The National Independent Safeguarding Board (Wales) (No. 2) Regulations 2015

Annual report

8.—(1) The National Board must make its annual report to the Welsh Ministers no later than 31 October each year, in respect of the year ending with the preceding 31 March.

(2) The annual report must contain information about—

(a) any support and advice provided by the National Board to Safeguarding Boards;

(b) any other work undertaken by the National Board, or by supplementary groups set up by the National Board, and the outcomes achieved;

(c) the adequacy and effectiveness of arrangements made by Safeguarding Boards to safeguard children and adults in Wales, including—

(i) lessons learnt from child practice reviews and adult practice reviews carried out by Safeguarding Boards and from other reviews and investigations;

(ii) examples where learning, information and resources have been shared between Safeguarding Boards within a Safeguarding Board area or between Safeguarding Boards across Wales;

(iii) examples of effective measures which Safeguarding Boards have taken to give affected children and adults the opportunity to participate in a Safeguarding Board’s work;

(d) any recommendations which the National Board wishes to make to the Welsh Ministers.

(3) The National Board must make the annual report publicly available no later than 31 December in the year in which it was made.

(4) In this regulation—

(a) “child practice review” (“adolygiad ymarfer plant”) means a review carried out by a Safeguarding Board in accordance with regulation 4 of the Safeguarding Boards (Functions and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2015(1) which relates to a child; and

(b) “adult practice review” (“adolygiad ymarfer oedolion”) means a review carried out by a Safeguarding Board in accordance with regulation 4 of the Safeguarding Boards (Functions and Procedures) (Wales) Regulations 2015 which relates to an adult.

(1)

S.I. 2015/1466 (W. 160).