Department For Education
November 1
13:07
2024
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This is technical information about submitting data for thechildren in need censusfor the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
It is for:
- suppliers of software for local authority management information systems (MIS)
- users of local authority MIS software
It explains:
- changes to the previous years census collection
- what data local authorities should supply at child level
- how to structure the data in XML
- how to check the data against the validation rules