 adoption payment only as these children should not be included in the census. The previous definition of ‘N9’ from 2005 was casework which is required for a legal and administrative reason only and there is no child in the case who is in need. N0 Not stated Children whose reference data is not completely entered on the system and whose need code is yet to be determined, or the case is a referral that has been closed following assessment. 4.6 ‘CIN’ closure date A case is closed if the local authority has no intention of taking any initiative with respect to the child or family concerned, unless the local authority receives new information that requires it to take some sort of action. Enter the date that the case was closed, using the format specified in date fields of the general notes section. If the case is still open at 31 March 2024, then leave this item blank. A children in need closure date can be the same as the referral date but, in practice, this should only very rarely occur. Closure date is not required for a referral that leads to no further action. 40 4.6.1 Children in need closure in the case of adoption When a child’s case is closed because of adoption (reason for closure code ‘RC1’), the children in need closure date will normally be the day when the court granted the adoption order. It is recognised that an adoption case may sometimes remain open to allow all procedures to be completed. In this situation the census will allow for the case to extend up to one month after the date of the adoption order without having to open a new record. The need code would stay the same in these cases. Anything above one month will require a new record to be created. If a child remains in need after being adopted from care, then the new post-adoption child record should