Adult Social Care Glossary, v 0.6

Second-hand data that already exists and is generated by another organisation for another purpose. The data does not directly relate to the problem at hand but can still be used to inform it. In this context, these are wider collections that are not specific to adult social care and account for approximately 60% of current national collections. For example, the Office for National Statistic’s Census data identifies the number of care home residents and unpaid carers.