tative data to highlight examples from this data. This section is split into five themes: 1. Understanding which data is helpful for practitioners 2. Understanding problems with recording and reporting data 3. Data we do not collect that could be useful 4. Information that is helpful to the wider local authority 5. Voices of children and young people 4.2.1 Theme 1: Understanding which data is helpful for practitioners Key insights · Data and information are collected for different reasons; for the child to capture their life story, for statutory returns purposes and for the practitioners to understand the child and their journey · The main value of the recording process is how it supports practitioners to learn the child’s journey through care, the rationale behind decisions which have been made, and plans for future interventions and care · Specific forms were helpful as they support practitioners in learning the story of the child/young person. They highlight the child or young person’s needs, views, and wishes, they give an overview of the child or young person at a specific time. They set out the overall objectives and timescales, they identify the services required to meet the child or young person’s needs, and they are regularly reviewed at the CLA review 33 DfE Project 2A: User research into social worker inputted data to CMS · The Missing Chapters report shows that children and young people believe that record keeping about their lives should reflect their lives and who they are. They placed a higher importance on this than the business and practice side of record keeping. Most said they do not know what information practitioners write about them · Practitioners identified certain elements and tools on forms as particularly useful, such as observation boxes on v