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National Information Centre on Children of Offenders: Databases

Commons · Question 119226 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 17 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Kerry McCarthy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has been made to update the National Information Centre on Children of Offenders online information resource.

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 17 Mar 2026

The National Information Centre on Children of Offenders (NICCO) website was created in 2016 as a partnership between Barnardo’s and HMPPS. It was constructed to replace an earlier site called iHOP which Barnardo’s had developed jointly with the Departmen...