Explicitly exclude sex offenders from accessing children’s data under CWS Bill

1,130
signatures
closedDepartment for EducationOpened 13 February 2026Closed 13 August 2026

Background

We call on the government to add a category of exclusion to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to prevent child sex offenders from accessing the increased amount of data that could be collected stored and shared if the Bill becomes an Act amounting in some cases to a child’s daily whereabouts

Additional details

We ask the government to urgently review this legislation adding a category of exclusion and examining the impact of sharing children’s data.

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Source: UK Government & Parliament Petitions service. Petition ID: 756708.