Local authorities annually provide data about people receiving social services and about their social services departments.
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Notice of suspension
Welsh Government data collections, research activity and outputs have been reviewed in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Our statement refers to decisions made to delay or suspend data collections from public bodies for the 2019-20 reporting year. Collection and publication for all Social Services data, with the exception of the two individual level collections (Looked After Children Census and Children Receiving Care and Support Census), is suspended for 2019-20.
Adult safeguarding
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2018-19: Guidance and form , file type: PDF, file size: 446 KB
Adults receiving care and support
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2018-19: Guidance and form , file type: PDF, file size: 520 KB
Children receiving care and support
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Census 2019-20: Guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 654 KB
Census 2019-20: Form , file type: XLSX, file size: 13 KB

Aggregate data 2018-19: Guidance and form , file type: PDF, file size: 514 KB

Census 2018-19: Guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 396 KB
Census 2018-19: Form , file type: XLSX, file size: 11 KB
Looked after children census
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2019-20: Guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 883 KB
2019-20: Form , file type: XLSX, file size: 14 KB

2018-19: Guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 631 KB
2018-19: Form , file type: XLSX, file size: 12 KB
Local authority social services staff numbers
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2018-19: Guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 239 KB
Local authority registers of people with disabilities
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2018-19: Guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 184 KB

Disability register, 2018-19: Form , file type: PDF, file size: 225 KB

Learning disabilities, 2018-19: Form , file type: PDF, file size: 216 KB
Performance measures
Technical guidance for social services performance measures.
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2018-19: Qualitative , file type: PDF, file size: 273 KB

2018-19: Quantitative , file type: PDF, file size: 199 KB
Sharing information with the Welsh Government and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Privacy notices explain how information is shared with the Welsh Government, specifically with the children receiving care and support census and the looked after children data collections.
Media
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