Guidance

Children in need census 2025 to 2026: reports specifications

Specifications of children in need census reports that local authorities can run in COLLECT.

Applies to England

Documents

Details

This document describes the reports available to local authorities completing a children in need census return in COLLECT, our centralised data collection and management system.

It specifies:

  • a detailed description of each report
  • what data is used to calculate each report
  • what information each report displays

Updates to this page

Published 22 October 2024

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