ContactPoint is the £224m computer system that will hold basic information about all children in England aged 0-18 years. It is designed to be accessible by 330,000 professionals, including nursery managers. By using the system they will be able to establish where a child lives, who their parents are, where they go to school and the contact details of the doctors, teachers and carers of each individual child.
The implementation of this database was prompted by the murder of Victoria Climbie and subsequent inquiry by Lord Laming, which identified the failure of authorities to co-ordinate their involvement with this child. It has been brought in as part of the Common Assessment Framework and is in line with the Every Child Matters agenda.
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