Devised in the wake of the Victoria Climbié child abuse case, the database was designed to aid child protection by improving the exchange of information between different agencies working with vulnerable children.
Launched in January last year by the Labour government, it contained the details of 11 million under-18s in England and the services with which they have had contact.
The database proved highly controversial due to fears over security issues and both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats opposed it.
Children’s minister Tim Loughton has indicated that it will be replaced by a scaled-down "signposting" system that will help practitioners find out if others are working with vulnerable children.
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