The delay follows HM Revenue & Customs losing computer discs containing personal information about 25 million people and is billed by ministers as allowing the government time to reassess the security of the ContactPoint database.
Junior children’s minister Kevin Brennan said the introduction of ContactPoint will be put back until the first half of 2009 for most local authorities.
However several early adopter authorities will start using the system from September or October 2008.
Brennan also confirmed that consultants Deloitte have been commissioned by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to examine how robust ContactPoint’s security arrangements are.
The DCSF also revealed that local authorities will get £40m during 2008/09 to support the introduction of ContactPoint.
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