The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023

• Citation: S.I. 2023/1355 (W.)
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title and coming into force

The title of these Regulations is the Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 and they come into force on 1 April 2024.

Section 2 Amendment of the Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) Regulations 2017

The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) Regulations 2017 are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

Section 3 Amendment of the Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) Regulations 2017

In the Schedule (requirements as to the form of annual reports), for paragraphs 1 to 4 substitute—

(1) The information which is required to be included in an annual report must be set out under the following headings—

Chapter 1: Director’s summary

Chapter 2: Context

Chapter 3: Performance assessment

Chapter 4: Other information

(2) The information included in chapter 3 must be set out in four parts under the following headings—

Chapter 3(a): People

Chapter 3(b): Prevention

Chapter 3(c): Partnership and integration

Chapter 3(d): Well-being

(3) The information included in each part of chapter 3 must be set out in four sections under the following headings—

Section (i): What do we know about the quality and impact of what we are doing?

Section (ii): How do we know?

Section (iii): What are we doing well and how can we do better?

Section (iv): What progress did we make on the areas for improvement identified in last year’s report? What difference did we make?

(4) The information included in chapter 4 must be set out in four parts under the following headings—

Chapter 4(a): Inspections and reviews

Chapter 4(b): Complaints and representations

Chapter 4(c): Referencing other sources of information

Chapter 4(d): Any other information

Section 4 Transitional provision

(1) The amendments made by regulations 2 and 3 have no effect in so far as they relate to the annual reports prepared by local authorities for the 2023/2024 financial year.

(2) In this regulation, the meaning of “financial year” is the period one year beginning on 1 April and ending on 31 March.