Children: Personal Records
Commons · Question 29211 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing a unique ID for every child to (a) facilitate data sharing between public bodies and (b) identify children not in school or any form of ed
Answer
Answered by Stephen Morgan, 13 Feb 2025
Implementing a unique ID for every child has been regularly cited as a potential solution to bring together data on children’s interactions with different services. The government’s manifesto for the 2024 election included a commitment to this end (on pag...