ce/training. Management Oversight Each LA was asked to tag the data items collected as ‘local’ data to understand why the data was collected specifically in each LA. Most data items collected as local data are collected for children and young people themselves, and for practitioners to help them learn the child/young person’s story, plan interventions, and provide the right support. Another main reason for collecting local data items is for management oversight. This is both for management to support practitioners, children, young people, and their families, and for accountability purposes. Managers need to be able to understand reasons as to why certain decisions were made, if necessary. Table 7 below shows that the second most common reason for collecting local data items, after collecting for practitioners and/or the child/young person, is for management oversight of case decisions and accountability purposes. Table 7: Number of times LAs tagged ‘local’ data for a given reason Number of times LAs tagged ‘local’ data for a given reason 1.For social work practitioners and/or the child/YP 1790 2.For management oversight of case decisions and accountability purposes 264 3.For LA reporting purposes and generating performance indicators 79 4.For statutory data requirements outside of the Annex A or 903 returns 8 53 DfE Project 2A: User research into social worker inputted data to CMS Government Central government agencies require data to support decisions regarding funding distribution and other broader decisions. Accountability towards central government and ensuring accurate data is collected was evident in the research: “They’re like, what difference is this going to make to my child now? But that’s not the issue. The issue is all this data is collated and it’s sent to 