The Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003

Review of quality of care

42.—(1) The registered person must establish and maintain a system for—

(a)monitoring the matters set out in Schedule 7 at appropriate intervals, and

(b)improving the quality of foster care provided by the fostering agency.

(2) The registered person must supply to the appropriate office of the National Assembly a report in respect of any review conducted by the registered person for the purposes of paragraph (1) and make a copy of the report available upon request to the persons mentioned in regulation 3(2).

(3) The system referred to in paragraph (1) must provide for consultation with foster parents, children placed with foster parents, and their responsible authority (unless, in the case of a fostering agency which is a voluntary organisation, it is also the responsible authority).