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  "status": "Read-only independent QA of official downloaded workbook; raw data must remain unchanged",
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      "issue": "All153 local numeric values are0.08 to1 despite unit Percentage; England52 is whole percent. Preserve raw fractions; do not subtract52 from0.64. A separate clearly labelled fraction-times100 display is consistent with the national percentage and annex. Raw peer gaps would be fractions, not percentage points.",
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        "Ealing": 0.88,
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      },
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 10,
        "Ealing": 7,
        "Hillingdon": 10
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      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": true
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      "issue": "Workbook England153 appears inconsistent with annexp143 LA mean353 (153 is also number of authorities). Difference of population-weighted and unweighted rates alone has not established an error, so verify DfE national source before calculating England gap or claiming Hounslow above national need. Peer rates are comparable context.",
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 219,
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      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
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      },
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      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": true
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      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 68.8,
        "Ealing": 71.9,
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      },
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      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": true,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": false,
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      "issue": "Score is not interpretable as a population-ranked decile. HounslowValue2.4%, score5, rank134. The values/scores are consistent with bins across numeric range; preserve both source columns and request exact transformation. Do not say score9 means top10% or score3 means bottom30%.",
      "raw_peer_values": {
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 2.5,
        "Ealing": 2.3,
        "Hillingdon": 3.2
      },
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      "allow_raw_England_gap": true,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": true,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": true
    },
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      "metric": "Percent of care leavers in touch with local authority",
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      "issue": "Score is not interpretable as a population-ranked decile. Hounslow91%, score9, rank121. The values/scores are consistent with bins across numeric range; preserve both source columns and request exact transformation. Do not say score9 means top10% or score3 means bottom30%.",
      "raw_peer_values": {
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 97,
        "Ealing": 99,
        "Hillingdon": 85
      },
      "raw_England_average": 93,
      "allow_raw_England_gap": true,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": true,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": true
    },
    {
      "metric": "Number of children stopped and searched",
      "kind": "score_rank_scale",
      "issue": "Score is not interpretable as a population-ranked decile. Hounslow114, score7, rank100. The values/scores are consistent with bins across numeric range; preserve both source columns and request exact transformation. Do not say score9 means top10% or score3 means bottom30%.",
      "raw_peer_values": {
        "Hounslow": 114,
        "Richmond upon Thames": 114,
        "Ealing": 114,
        "Hillingdon": 114
      },
      "raw_England_average": 81,
      "allow_raw_England_gap": true,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": true,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": true
    },
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      "issue": "Score is not interpretable as a population-ranked decile. Hounslow7, score6, rank113. The values/scores are consistent with bins across numeric range; preserve both source columns and request exact transformation. Do not say score9 means top10% or score3 means bottom30%.",
      "raw_peer_values": {
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 7,
        "Ealing": 7,
        "Hillingdon": 7
      },
      "raw_England_average": 4.5,
      "allow_raw_England_gap": true,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": true,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": false
    },
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      "kind": "score_rank_scale",
      "issue": "Score is not interpretable as a population-ranked decile. Hounslow5.8%, score3, rank25. The values/scores are consistent with bins across numeric range; preserve both source columns and request exact transformation. Do not say score9 means top10% or score3 means bottom30%.",
      "raw_peer_values": {
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 7.8,
        "Ealing": 2.8,
        "Hillingdon": 6.3
      },
      "raw_England_average": 3,
      "allow_raw_England_gap": true,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": true,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": false
    },
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      "issue": "Richmond and Hillingdon both showValue11.3 and rank132 but scores2 and1. Could arise from unrounded scoring or different transformation; retain source scores, do not infer corrections from displayed rounded values.",
      "raw_peer_values": {
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 11.3,
        "Ealing": 6.8,
        "Hillingdon": 11.3
      },
      "raw_England_average": 8,
      "allow_raw_England_gap": true,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": true,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": true
    },
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      "issue": "Hounslow family hubs contextNA; childrens centres contextNo; combined scored family hubs and/or centresYes. Components do not resolve the combined response; verify original return. No missing-value imputation.",
      "raw_peer_values": {
        "Hounslow": "NA",
        "Richmond upon Thames": "Yes",
        "Ealing": "No",
        "Hillingdon": "Yes"
      },
      "raw_England_average": 90,
      "allow_raw_England_gap": false,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": false,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": false,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": false
    },
    {
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      "raw_peer_values": {
        "Hounslow": "No",
        "Richmond upon Thames": "Yes",
        "Ealing": "Yes",
        "Hillingdon": "Yes"
      },
      "raw_England_average": 58,
      "allow_raw_England_gap": false,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": false,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": false,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": false
    },
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      "issue": "CombinedYes is not derivable from the two published component rows (family hubsNA; centresNo). Preserve official score10 and verify original return.",
      "raw_peer_values": {
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        "Richmond upon Thames": "Yes",
        "Ealing": "Yes",
        "Hillingdon": "Yes"
      },
      "raw_England_average": 97,
      "allow_raw_England_gap": false,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": false,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": false,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": false
    },
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 1.1353830782506,
        "Ealing": 2.06410879067509,
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      "allow_raw_England_gap": true,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
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      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": false
    },
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      "raw_peer_values": {
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 39,
        "Ealing": 24,
        "Hillingdon": 21
      },
      "raw_England_average": "NA",
      "allow_raw_England_gap": false,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
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      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": true
    },
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 39.1,
        "Ealing": 37,
        "Hillingdon": 33
      },
      "raw_England_average": "NA",
      "allow_raw_England_gap": false,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": true,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": true
    },
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 7,
        "Ealing": 4,
        "Hillingdon": 7
      },
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      "allow_raw_England_gap": true,
      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
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      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": false
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        "Richmond upon Thames": 707,
        "Ealing": 591,
        "Hillingdon": 601
      },
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      "allow_raw_peer_gap": true,
      "allow_best_first_rank_interpretation": false,
      "allow_good_bad_interpretation": true
    }
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_peer_gap_possible": true,
      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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      "raw_peer_gap_possible": false,
      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_peer_gap_possible": true,
      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
      "source_direction": "lower"
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
      "source_direction": "lower"
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_peer_gap_possible": true,
      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
    "Children who feel they don't have somewhere to call home": {
      "raw_peer_gap_possible": true,
      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
      "source_direction": "lower"
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_peer_gap_possible": true,
      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
      "source_direction": null
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
    "Childhood vaccination coverage": {
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": false,
      "source_direction": "higher"
    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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    },
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      "raw_England_gap_possible": true,
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