lex cases like the one presented in the Data Ethics Report completed in 2022 as part of the DLUHC Data Accelerator Programme in Avon and Somerset, highlighted common challenges in supporting families and individuals with multiple disadvantages. “Parent A was at risk of being evicted from her home as a result of her rent arrears. However... there were other problems recorded for the family that might be contributing to their housing situation. Parent A’s husband had recently lost his job and their children were not going to school following reports of bullying”. (Data Ethics Report 2022, p.8) Communication across agencies of these complex issues related to this case would have been difficult before the TFD. Support workers and other professionals assigned to the case might not have had Social Finance Limited +44 (0) 20 7770 6836 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ socialfinance.org.uk 9 visibility of all the challenges or had access to information on who the other related case workers were, to be able to reach out. The programme required Bristol City Council to collate data on families with multiple disadvantages and design new services to support them. Payments would be received after positive outcomes could be demonstrated, known as the Payment by Results (PBR) process. After the PBR process and the completion of each reporting cycle, the data was deleted in line with the requirements of the programme. At the inception of Phase 2 of the Supporting Families programme, the local lead for the programme in Bristol City Council, who managed the emerging Early Intervention teams (known then, locally, as ‘Early Help’), concluded that the data had most value in the hands of practitioners across children’s services. It was felt that it had the potential to offer several benefits,