The Safeguarding Boards (General) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Regulation 3

SCHEDULE 1 Safeguarding Board Areas

Name of Safeguarding Board area	Extent of Safeguarding Board Area
Cardiff and Vale	principal local government areas of — Cardiff City and County Council and Vale of Glamorgan Council;
Cwm Taf	principal local government areas of — Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council;
Gwent	principal local government areas of — Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council, Monmouthshire County Council, Newport City Council, and Torfaen County Borough Council;
Mid and West Wales	principal local government areas of— Carmarthenshire County Council, Ceredigion County Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and Powys County Council;
North Wales	principal local government areas of— Conwy County Borough Council, Denbighshire County Council, Flintshire County Council, Gwynedd County Council, Isle of Anglesey County Council, and Wrexham County Borough Council;
Western Bay	principal local government areas of — Bridgend County Borough Council, Swansea City and County Council Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council;

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 2 Lead Partners

Safeguarding Board Area	Lead partner in relation to children for the area	Lead partner in relation to adults for the area
Cardiff and Vale	Vale of Glamorgan Council	Cardiff City and County Council
Cwm Taf	Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council	Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Gwent	Caerphilly County Borough Council	Caerphilly County Borough Council
Mid and West Wales	Pembrokeshire County Council	Carmarthenshire County Council
North Wales	Conwy County Borough Council	Conwy County Borough Council
Western Bay	Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council	Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Regulation 6(1)

SCHEDULE 3 Content of Annual Report

A Safeguarding Board’s annual report must include the following information.—

(a) a list of the members of the Safeguarding Board;

(b) action the Safeguarding Board has taken to achieve particular outcomes;

(c) the extent to which the Safeguarding Board has implemented its most recent annual plan, with particulars of how far any specific proposed improvements were implemented;

(d) how the Safeguarding Board has collaborated with other persons or bodies engaged in activities relating to the board’s objectives;

(e) any requests the Safeguarding Board has made to qualifying persons under section 137(1) for specified information, and whether the requests were complied with;

(f) achievements the Safeguarding Board made during the year;

(g) the extent to which each member of the Safeguarding Board contributed to the Board’s effectiveness;

(h) an assessment of how the Safeguarding Board used its resources in exercising its functions or achieving its outcomes;

(i) any underlying themes in the way the Safeguarding Board exercised its functions, as shown by an analysis of cases it has dealt with, and any changes it has put into practice as a result;

(j) when and how children or adults exercised an opportunity to participate in the Safeguarding Board’s work and how this contributed to the Board achieving its outcomes;

(k) the number of adult protection and support orders which were applied for in the Safeguarding Board area, how many were made, and how effective they were;

(l) any information or learning the Safeguarding Board has disseminated, or training it has recommended or provided;

(m) how the Safeguarding Board has implemented any guidance or advice given by the Welsh Ministers or by the National Board;

(n) other matters relevant to the work of the Safeguarding Board.