# Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, Section 197: Local Safeguarding Children Boards: annual reports

Extent: E+W

After section 14 of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31) insert—
“LSCBs: annual reports
14A (1) At least once in every 12 month period, a Local Safeguarding Children Board established under section 13 must prepare and publish a report about safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in its local area.
(2) The Board must submit a copy of the report to the local Children's Trust Board.
(3) For the purposes of this section—
(a) the local area of a Local Safeguarding Children Board is the area of the local authority that established the Board;
(b) the local Children's Trust Board, in relation to a Local Safeguarding Children Board, is the Children's Trust Board established for the Board's local area.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/197 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-skills-children-and-learning-act-2009/section-197
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