Editing ContactPoint (section)

== Coverage ==
The database would hold information on about 11 million children in England. Records would be kept until six years after the child turns 18, or if they leave England and Wales with no intention of returning.<ref>Payne, Lisa, "[http://www.childrennow.co.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=details&UID=14a36d38-0dc7-491b-9942-7968352f747d Briefing: Crib sheet – Information sharing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927142126/http://www.childrennow.co.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=details&UID=14a36d38-0dc7-491b-9942-7968352f747d |date=27 September 2007 }}", ''Children Now'', 13 June 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2007.</ref> The database could also apply to 18- to 25-year-olds who were [[foster care|care]] leavers or had [[developmental disability|learning disabilities]] (although the [[Convention on the Rights of the Child|United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child]] only applies to those under 18 in England and Wales), and their permission was needed.<ref>[http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/deliveringservices/contactpoint/about/ About ContactPoint] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525233927/http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/deliveringservices/contactpoint/about/ |date=25 May 2007 }}, everychildmatters.gov.uk, 10 May 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2007.</ref>