# The Domestic Abuse Support (Local Authority Strategies and Annual Reports) Regulations 2021, Regulation 8: Content of a section 59 report


A section 59 report must include the following content—
(a) confirmation that the relevant local authority has appointed a domestic abuse local partnership board;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/990/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-abuse-support-local-authority-strategies-and-annual-reports-regulations-2021/regulation-8
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