Guidance

Children looked after return 2015 to 2016: technical specification

Technical specification and XML schema files for submitting data for the children looked after return for the year 2015 to 2016.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 27 November 2015
• Last updated: 19 February 2016 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 2 August 2019

This document is for the 2015 to 2016 children looked after return. For the current return, visit our guide to submitting data for the annual children looked after return.

Applies to England

Documents

Children looked after by local authorities in England: technical specification to the 2015 to 2016 data collection - version 1.1

Ref: DFE-00297-2015

PDF, 408 KB, 33 pages

Children looked after data return 2015 to 2016: XML schema

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Details

This is technical information about submitting data for the children looked after data return (also known as SSDA903) for the year 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016.

It is for:

• suppliers creating management information software (MIS) for local authorities
• users of local authority MIS software

The technical specification includes:

• a summary of the data items we collect in the return
• an explanation of formats for submitting the data

Software suppliers should use the XML schema file to make sure local authorities provide XML data correctly. Note that we will test this schema once we finish developing the children looked after data collection system. If we need to amend the schema after testing it, we’ll publish a new version here.

A list of validation rules is available.

A guide for local authorities, with detailed explanations of what information to include for each data item in the return, is also available.

Published 27 November 2015
Last updated 19 February 2016 + show all updates

1. 19 February 2016

   Added a link to the 'Children looked after return 2015 to 2016: validation rules'.

2. 27 November 2015

   First published.