Regulation 6(1)
SCHEDULE 3Content of Annual Report
A Safeguarding Board’s annual report must include the following information.—
(a)a list of the members of the Safeguarding Board;
(b)action the Safeguarding Board has taken to achieve particular outcomes;
(c)the extent to which the Safeguarding Board has implemented its most recent annual plan, with particulars of how far any specific proposed improvements were implemented;
(d)how the Safeguarding Board has collaborated with other persons or bodies engaged in activities relating to the board’s objectives;
(e)any requests the Safeguarding Board has made to qualifying persons under section 137(1) for specified information, and whether the requests were complied with;
(f)achievements the Safeguarding Board made during the year;
(g)the extent to which each member of the Safeguarding Board contributed to the Board’s effectiveness;
(h)an assessment of how the Safeguarding Board used its resources in exercising its functions or achieving its outcomes;
(i)any underlying themes in the way the Safeguarding Board exercised its functions, as shown by an analysis of cases it has dealt with, and any changes it has put into practice as a result;
(j)when and how children or adults exercised an opportunity to participate in the Safeguarding Board’s work and how this contributed to the Board achieving its outcomes;
(k)the number of adult protection and support orders which were applied for in the Safeguarding Board area, how many were made, and how effective they were;
(l)any information or learning the Safeguarding Board has disseminated, or training it has recommended or provided;
(m)how the Safeguarding Board has implemented any guidance or advice given by the Welsh Ministers or by the National Board;
(n)other matters relevant to the work of the Safeguarding Board.