ContactPoint, which will record the details of all children including name, address, date of birth, was originally due to go live in October this year. However in a letter to Barry Sheerman, chair of the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee, junior children’s minister Kevin Brennan said: “We have identified some issues as a result of recent system tests which we are working urgently to address. “More work needed to be done before embarking on the final phases...

