Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 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)
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.]