
2023 No. 1355 (W. 245)
Social Care, Wales
The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023
Made 12 December 2023
Laid before Senedd Cymru 14 December 2023
Coming into force 1 April 2024
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 and coming into force
1 
The title of these Regulations is the Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2023 and they come into force on 1 April 2024.
Amendment of the Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) Regulations 2017
2 
The Local Authority Social Services Annual Reports (Prescribed Form) (Wales) Regulations 2017 are amended in accordance with regulation 3.
3 
In the Schedule (requirements as to the form of annual reports), for paragraphs 1 to 4 substitute—“
1. 
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
2. 
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”.
Transitional provision
4 

(1) The amendments made by regulations 2 and 3 have no effect in so far as they relate to the annual reports prepared by local authorities for the 2023/2024 financial year.
(2) In this regulation, the meaning of “financial year” is the period one year beginning on 1 April and ending on 31 March.
Julie Morgan
Deputy Minister for Social Services under authority of the Minister for Health and Social Services, one of the Welsh Ministers
12 December 2023