The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 274 (W. 72)

Social Care, Wales

The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Made

5 March 2017

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

8 March 2017

Coming into force

4 September 2017

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 144A(4) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014(1), make the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application E+W

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) Regulations 2017.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 4 September 2017 and apply in relation to Wales.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in force at 4.9.2017, see reg. 1(2)

Interpretation E+W

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;

“annual report” (“adroddiad blynyddol”) means the report that a local authority is required to prepare and publish in accordance with section 144A of the Act.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in force at 4.9.2017, see reg. 1(2)

Form of annual report E+W

3.  The Schedule (which sets out the requirements as to the form of annual reports) has effect.

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in force at 4.9.2017, see reg. 1(2)

Rebecca Evans

Minister for Social Services and Public Health under authority of the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport, one of the Welsh Ministers

5 March 2017

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE E+W Requirements as to the form of annual reports

[F1 1.   The information which is required to be included in an annual report must be set out under the following headings— E+W

Chapter 1: Director’s summary

Chapter 2: Context

Chapter 3: Performance assessment

Chapter 4: Other information

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. paras. 1-4 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1355), regs. 1, 3 (with reg. 4)

2.   The information included in chapter 3 must be set out in four parts under the following headings— E+W

Chapter 3(a): People

Chapter 3(b): Prevention

Chapter 3(c): Partnership and integration

Chapter 3(d): Well-being

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. paras. 1-4 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1355), regs. 1, 3 (with reg. 4)

3.   The information included in each part of chapter 3 must be set out in four sections under the following headings— E+W

Section (i): What do we know about the quality and impact of what we are doing?

Section (ii): How do we know?

Section (iii): What are we doing well and how can we do better?

Section (iv): What progress did we make on the areas for improvement identified in last year’s report? What difference did we make?

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. paras. 1-4 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1355), regs. 1, 3 (with reg. 4)

4.   The information included in chapter 4 must be set out in four parts under the following headings— E+W

Chapter 4(a): Inspections and reviews

Chapter 4(b): Complaints and representations

Chapter 4(c): Referencing other sources of information

Chapter 4(d): Any other information]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. paras. 1-4 substituted (1.4.2024) by The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1355), regs. 1, 3 (with reg. 4)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 144A of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 was inserted by section 56 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 and requires local authorities in Wales to prepare and publish an annual report about the exercise of the authority’s social services functions.

Section 144A(4) requires the annual report to be in such form as may be prescribed by regulations.

These Regulations prescribe the form of the annual report. The requirements as to the form of the annual report are contained in the Schedule to the Regulations. The Schedule describes the headings under which the information which is required to be included in the annual report must be set out.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

(1)

2014 anaw 4. Section 144A was inserted by section 56(1) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2).