Formerly ‘Has Informal Carer’. The wording has been changed to better represent therole of unpaid carers and align with terminology used in the sector . This should not affect the data submitted. Whether the person receives support from an unpaid carer gives a holistic view of a person's support package. This is closely aligned to the Carer Status from SALT LTS001b table 2 but is expected for all event types in the dataset, not just where long term support services are provided to the client. This variable is also relevant for unpaid carers, to determine if they themselves are being cared for. It is recognised that people may have multiple unpaid carers actively providing support. For the purposes of the CLD collection, a value of 'Yes' would indicate that there is at least one unpaid carer known of. ‘Unknown’ should be used where this information is not recorded. • Yes • No • Unknown Data type: Defined list