This field records if the student is estranged, based on their own self-assessment.

All Students at providers in Scotland where EntryProfile.DOMICILE = XF, XG, XH, XI, XK, XL, GG, JE or IM and Course.COURSEAIM starts with H, I, J or C or is M22, M26 or M28 and Instance.REDUCEDI does not equal 01 and Instance.COMDATE is after 2020-07-31.

Optional for all Students at providers in Scotland where EntryProfile.DOMICILE = XF, XG, XH, XI, XK, XL, GG, JE or IM and Course.COURSEAIM starts with H, I, J or C or is M22, M26 or M28 and Instance.REDUCEDI = 01 and Instance.COMDATE is after 2020-07-31.

The below recommended question has been developed by UCAS in collaboration with Stand Alone and a number of HEPs:

Would you consider yourself estranged from your family (i.e. not supported by your family)?
Yes
No

An estranged person is someone who no longer has the support of their family due to a breakdown in their relationship which has led to ceased contact. This might mean your biological, step or adoptive parents or wider family members who have been responsible for supporting you in the past.

Tick Yes if you feel this description applies to you.

Code 98 must be returned where the student has refused to provide the information.

Code 99 must be returned where the provider does not know the information. UCAS are introducing this question for applicants starting courses in September 2021, for that reason, a higher level of unknowns will be acceptable in the C20051 reporting year if providers have been unable to collect this.