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Future of the CLD Activity Survey - What Will Happen Next?
88. The survey has now been running for 3 years, including the pilot year. During that time, we have established that the local authority data is robust and stable and this data has been used to inform the Scottish Government of the scope and scale of CLD provision in Scotland. There is also evidence of improvements in the local information systems that can underpin the efficient collection of national level data
89. However, it has not yet been possible to establish a system that can deliver robust national data on provision of CLD by non-local authority partners. In consequence, the CLD Activity Survey in its current form only provides a partial picture of the overall scale of CLD activity across Scotland.
90. In the past year, the relationship between the Scottish Government local authorities has changed substantially with the introduction of the Concordat and the National Performance Framework.
91. There will still be a need for the Scottish Government, together with CoSLA and SCVO, to understand the scope and scale of CLD in Scotland as a whole and there is a need to review how information to inform that understanding can best be collected on a national scale.
92. The initial research commissioned by Learning Connections on measuring outcomes is now complete and we are exploring with partners the way forward in collecting information on the outcomes of CLD. There is a need to consider the relevance of the output data collected by the CLD Activity Survey in that context.
93. In the light of all these factors, Learning Connections will carry out a review of the CLD Activity Survey and the options for future collection of national data on CLD activity. This will include consideration of: the continued relevance of the data; how information needed at national level can be collected in future; and the wider context of data requirements flowing from the National Performance Framework.
94. We look forward to working with our stakeholders in carrying out this review, and to ensure that future data collection is relevant, easy to complete and places the minimum possible burden on participants. Subject to the outcome of the review, we currently expect the next national Survey of CLD Activity to run in November 2009.
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