Department For Education
October 31
09:35
2023
Details
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