23.—(1) Each consultee who is, by virtue of section 54 of the 2004 Act and article 22, under a duty to respond to consultation, must give to the Secretary of State, not later than 1st July in each year, a report as to that consultee’s compliance with section 54(4) of the 2004 Act.
(2) The report must relate to the period of 12 months commencing on 1st April in the preceding year (“the report year”).
(3) The report must contain, in respect of any report year—
(a)a statement as to the number of occasions on which the consultee was consulted by a person other than a local planning authority;
(b)a statement as to the number of occasions on which a substantive response was given to a person other than a local planning authority within the period referred to in section 54(4) of the 2004 Act;
(c)a statement as to the number of occasions on which the consultee was consulted by a local planning authority;
(d)a statement as to the number of occasions on which a substantive response was given to a local planning authority within the period referred to in section 54(4) of the 2004 Act; and
(e)in relation to occasions on which the consultee has given a substantive response outside the period referred to in section 54(4) of the 2004 Act, a summary of the reasons why the consultee failed to comply with the duty to respond within that period.