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Adult Social Care Data Collections

Data Provision Notice to require the submission of data from councils with adult social services responsibilities (CASSRs) to enable key aspects of the provision of adult social care to be assessed, at both national and local levels. 

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Overview

The purpose of the data collected is to enable key aspects of the provision of adult social care services across England to be assessed at both national and local level. Data collected covers several themes such as: activity, finance, safeguarding and user experience.

Adult social care data is either collected by Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) through their case management and administration systems, which is then submitted annually/biennially/triennially to NHS England for secondary uses, or via nationally defined surveys which are administered by the CASSR and then submitted to NHS England.

The current Adult Social Care data collections cover:

  • (A) Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR)
  • (A) Deferred Payment Agreements (DPA)
  • (A) Registered Blind and Partially Sighted collection
  • (A) Short and Long Term (SALT) activity return
  • (A) Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC)
  • (I) Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
  • (S) Personal Social Services Adult Social Care Survey, England (ASCS)
  • (S) Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England (SACE)

The following Adult Social Care data collection is being paused for 2022-2023:

  • (I) Guardianship under the Mental Health Act 1983

These national Adult Social Care data collections are either: 

  • aggregated (A) counts of service users, carers, and events 
  • individual client level (I) or 
  • surveys (S)

Some of the Adult Social Care data NHS England collects also populates the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF). This measures how well the care and support services achieve the outcomes that matter most to people.

Every collection is annual except SACE and Guardianship (these are both biennial) and Registered Blind and Partially Sighted collection (triennial).

Scope

This Notice is served on:

  • All Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs).

Legal basis for provision of data

Period of the collections

The ASC live collections timetable provides further details of when data collections will take place. Please note that this timetable is a live document and is frequently edited to reflect changes to the ASC collection schedule. 

Users are advised to check this regularly for updates by visiting the ASC homepage and selecting the relevant data year.

Read the Data Provision Notice

10 August 2023: Version 2.0 of this Notice issued to reflect the pausing of Guardianship under the Mental Health Act 1983 and to reflect the legal and organisational changes which came into effect on 1 February 2023.

Last edited: 3 April 2024 2:00 pm