£224 million UK child database closes today

The UK's ruling coalition continued its programme of cuts in government IT spending with the closure today of a £224m database containing details of all 11 million children in England. The ContactPoint database - which holds the names, addresses and ages of all under-18s, together with details of parents, schools and doctors - will be switched off at noon today. The system was accessible to hundred of thousands of public sector officials, including social...