The letter, which sets out the government's attempt to improve local children's services computer databases, also confirms that local authorities will no longer be required to meet all national specifications.
The step has been taken as a response to Lord Laming's review of child protection, published in March, which identified that local IT systems used to record cases were "hampering progress".
Following Laming's review, the Social Work Taskforce was asked to look at the effectiveness of the Integrated Children's System (ICS) and last month, in its first report, called for the ICS to be reformed to better support record-keeping and case management by simplifying national requirements and strengthening local authority ownership of the system.
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