Contactpoint shielding

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Dear Ms Blunt

Thank you for your Freedom of Information (FOI) request received on 27
March 2009 regarding Contactpoint shielding.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, and has been given the reference FOI 1673. Please
quote this reference if you need to contact us further.

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Dear Jax Blunt

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Dear Jax Blunt
Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay. We are responding to
your Freedom of Information (FOI) request received on 27 March 2009. Your
request was as follows:

Request;
When will ContactPoint be deployed to this LA?
Has this LA signed off on the first phase of Contactpoint, meant to be
achieved by March 13th?
Has the local authority completed ContactPoint shielding, and are you
confident that shielding has been applied to every record that needs it?

What specific guidance on shielding has been received by the local
authority?
If the guidance is not statutory, what does the local authority believe to
be its basis in law?
How has the local authority decided which records should be shielded?
Have the children of high-profile people such as celebrities and MPs been
shielded? If so, how has their status been decided?

What does the local authority understand its legal responsibilities to be
if harm is caused to a child or family because of failure to shield a
ContactPoint record?

What publicity work has been undertaken to inform local residents about
ContactPoint and how to request shielding?
How has the local authority ensured that those who are not at school have
received Fair Processing Notices, for example, home educators or young
people of 16-18 who have left school?

How has the local authority adapted Fair Processing Notices to ensure that
they are understood by parents with learning difficulties or mental health
problems, and those whose first language is not English?

Has everyone in the area been told how to apply for shielding in future if
they are, for example, leaving a violent partner without the knowledge of
any statutory services?

Is there a standard procedure to shield the records of children who become
vulnerable, eg because of a court case or because they have run away from
home? How long would the shielding process take?

Response;
Please see the attached document containing information provided by the
Children and Young People's service.
<<1673 CYP Response.pdf>>

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