Guidance
Children looked after return 2024 to 2025: technical specifications
Data submission specifications for the children looked after (CLA) return for 2024 to 2025.
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 2024 to 31 March 2025.
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
A guide for local authorities, with detailed explanations of what information to include for each data item, is also available.
Published 9 October 2023
Last updated 19 April 2024 + show all updates
Last updated 19 April 2024 + show all updates
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Updated 'Children looked after return 2024 to 2025: validation rules'.
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First published.