age score; the scatters show individual respondents’ scores. Ignoring some outliers, we see broadest divergence in Early Help (the least regulated data area). CIN’s relatively low score might suggest that the stricter data regime in CP/CLA is useful. Chart 5 - Current effectiveness (self-appraisals) Looking now outside the “core process” data areas, we see lowest perceived effectiveness in those areas typically managed outside the CMS – workforce and EHE. Compared to the “core process” areas overleaf, we also see generally wide divergence between LAs. Chart 6 - Current effectiveness (self-appraisals) The low scores around PLO and Financial Data support DfE’s intentions to improve these via DDSF. Responses about the voice of the child are mostly “somewhere in the middle” with a few outliers. Again we see broad diversity between different LAs and respondents on the non-stat-return items. Chart 7 - Current effectiveness (self-appraisals) These items relate mostly to integrations and data sharing arrangements with other services. Some LAs think their links with internal services are good; almost all respondents saw plenty of room for improvement in links to services hosted by other organisations – health, police, housing, etc. Charts 8, 9 & 10 - Scatterplot Averages These show an effectiveness/importance scatter for various outcomes. We see universally high importance, but low effectiveness around child voice, trust, and relationships. Most LAs want better data and most LAs place high value on benchmarking capability We’re encouraged both that this project specifically, to establish a shared standard for producing safeguarding data, is valuable to address current LA needs, and that the wider project of national standards for data collection is valuable. We need to keep a cl