
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, make the following Regulations:
Title, commencement and application
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(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.
Interpretation
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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.
Form of annual report
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The Schedule (which sets out the requirements as to the form of annual reports) has effect.
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
SCHEDULE
Requirements as to the form of annual reports
Regulation 3
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The information which is required to be included in an annual report must be set out under the following headings—
Chapter 1: Director’s summary
Chapter 2: Context
Chapter 3: Performance assessment
Chapter 4: Other information
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The information included in chapter 3 must be set out in four parts under the following headings—
Chapter 3(a): People
Chapter 3(b): Prevention
Chapter 3(c): Partnership and integration
Chapter 3(d): Well-being
3. 
The information included in each part of chapter 3 must be set out in four sections under the following headings—
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?
4. 
The information included in chapter 4 must be set out in four parts under the following headings—
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