Jeanette Pugh, director of the Department for Education and Skills'safeguarding group, made the admission in a letter sent to children'sservices directors last month.
Despite confirming that the 1 January deadline for implementing theIntegrated Children's System remained in place, she conceded that veryfew local authorities would achieve this.
As a result, the department looks set to scale back its plans for thesecond phase of the project. In the letter, Pugh said: "It is likelythat we will want to consider a more-focused approach to Phase 2,concentrating on a smaller range of functions and capabilities. Thisapproach may include pilot developments with those authorities whosestate of readiness is most advanced. This will allow both DfES and localauthorities to take better account of the demands of complementaryinitiatives."
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