Guidance

Children in need census 2014 to 2015: specification

Specification and validation rules for LAs submitting data on children referred to social care services for health or development reasons.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 29 October 2013
• Last updated: 29 December 2014 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 30 July 2019

This document is for the 2014 to 2015 children in need census. For the current census, visit our guide to submitting data for the children in need census.

Applies to England

Documents

Children in need census 2014 to 2015: specification - version 1.1

PDF, 602 KB, 62 pages

Children in need census 2014 to 2015: validation rules - version 1.1

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 21.9 KB

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Details

These documents are for:

• local authorities returning children in need census data for the period from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015
• software suppliers creating management information software

The documents include information on:

• validation rules
• changes to the 2014 to 2015 census
• data standards
• census structure

Published 29 October 2013
Last updated 29 December 2014 + show all updates

1. 29 December 2014

   Added a link to the XSLT test files that allow software suppliers to check that the validation rules for the 2014 to 2015 children in need census are working correctly.

2. 17 October 2014

   Updated the validation rules spreadsheet to version 1.1. The document contains a description of the changes.

3. 5 February 2014

   Added: new release of the specification document (version 1.1) and validation rules spreadsheet.

4. 29 October 2013

   First published.