Local authorities use these forms to provide data about social services.
Contents
Copies of forms sent to local authorities to collect data about:
- people receiving social services
- their social services departments
Children receiving care and support census
Documents
Census 2025 to 2026 guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 376 KB
Census 2024 to 2025 guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 279 KB
Census 2023 to 2024 guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 456 KB
Census 2023 to 2024 form , file type: XLSX, file size: 13 KB
Children looked after census
Documents
2024 to 2025 guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 329 KB
2023 to 2024 guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 504 KB
2023 to 2024 form , file type: XLSX, file size: 15 KB
Unpaid carers receiving assessment of carer’s needs census
Documents
2025 to 2026 guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 292 KB
Adults receiving care and support census
Documents
2025 to 2026 guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 344 KB
2024 to 2025 guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 257 KB
2023 to 2024 guidance , file type: PDF, file size: 418 KB
2023 to 2024 form , file type: XLSX, file size: 15 KB
Social services activity and performance improvement framework
The guidance defines the metrics for measuring activity and performance.
Documents
Adults: Social Services Performance and Improvement Framework, 2023 to 2024 , file type: XLSX, file size: 2 MB
Children: Social Services Performance and Improvement Framework, 2023 to 2024 , file type: XLSX, file size: 938 KB
Datasets
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.
