Families are chosen at random from records of births held by government departments and agencies, who provided your name, address, and additional information about you to Generation New Era. Approval by special committees in each country is needed to allow this.
In England and Wales, this information was provided by NHS England, and approved by the NHS Health Research Authority’s Confidentiality Advisory Group and NHS England’s Independent Group Advising on the Release of Data.
In Scotland, this information was provided by the National Records of Scotland and Public Health Scotland, and approved by the NHS Scotland Public Benefit and Privacy Panel for Health and Social Care.
In Northern Ireland, this information was provided from the Northern Ireland Maternity Information Systems.
We are using the information from birth records in England, Wales and Scotland to understand who did and didn’t take part. In Northern Ireland, we will use information from maternity records to understand who did and didn’t take part. This information will only be accessed using a safe setting hosted by the Health and Social Care Business Services Organisation (BSO) and the data will not contain your name and address.
You can find more information about this on the looking after your information pages.