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Putting together the data jigsaw: The extent of the linking of administrative datasets on children by local authorities in England. Responses to a Freedom of Information request

Martin-Denham, Sarah, Scott, Nathan, Horridge, Karen and Pinney, Anne (2023) Putting together the data jigsaw: The extent of the linking of administrative datasets on children by local authorities in England. Responses to a Freedom of Information request. Discussion Paper. University of Sunderland, Sunderland.

Item Type: Reports, briefing/ working papers (Discussion Paper)

Abstract

Across England, administrative data is routinely collected by the NHS, education and social care services. Multiple national reviews have advocated for better sharing of data by local agencies to improve outcomes for children and their families. The aim of the research was to investigate the extent of data linkage of children and young people’s data in Local Authorities (LAs) across England. The research questions were explored using a Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted to LAs, including, Metropolitan Districts (36), London boroughs (32), City of London (1), Unitary authorities (55), and County Councils (24). The response rate was 91/148 requests. The results show that there is limited linking of health, educational and social care data on children by LAs in England.
This policy briefing presents interim findings, which will be updated when results from a similar request to integrated care systems (ICS) and outstanding responses from LAs are received. Local research is also underway to explore barriers to data linkage and enabling factors. The research team are also exploring policy solutions with local and national officials; initial recommendations, informed by this research, are shown at the end of this briefing.

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Depositing User: Sarah Martin-Denham

Identifiers

Item ID: 16347
URI: http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/16347

Users with ORCIDS

ORCID for Sarah Martin-Denham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4028-4197
ORCID for Nathan Scott: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6358-6972
ORCID for Karen Horridge: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1834-5296

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Date Deposited: 02 Aug 2023 08:48
Last Modified: 20 Sep 2023 11:06

Contributors

Author: Sarah Martin-Denham ORCID iD
Author: Nathan Scott ORCID iD
Author: Karen Horridge ORCID iD
Author: Anne Pinney

University Divisions

Faculty of Education and Society > School of Education

Subjects

Education > Educational Research
Social Sciences > Health and Social Care
Social Sciences > Working with Young People
Education

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