Part 2Children’s services in England

Inspections of children’s services

I124Performance rating of social services

1

In section 79(2) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43) (duty of Commission for Social Care Inspection to award a performance rating to a local authority), for the words from “a performance rating” to the end substitute—

a

a performance rating to that authority in respect of all the English local authority social services provided by, or pursuant to arrangements made by, that authority—

i

to or so far as relating to persons under the age of eighteen; or

ii

under sections 23C to 24D of the Children Act 1989; and

b

a performance rating to that authority in respect of all other English local authority social services provided by, or pursuant to arrangements made by, that authority.

2

In section 81(2) of that Act (duty of the Commission to inform the Secretary of State where it awards the lowest performance rating under section 79), for “section 79” substitute “ section 79(2)(a) or (b) ”.