plan protects. A narrower definition of side information with increased evidentiary requirements meets the plan's protection of privacy, especially for children.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver skydd för den personliga integriteten och att alla anställda har goda arbetsvillkor och inflytande över det egna arbetet. Att lägga ett personligt ansvar för utlämnande av uppgifter på enskilda tjänstemän riskerar den arbetsmiljö och kompetensförsörjning planen slår vakt om. En snävare avgränsning av sidoinformation med höjt beviskrav svarar mot planens integritetsskydd, särskilt för barn.
- personal privacydecisive»Skydd för den personliga integriteten.« (party programme ↗)“Protection of personal privacy.”
- good working conditions»goda arbetsvillkor, trygg försörjning och inflytande över det egna arbetet.« (party programme ↗)“good working conditions, secure provision and influence over one's own work.”
- secured competence supply»God kompetensförsörjning inom skola, vård och omsorg.« (party programme ↗)“Good competence supply in education, healthcare and care.”
- principles of the rule of law»Slå vakt om rättsstatens principer.« (party programme ↗)“Protect the principles of the rule of law.”
The counter-proposal wants to prevent individual civil servants from being held personally liable for disclosure and wants to narrow what side information is covered, with raised evidence standard and special consideration for children.
Plan documents: party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The counter-proposal wants to prevent individual civil servants from being held personally liable for disclosure and wants to narrow what side information is covered, with raised evidence standard and special consideration for children. The plan requires that the state respects people's personal integrity, that employees' conditions and working environment are protected and that the best interest of the child is decisive. The requirements follow from these commitments.
Original (Swedish)
Motförslaget vill hindra att enskilda tjänstemän görs personligt ansvariga för utlämnande och vill snäva in vilken sidoinformation som omfattas, med höjt beviskrav och särskild hänsyn till barn. Planen kräver att staten respekterar människors personliga integritet, att arbetstagares villkor och arbetsmiljö värnas och att barnets bästa är avgörande. Kraven följer av dessa åtaganden.
- respect for personal integritydecisive»Staten har ansvar både för att skydda människor från brott och för att respektera« (party programme ↗)“The state has responsibility both for protecting people from crime and for respecting”
- strengthened employee rights»Miljöpartiet vill stärka arbetstagarnas rättigheter och ställa tydligare krav på arbetsgivare« (party programme ↗)“the Greens want to strengthen employees' rights and set clearer demands on employers”
- best interest of the child decisive»Barnkonventionen är svensk lag och barnets bästa« (party programme ↗)“The Child Convention is Swedish law and the best interest of the child”
- rights-security assessment of new law»prövas noggrant utifrån rättssäkerhet och grundläggande fri- och rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“is carefully assessed based on rights-security and fundamental freedoms and rights.”
The party programme makes respect for the individual's personal privacy a cornerstone of democracy and requires that all legislation be tested against its privacy impact.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The party programme makes respect for the individual's personal privacy a cornerstone of democracy and requires that all legislation be tested against its privacy impact. Narrowing which side information is covered, raising the burden of proof and especially considering children follow from this. The election manifesto also commits to strengthening protection for persons working in public administration, which speaks against placing the disclosure obligation on individual civil servants.
Original (Swedish)
Partiprogrammet gör respekten för den enskildes personliga integritet till en grundsten i demokratin och kräver att all lagstiftning prövas mot sin integritetspåverkan. Att snävare avgränsa vilken sidoinformation som omfattas, höja beviskravet och särskilt beakta barn följer av det. Valmanifestet åtar sig dessutom att stärka skyddet för personer verksamma i offentlig förvaltning, vilket talar mot att lägga utlämnandeansvaret på enskilda tjänstemän.
- personal privacydecisive»Respekten för den enskildes personliga integritet är en grundsten i varje demokrati.« (party programme ↗)“Respect for the individual's personal privacy is a cornerstone in every democracy.”
- privacy impact assessment of legislationweak support»All lagstiftning bör prövas mot dess påverkan på människors personliga integritet.« (party programme ↗)“All legislation should be tested against its impact on people's personal privacy.”
