Parental Responsibility

 

Change History

 

DSCN 2014 / 02 

Substance Misuse Data Set

 

This data item is / was included in the following data sets / collections between the dates shown:

 

Data Set / Collection

Valid From

Valid To

SM ds

1st April 2014

 

 

The parental responsibility of the client – i.e. whether or not dependents reside with them.

 

Parental responsibility includes biological parents, step parents, foster parents, adoptive parents and guardians. It should also include de facto parents where an adult cohabits with the parent of a child or the child alone and have taken on full or partial parental responsibilities.

 

Format: 2 character alpha-numeric

 

Value

Meaning

01

The client is a parent of one or more children under 18 and all the client’s children (who are under 18) reside with them full time.

02

The client is a parent of children under 18 and some of the client’s children (who are under 18) reside with them, others live full time in other locations.

03

The client is a parent of children under 18 but they all live full time in other locations.

04

The client is not a parent of any children under 18.

99

Client declined to answer.