ContactPoint shielding

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Dear Sir or Madam,

When will ContactPoint be deployed to this LA?

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?

C Murton

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