Freedom of information response
Data linkage
1. Do you currently link your education and social care data for children and young people?
Y/N/in development
2. Which of your datasets are you linking? please state all the apply
School census
Children in Need (CiN) census
Children looked after return SSDA903 data collection
Other (please specify)
3. Which groups of children and young people do you link data on? Select all that apply
Children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Children in Need
Children looked after (care experienced)
Children and young people on Free School Meals
All children and young people
Other (please specify)
4. How are you using the linked data?
Strategic planning
Data dashboard
Joint commissioning
Service review
Targeted interventions (individuals)
Other (please specify)
We aren’t using linked data
6. Do you currently link local authority data sets for children and young people with health data sets? Y/N/in development
7. Which health data sets are you linking with education and or social care? Select all that apply
Primary care (GP data)
Community Services Data Set (CSDS)
Secondary care (CAMHS)
Children and Young Peoples Service (CYPS)
Accident and Emergency data
Secondary Uses Services (SUS) also known as HES (Hospital Episode Statistics)
Community Services Datasets (CSDS)
Child Health Records
Deaths
Births
Other (please specify)
- Do you currently link your education and social care data for children and young people?
Response: In Development – Whilst we have begun scoping requirements for future data-linking – and have carried out some Ad-hoc reporting requests - We do not regularly link data for the purpose of reporting (except for Performance monitoring in Education & Children Social Care Services)
- Which of your datasets are you linking?
Response: School census (Ad-hoc Reporting), Case Management System Data (Ad-Hoc/Regular Performance reporting).
- Which groups of children and young people do you link data on?
Response: Children and young people with Educational Health Care Plans, Children in Need, Children looked after (care experienced), All children and young people (Known to social Care Services)
- How are you using the linked data?
Response: To inform Data Dashboard, system cohort flags & Other (Ad-Hoc Reporting requests) – mainly to identify children who are in more than one cohort
- Do you currently link local authority data sets for children and young people with health data sets?
Response: No
- Which health data sets are you linking with education and or social care?
Response: N/A
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