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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 December 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 December 2016 (named day). It was answered by Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 January 2017 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Pupils: Personal Records

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications to extract information from the National Pupil Database were made by the Home Office in each of the last five years; and how many such requests were approved.

Answer

The number of applications made by the Home Office to extract information from the National Pupil Database is as follows:

Year

Applications made

Applications withdrawn

Applications approved

2012

0

n/a

n/a

2013

0

n/a

n/a

2014

0

n/a

n/a

2015

7

1

6

2016 (up to 15th Dec)

21

1

20

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was agreed in 2015 which allows the Home Office to access limited data including home address and school details. The MoU is available in the House Library.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
57640
Session
2016-17
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2017-0027
Monday, 24 October 2016
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Subjects
Personal records Pupils
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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