Social care collection materials 2016
For any enquiries regarding our Social care collections, please contact us using our collection specific mailboxes shown in the guidance documents below or call our contact centre on 0300 303 5678.
Collections for the 2015-16 reporting year.
Letters to social services
Adult Social Care Publications
Adult Social Care Publications 2014-15 [213kb]
Appendix B of the September 2015 letter to social services was updated as a separate document in February 2016 to provide links to the latest publications.
Highlights from the reports on 2014-15 data [259kb]
Equalities and Classifications Framework (EQ-CL)
To accompany the ASC-FR, SALT and SAR (SAC) collections.
The version was updated in September 2015 to extend the glossary.
Short- and Long-Term Support (SALT)
Short and Long Term (SALT) Return pro-forma 2015-2016 [502kb]
SALT Guidance 2015-16 v1.7 [2Mb]
SALT sources for ASCOF 2015-16 v1.1 [862kb]
These versions of the documentation and data return were released in March 2016.
Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR)
ASC-FR_Proforma_2015-16_v3.1.xls [4Mb]
This version was amended in May 2016.
ASC-FR Guidance 2015-16 v2.2.pdf [575kb]
This guidance was updated in May 2016.
Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC)
Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC) 2015-16 guidance [453kb]
This guidance was updated in March 2016.
This version was released in March 2015.
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Return, under the Mental Capacity Act 2005
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Return 2015-16 Guidance [376kb]
The guidance was updated in November 2015.
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Return Proforma 2015-16 [20Mb]
The proforma was released in March 2015.
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Return 2015-16 Validation Tool [941kb]
This validation tool was updated in May 2016.
This video will support users of the validation tool to complete their submissions.
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Return 2015-16 Validation Tool User Guide [453kb]
This document was published in March 2016.
SSDA702 Guardianship Return, under the Mental Health Act 1983
SSDA702 Guardianship Return 2015-16 Guidance [292kb]
Guardianship Return Proforma 2015-16 [37kb]
These versions were released in March 2015.
Deferred Payments Agreements (DPA)
The guidance has been updated in August 2015 to provide additional information on the new voluntary collection for 2015-16, announced in March 2015.
This version of the pro-forma was released in April 2016
DPA FAQs 2015-16 v1.pdf [157kb]
This FAQ was released in may 2016
Findings from the Care Act Consultation
Safeguarding Adults Return (SAR) [1Mb]
Proposed deferred payment agreements (DPA) and care cap collection [344kb]
Adult Social Care User Experience Surveys [411kb]
Short and Long Term (SALT) Return [504kb]
Feedback Surveys
ASC-FR feedback report [426kb]
Safeguarding feedback report [397kb]
Guardianship feedback report [333kb]
Implementation Surveys
SALT Implementation Survey Report March 2016 [509kb]
ASC-FR Implementation Survey Report March 2016 [476kb]Group Membership
Regional Performance and Finance Networks [239kb]
Mailboxes for queries regarding our collections
The HSCIC social care team are on hand to answer your queries. Here are the addresses to use for each of the collections and areas [204kb].
Adult Social Care National Data Collections Newsletter
Terms and conditions for 2015-16 restricted data
Terms and Conditions for Restricted access for 2015-16 data [245kb]