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Topical question asked in the House of Commons, by Baroness Berger (Labour). It was answered on Monday, 7 June 2010 on behalf of the Department for Education.


Topical Questions

Question
The ContactPoint database that was championed by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Barnardo's is to be scrapped. What assessment has been made of the impact that the removal will have on safeguarding children?
Answer

I congratulate the hon. Lady on her election. Very soon she will hear further details of the demise of ContactPoint, which was not championed by a great many professionals at the front end, who knew that the bureaucracy added to safeguarding over recent years has contributed to some of the dangers to our children, so we would like to replace it with a much better system. She will hear more details shortly.


Secondary information

Type
Oral question
Reference
511 c18 
Session
2010-12
Oral question type
1st Supplementary
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Children Databases
Link
View this Topical question on www.publications.parliament.uk