out this? Outcomes data/voice of the child is difficult and work needs to be done to develop this • While these areas were identified as gaps – there was no suggestion that these areas were able to be addressed quickly or that there were quick wins available. • Needs funding/development and appropriate voices around the table and a rethink of general approach to data. • LAs want to know that the work they are doing makes a difference to the children they work with. They want a rich picture of the child's experience, but this does not provide top line figures that are easily sharable. • Local areas will have different needs so challenges in making a one-size-fits all approach (an example would be Bright Spots providing lots of support for LAs to gain understanding vs SDQs, which are standardised and often not fully analysed). Multi-agency data is challenging to obtain and analyse • Increasingly, data that is not owned by local authorities is seen as critical to understanding services. • Areas where multi-agency data is regularly used include: Supporting Families, Safeguarding Partnerships and Family Hubs. • There is a growing recognition that children and young people can’t be seen in isolation from the area that surrounds them (contextual safeguarding). • Two challenges are consistently mentioned: • Obtaining the data, often this in itself is challenging. Health data is the most commonly identified as difficult to obtain, though all LAs have different local challenges sourcing partner data. • Understanding the data. Often aggregated data is provided to LA analyst with no expertise in that service area. Difficult to analyse without understanding context – what are normal seasonal variations, what local context has impacted changes etc. This lessens the value of shared da