Children looked after return 2022 to 2023: technical specifications
Data submission specifications for the children looked after (CLA) return for 2022 to 2023.
Applies to England
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This is technical information about submitting and validating data for the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.
It is for:
- suppliers creating management information software (MIS) for local authorities
- users of local authority MIS software
The information includes:
- a summary of the data items we collect in the return
- an explanation of formats for submitting the data
- a list of validation checks applied to the data return
- XML schema files to format your return
Software suppliers should use the XML schema file to make sure local authorities provide XML data correctly. Note that we will test this schema once we finish developing the children looked after data collection system. If we need to amend the schema after testing it, we’ll publish a new version here.
A guide for local authorities, with detailed explanations of what information to include for each data item, is also available.
Last updated 28 March 2023 + show all updates
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