The Domestic Abuse Support (Local Authority Strategies and Annual Reports) Regulations 2021

PART 3 Section 59 Reports

Form of a section 59 report

7.  A section 59 report must be in the form specified by the Secretary of State from time to time by notice to the relevant local authority.

Content of a section 59 report

8.  A section 59 report must include the following content—

(a) confirmation that the relevant local authority has appointed a domestic abuse local partnership board(1);

(b) information in respect of the membership of the board and how often it convenes;

(c) evidence that the relevant local authority has undertaken an appropriate assessment of the need for accommodation-based support by, in particular—

(i) setting out when the assessment was carried out;

(ii) setting out the methodology employed in conducting that assessment; and

(iii) providing details of the result of that assessment;

(d) evidence that the section 57 strategy—

(i) is in place and operating effectively;

(ii) was published in accordance with Part 2 of these Regulations; and

(iii) supports victims of domestic abuse to access services within the relevant local authority’s area;

(e) evidence that the relevant local authority’s commissioning decisions have been informed by—

(i) the assessment of need referred to in sub-paragraph (c); and

(ii) the section 57 strategy;

(f) evidence relating to the disbursement of funding set against the delivery objectives set out in the section 57 strategy.

(1)

Within the meaning of section 58 of the Act.