ould expect my managers to be discussing that in another 42 DfE Project 2A: User research into social worker inputted data to CMS section which is about this… I’d also expect the manager and the social worker to be having those discussions.” (Practitioner) Data consumers stated that data is not only captured for its quantitative measures and that the discussion between the child and social worker needs to inform the context. However, they noted the inconsistencies in some of the questions asked. Data consumers reported that they need practitioners to understand the context of the forms and to see the bigger picture about why this data is necessary. They described how some qualitative data recorded by practitioners can be harder to interpret and therefore analyse. Data consumers and practitioners concur that guidance is needed to ensure the necessary data is recorded accurately but that there is a need to reduce bureaucracy and burden for practitioners. When quantitative data is collected with no space for context, practitioners can feel 'accused' by some of the items. For example, when visiting a child or young person, the form asks whether they were visited alone, with only ‘yes/no’ options and no free-text box to explain the context (item 17 ‘Was the child seen alone?’) Some practitioners found this item helpful: “We need to try to see the child alone. We need to understand what they are feeling and thinking about the foster carers or parents, or about certain subject areas like contact with parents, because sometimes it's quite easy to be influenced by the carers or to have that divided loyalty between their own birth family and carers.” (Practitioner) However, others found this unhelpful because it is standard practice for a social worker to visit a child/young pers