ContactPoint will shut on 6th August
Department for Education announces closure
Tim Loughton MP, Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Children and Families, has laid a written ministerial statement informing Parliament that ContactPoint will be shut down on 6 August 2010.
The coalition government announced in May that it planned to scrap the database which holds details of all children under 18 years of age.
The Department has written to directors of children's services and chief executives of ContactPoint national partners. The letter sets out the timetable for shut down and decommissioning, provides guidance for local authorities, National Partners and other partners on the activities they need to undertake, and confirms funding and other support available during this period.
The government says that it continues to consider the feasibility of a new signposting service for professionals to help them to support and protect the most vulnerable children, particularly when these children move areas or access services in more than one area.
To download the written ministerial statement, visit the Department for Education website.
- Keywords:
- child protection
- children