To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2016 to Question 48635, on pupils: personal records, whether any Home Office requests for information to the National Pupil Database were (a) made and (b) granted between April 2012 and July 2015 for the purpose of immigration control.
Answered on
22 November 2016
The National Pupil Database (NPD) is information the Department for Education (DfE) holds on pupils attending schools in England. This includes information collected in the School Census and attainment data from awarding organisations.
Where the police or Home Office have clear evidence that a child may be at risk or evidence of criminal activity, limited data including a pupil’s address and school details may be requested from the National Pupil Database. It is right that we share this data if it helps to keep a child safe from harm or to disrupt a crime.
The basis for sharing information is set out in a Memorandum of Understanding between the two Departments.