File name
Child Protection Data Dictionary
Type
.XLSX
Child Protection linkage data - Scotland
Summary
Abstract
Children involved in a child protection investigation or case conference by a Scottish Local Authority.
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Contact point
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Digital object identifier (DOI)Not available
Keywords
ADR Scotland
Administrative Data Research
Administrative
Social work
Child protection
Child protection case conference
Child protection investigation
Publisher
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Identifier
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NameScottish Government
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Logo
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Description
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Contact point
Documentation
Description
The Child Protection data is collected at an individual level from local authorities.
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Associated media
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Available resource files can be downloaded below.
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Is part of
- Children's social work statistics - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
Coverage
Spatial
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Spatial coverage
Scotland
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Geographic levelscouncil area
Temporal
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Start date01/08/2012
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End date31/07/2019
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FrequencyIrregular
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Distribution release date28/10/2022
Provenance
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PurposeAdministrative
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SourceElectronic survey
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Collection situationLocal authority
Access and governance
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Conditions of accessAccess needs approval
Requesting access to this data
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Usage
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Conditions of useApplication of Statistical Disclosure Control
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Resource creatorScottish Government
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Is referenced byNot available
Access
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Access rights
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Access serviceAccess to this data is through submitting a completed application form to the mailbox: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot. The application form is available here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-statistics-request-our-data/, Find out about accessing secure datasets for research at https://www.researchdata.scot/accessing-data/data-access-overview/
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JurisdictionGB-SCT
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Data controllerScottish Government
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Data processorNot Applicable
Format and standards
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LanguageEnglish
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FormatCSV
Enrichment and linkage
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Related datasets
- Not available
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Linkage opportunityThese datasets have been created through the ADR Scotland programme to enable linkage by using the National Records of Scotland population spine. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/nrs-indexing/
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Tools
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Synthetic data
Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset.
Data dictionary
LACODE
The local authority code
GENDER
The gender of the child
DATEOFBIRTH
The child's date of birth
ALT_DOB
The child's date of birth, updated where DateOfBirth is missing or implausible and a val...
ETHNICGROUP
The ethnic group of the child
RELIGION
The religion of the child
MAINDISABILITY
Indicates if the child is disabled, and the nature of any disability
DISABILITY
Indicates if the child is disabled. Only available from 2015/16 onwards.
AGE_AT_EVENT
The child's age at the date of the event that the record refers to
ALT_AGE_AT_EVENT
The child's age at the date of the event that the record refers to, calculated using alt...
| Variable name | Variable description | Data type | |
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| LACode | The local authority code | ||
| Gender | The gender of the child | ||
| DateOfBirth | The child's date of birth | ||
| alt_dob | The child's date of birth, updated where DateOfBirth is missing or implausible and a val... | ||
| EthnicGroup | The ethnic group of the child | ||
| Religion | The religion of the child | ||
| MainDisability | Indicates if the child is disabled, and the nature of any disability | ||
| Disability | Indicates if the child is disabled. Only available from 2015/16 onwards. | ||
| age_at_event | The child's age at the date of the event that the record refers to | ||
| alt_age_at_event | The child's age at the date of the event that the record refers to, calculated using alt... |