PART 8SOCIAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS
F1Reviews
149DGeneral considerations
When conducting a review under section 149A or 149B, the Welsh Ministers must, in relation to the local authority social services functions under review, have regard to—
a
the availability and accessibility of the services;
b
the quality and effectiveness of the services;
c
the management of the services;
d
the economy and efficiency of their provision and their value for money;
e
the availability and quality of information provided to people in the local authority area about the services;
f
the duties imposed on local authorities by sections 5 (duty to promote well-being), 6 (other overarching duties) and 7 (duties relating to UN Principles and Convention) in so far as they are relevant to the services and the effectiveness of measures taken by a local authority to fulfil those duties;
g
the effectiveness of measures taken by a local authority to achieve the outcomes specified in a statement issued by the Welsh Ministers under section 8 (statement of outcomes relating to well-being) in so far as they are relevant to the services;
h
any performance measures and performance targets set out in a code issued under section 9 that they think are relevant;
i
any requirements or guidelines contained in a code issued under section 145 that they think are relevant;
j
the extent to which a local authority has involved people in the local authority area—
i
in decisions about the way in which its social services functions are exercised, and
ii
in reviewing the exercise of those functions.
Ss. 149A-149D and cross-heading inserted (29.4.2019) by Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2), ss. 57(1), 188(1); S.I. 2019/864, art. 2(3)(c)