Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 29211

Children: Personal Records

Tabled: 5 February 2025
Answered: 13 February 2025

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal DemocratChichester

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

Stephen Morgan
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...

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