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Tory plans to scrap ContactPoint will not delay rollout
By Neil Puffett
Children & Young People Now
22 June 2009

Councils will not stall on rolling out ContactPoint even though a Conservative government would dump the controversial children's database, it has been claimed.

The long-term future of the system, which cost £224m to develop, is in doubt after the Conservatives revealed they would scrap it should the party come to power at the next general election.

But Conservative councillor Les Lawrence, chair of the Local Government Association's children and young people's board, said the Conservative policy would not affect the way councils approach the rollout.

He said: "All local authorities work on the basis of ensuring they work within the law.To act outside that would be to hold the current elected government in contempt.

"In that sense they will fulfil the letter of the law, whether every single authority fulfils the spirit is a matter of conjecture."

Power to the people.

If someone in charge of the council decides to press forward with something that most of the people in the council disagree with, he doesn't have much chance at keeping his job.