Activities and consultations 2006
DfES: Regulations for Children's Database (s.12 Children Act 2004) - December 2006
Section 12 of the 2004 Children Act formalised the introduction of the national children's database. This consultation invited views on how many agencies and partners should have access to read and write to the database, with the Government's preferred option being for widest possible access of half a million registered practitioners. The EO consultation response cited assistant to the Information Commissioner who said that in terms of the database being presented as a way of keeping children safe the way to find a needle in a haystack was not to build a bigger haystack. We also stated that our children's date could never be guaranteed to be secure.
DfES: Response to Statutory Guidance on Children Missing Education (s.4 Education Inspection Bill 2006) - November 2006
The Education and Inspection Act brought a duty on local authorities to make arrangements to identify children at risk of missing education. The guidance which was issued in February 2007 stated clearly that children in independent schools and in home education were not to be regarded as missing education. At the time of writing in August 2008 this guidance is subject to drastic revision, which is being contested by EO.
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 clause4consultationshortfinalresponse301106.pdf | DfES: Response to Statutory Guidance on Children Missing Education (s.4 Education Inspection Bill 2006) - November 2006 | 255 Kb |
| EO-ISIConsultResponse.pdf | EO response: DfES: Regulations for Children's Database (s.12 Children Act 2004) - December 2006 | 132 Kb |