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Children missing education database

 

Consultation response form


Responses should be returned by 25 April 2024

Question 1: Currently local authorities do not know about all children in their area but are still responsible for them. Do you think the requirements in the regulations will help local authorities to identify children not currently known to them or children missing education?

 

Question 2: Does this proposal allow for local authorities to meet their section 175 duty under the Education Act 2002, which is to undertake their education functions with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children?

 
Question 3: Under the regulations, local health boards will disclose the information in the Schedule (name, address, gender and date of birth of child) to the local authority so that they can develop a children missing education database.

Question 3 (i): Do you agree that the information requested in the Schedule is reasonable and proportionate to enable the local authority to identify children not currently known to them and who may be missing education?

 

Question 3 (ii): Do you agree that the information requested in the Schedule is sufficient to enable the local authority to identify children not currently known to them and who may be missing education?

 

Question 4: Are there alternative systems and processes that would enable the local authority to identify a child they have no prior knowledge of?

 

Question 5: What, if any, advantages and disadvantages do you think there would be in the disclosing of the required data to populate the database? Complete the section relevant to you.

Complete the section relevant to you.
i) Parents and carers
ii) Children and young people
iii) Local health boards and general medical contractors
iv) Local authorities
v) Other
 

Question 6: The draft regulations propose that local health boards disclose information to local authorities annually. Do you agree with an annual return?

 

Question 7: What would be the implications of a more frequent data return in terms of technical, administrative and resource implications on:

Your answer.
i) local health boards
ii) local authorities
iii) other
 

Question 8: Who within the local authority would need access to the database in order to carry out their functions?

 

Local health boards (9 to 12)

Question 9: Can you identify any key privacy risks and associated compliance and corporate risks?

 

Question 10: Do existing protocols concerning data of children who have died ensure that any processing of that data does not lead to any inappropriate communications with families?

 

Question 11: Do you have any previous experience of this type of data disclosure and processing?

 

Question 12: Are there additional resource and technical implications of processing and disclosing the required data to local authorities?

 

General medical services contractors (13 to 14)

Question 13: Are there any privacy risks or associated compliance and corporate risks?

 

Question 14: Do existing protocols concerning data of children who have died ensure that any processing of that data does not lead to any inappropriate communications with families?

 

Local authorities (15 to 19)

Question 15: Do you believe that your existing children missing education systems and processes enable you to be confident you are aware of all children of compulsory school age within the local authority area?

 

Question 16: Do existing protocols concerning data of children who have died ensure that any processing of that data does not lead to any inappropriate communications with families?

 

Question 17: Can you identify any key privacy risks and associated compliance and corporate risks?

 

Question 18: Do you have any previous experience of this type of processing?

 

Question 19: Are there additional resource and technical implications of processing the data received from local health boards?

 

Question 20: Do you think anything in the draft regulations could have a disproportionate impact on those with protected characteristics?