[F113UAnnual reportE+W
(1)As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, the Board must publish an annual report on how it has exercised its functions during the year.
(2)The annual report must, in particular, contain an assessment of—
(a)the extent to which it met any objectives or requirements specified in the mandate for that year,
(b)the extent to which it gave effect to the proposals for that year in its business plan, and
(c)how effectively it discharged its duties under sections 13E, 13G and 13Q.
(3)The Board must—
(a)lay the annual report before Parliament, and
(b)once it has done so, send a copy of it to the Secretary of State.
(4)The Secretary of State must, having considered the annual report, set out in a letter to the Board the Secretary of State's assessment of the Board's performance of its functions in the financial year in question.
(5)The letter must, in particular, contain the Secretary of State's assessment of the matters mentioned in subsection (2)(a) to (c).
(6)The Secretary of State must—
(a)publish the letter to the Board, and
(b)lay it before Parliament.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 2 Ch. A1 inserted (27.3.2012 for specified purposes, 1.10.2012 for specified purposes, 1.2.2013 for specified purposes, 1.4.2013 in so far as not already in force) by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), ss. 23(1), 306(1)(d)(4); S.I. 2012/1831, art. 2(2) (with art. 4); S.I. 2012/2657, art. 2(4); S.I. 2013/160, art. 2(2) (with arts. 7-9)