- protection for public employees»Hat, hot, trakasserier och våld riktade mot demokratibärande institutioner måste upphöra. Vi ska stärka skyddet för personer verksamma bland annat i media, religiösa samfund och offentlig förvaltning.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Hate, threats, harassment and violence directed at democracy-bearing institutions must cease. We shall strengthen protection for persons working in, among other things, media, religious communities and public administration.”
- children's rights»Samhällets aktörer ska inta individens perspektiv. Av största betydelse är då barnens rättigheter och perspektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Society's actors shall take the individual's perspective. Of greatest importance are children's rights and perspective.”
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The plan requires that protection of the individual's privacy is strengthened and that privacy violations are only justified when a countervailing interest weighs clearly more heavily.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that protection of the individual's privacy is strengthened and that privacy violations are only justified when a countervailing interest weighs clearly more heavily. It also requires purpose limitation for collected data, which is precisely what the counter-proposal's narrower definition of incidental information and raised evidence standards aim at. The plan also wants to protect public employees against victimization in public administration.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att skyddet för den enskildes integritet stärks och att integritetsingrepp bara är berättigade när ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre. Den kräver också ändamålsbegränsning för insamlade uppgifter, vilket är just vad motförslagets snävare avgränsning av sidoinformation och höjda beviskrav syftar till. Planen vill dessutom skydda offentliganställda mot utsatthet i myndighetsutövningen.
- proportionality in privacy violationsdecisive»Åtgärder som påverkar den personliga integriteten negativt är endast berättigade om ett motstående intresse väger uppenbart tyngre och åtgärden är effektiv.« (party programme ↗)“Measures that negatively affect personal privacy are only justified if a countervailing interest weighs clearly more heavily and the measure is effective.”
- purpose limitation»Övervakning och registrering ska inte användas för andra syften än vad som var de ursprungliga motiven eller vad som var känt för den individ som lämnade uppgifterna.« (party programme ↗)“Surveillance and registration shall not be used for purposes other than what the original motives were or what was known to the individual who provided the data.”
- protection for public employees»Socialsekreterare och andra offentliganställda ska skyddas mot förföljelse och utsatthet genom att ett nytt brott – tjänstemannaförföljelse – införs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Social workers and other public employees shall be protected against harassment and victimization by introducing a new crime – harassment of civil servants.”
- children's rights»Genom att FN:s barnkonvention införlivats i svensk lag tydliggörs barns och ungas rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“By incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Swedish law, the rights of children and young people are clarified.”
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 plan requires strong constitutional protection of personal privacy and great caution in the handling of personal data, with particular regard to children.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires strong constitutional protection of personal privacy and great caution in the handling of personal data, with particular regard to children. A narrower limitation of side information follows from that, as does the requirement for a work environment that takes account of employees' mental health. The election manifesto simultaneously wants authorities to more easily be able to share information, which makes the assessment uncertain.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver ett starkt grundlagsskydd för den personliga integriteten och stor försiktighet vid hantering av personuppgifter, med särskild hänsyn till barn. En snävare avgränsning av sidoinformation följer av det, liksom kravet på en arbetsmiljö som tar hänsyn till anställdas psykiska hälsa. Valmanifestet vill samtidigt att myndigheter lättare ska kunna dela uppgifter, vilket gör bedömningen osäker.
- protection of personal privacydecisive»Den personliga integriteten ska ha ett starkt grundlagsskydd och det« (party programme ↗)“Personal privacy shall have strong constitutional protection and”
- the child's best interest»barnkonvention stadgar att barnets bästa ska komma i främsta rummet.« (party programme ↗)“child convention stipulates that the child's best interest shall come first.”
- good work environment for employees»Ett väl fungerande arbetarskydd och god arbetsmiljö ska ta hänsyn till såväl« (party programme ↗)“A well-functioning labour protection and good work environment shall take account of both”
- authorities shall be able to share information»Total översyn av sekretessreglerna, så att myndigheter kan dela uppgifter mellan sig för att förebygga och klara upp brott.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Comprehensive review of secrecy regulations, so that authorities can share information between each other to prevent and solve crime.”
