ed in date fields of the general notes section. If a child is stillborn, or the mother suffers a miscarriage (including a chemical pregnancy) or a phantom pregnancy, or there is a termination of the pregnancy, please record the expected date of birth and leave the date of birth blank. The children in need closure date 29 does not need to match the date on the death certificate. The date of death and the final closure date should both be recorded. The reason for closure should be recorded as ‘RC2 died’. If the child is born before 31 March 2024 or before the case is closed, then the return for that child should not include both the date of birth and the expected date of birth; only the date of birth should be returned. Please note that users may wish to retain the expected date of birth on their systems, but it must not be included within the census return if the date of birth is present. It will be possible for us to assess whether the child was unborn at the time of the referral if the date of birth is later than the referral date. 2.7 Gender Enter: • 1 for male; • 2 for female; • 0 for not recorded or unborn at 31 March 2024; • 9 for indeterminate gender (unable to be classed as either male or female). Code 0 should be used when the gender of the child has not been recorded. It should also be used to code the gender of unborn children, even if the gender of the unborn child is known. Code 9 should only be used when the child is unable to be classified as either male or female. 2.8 Date of death The collection of date of death information reflects the legislation introduced in April 2008, which made reviews into child deaths a statutory requirement. This information is required to help show more clearly where services continue to be provided after a child has died. The