that these items often refer to practical considerations needed to care for the child that may flag up local procedures or considerations, but do not provide information about the quality of service provided that would be useful to collect in a statutory return. This includes data items related to a child’s feelings about their situation, personal characteristics and identification, and their individual needs. These are the sorts of data items that are useful to people viewing each individual case holistically to help inform decisions, to social workers who need to understand how to best care for the child, and for the child themselves if they request to see their own care record. Of these 38 data items, 24 are collected predominately for the practitioners and/or the child/young person (as shown in the final column of table 5 below). This reflects that the majority of data items collected as local data are collected directly for children and young people to help practitioners to support them. Table 5: Data items which are collected locally by all four LAs Item number Data item Collected for practitioners and/or child/young person Item 1 First name Yes Item 2 Surname Yes Item 27 Ethnic identity Yes Item 29 Religion Yes Item 89 Child's vulnerability risks and what can be done to mitigate them? Item 105 Does the child have race, culture, language, interest, disability needs? Yes Item 106 Details of child's specific race, culture, language, interest, disability needs Yes Item 140 SW - Name Item 143 SW - Telephone Item 148 SW/Professional - Details Item 150 SW/Professional - Contact details Item 157 Carer / Keyworker - Name Item 158 Carer / Keyworker - Telephone Item 164 Independent Visitor/officer - Name Item 165 Independent Visitor/officer - Telephone Item 166 Independent 