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 plan wants to remove obstacles to information sharing between authorities and sharpen civil service responsibility, not legislate away individual employees' responsibility for actually delivering information.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan wants to remove obstacles to information sharing between authorities and sharpen civil service responsibility, not legislate away individual employees' responsibility for actually delivering information. A raised standard of proof and exceptions for side information would also weaken the information flow that is supposed to make returns effective. The plan's data protection speaks partly against, but the main requirement is rejected.
Original (Swedish)
Planen vill undanröja hinder för informationsdelning mellan myndigheter och skärpa tjänstemannaansvaret, inte lagstifta bort enskilda medarbetares ansvar för att uppgifter faktiskt lämnas. Ett höjt beviskrav och undantag för sidoinformation skulle dessutom försvaga det uppgiftsflöde som ska göra återvändandet effektivt. Planens integritetsskydd talar delvis emot, men huvudkravet avvisas.
- removed confidentiality barriersdecisive»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police”
- strengthened civil service responsibility»Skärpa tjänstemannaansvaret så att du som skattebetalare vet att med all offentlig maktutövning följer ett ansvar för de beslut som fattas« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sharpen civil service responsibility so that you as a taxpayer know that every exercise of public authority carries a responsibility for the decisions that are made”
- effective returns»Av största vikt är att den som fått ett nej på asylansökan så fort som möjligt lämnar landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Of paramount importance is that anyone who received a no on their asylum application leaves the country as soon as possible.”
- protected personal integrity»Den personliga integriteten ska värnas, såväl från intrång« (party programme ↗)“Personal integrity shall be protected, both from intrusion”
The plan requires that the underground economy be combated with more checks and that inter-agency cooperation and tools for detecting people without right of residence be improved.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that the underground economy be combated with more checks and that inter-agency cooperation and tools for detecting people without right of residence be improved. The counter-proposal wishes to narrow the reporting obligation, raise the burden of proof and legislate away responsibility for individual civil servants, which weakens exactly the cooperation the plan seeks. The plan also wishes to reinstate personal liability for civil servants.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att skuggsamhället bekämpas med fler kontroller och att myndigheternas samverkan och verktyg för att upptäcka personer utan rätt att vistas här förbättras. Motförslaget vill snäva av uppgiftsskyldigheten, höja beviskravet och lagstifta bort ansvaret för enskilda tjänstemän, vilket försvagar just den samverkan planen efterfrågar. Planen vill dessutom återinföra tjänstemannaansvaret.
- combat the underground economydecisive»Bekämpa skuggsamhället och illegal migration med fler kontroller och fler utvisningar« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Combat the underground economy and illegal migration with more checks and more expulsions”
- improved inter-agency cooperation»Rättsväsendets samverkan mellan myndigheter och verktyg för att upptäcka och lagföra kriminella ska förbättras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cooperation between justice system agencies and tools for detecting and prosecuting criminals shall be improved.”
- personal liability for civil servants»Återinför tjänstemannaansvaret« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reinstate personal liability for civil servants”
- lowered thresholds for expulsion»Trösklarna för att ta i förvar och utvisa personer samt verkställa utvisningar behöver också sänkas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Thresholds for detention and expulsion of persons and executing expulsions also need to be lowered.”
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2025/26:SfU32)
- Committee report full text (HD01SfU32)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2025/26:4150 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:263 Stärkt återvändandeverksamhet av Tony Haddou m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2025/26:4152 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:263 Stärkt återvändandeverksamhet av Ida Karkiainen m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2025/26:4159 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:263 Stärkt återvändandeverksamhet av Niels Paarup-Petersen m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2025/26:4169 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:263 Stärkt återvändandeverksamhet av Malcolm Momodou Jallow m.fl. (-)
- Motion 2025/26:4173 — med anledning av prop. 2025/26:263 Stärkt återvändandeverksamhet av Annika Hirvonen m.fl. (MP)
- Proposition 2025/26:263 — Stärkt återvändandeverksamhet
Source: The Swedish Parliament