Mr. Martin Parfrey:

I was hoping names from the old national adoption contact preference register, NACPR, could be transferred to the new contact register. However, we have heard that there is a problem under the Data Protection Act, given that it would be an active register. I strongly suggest that, at the very least, people who have registered with the NACPR be contacted to ensure they do not fall between the cracks. When the NACPR was first introduced, the information was pitiful. Every household in the country was to receive an application form, but that did not happen. In a huge number of houses nothing whatsoever was known about the NACPR. The ones who registered should have the opportunity to register on the new one and this time it is vital to ensure every household will be informed about the new register and that everyone will have the opportunity to register his or her names on it. The last one was a dismal failure and one of the reasons was that a huge number of people knew nothing about it.