{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-annual-sufficiency-plans-wales-regulations-2026/schedule/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-annual-sufficiency-plans-wales-regulations-2026/schedule/paragraph-27.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2026/116",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Authorities (Annual Sufficiency Plans) (Wales) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-annual-sufficiency-plans-wales-regulations-2026",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Workforce position regarding capacity, capability, recruitment and retention",
  "text": "(1) A written summary of the local authority’s workforce position regarding capacity, capability, recruitment and retention in services for looked after children.\n(2) The written summary required by sub-paragraph (1) must include—\n(a) the areas in which the local authority is at greatest risk, during the plan year, of not having a workforce that is sufficient to meet demand in relation to looked after children, having regard to—\n(i) the number of staff available,\n(ii) the skills and capabilities of those staff, including the availability of staff for Welsh-speaking roles and specialist roles, and\n(iii) the local authority’s ability to recruit and retain staff;\n(b) the causes of the risks referred to in paragraph (a);\n(c) the local authority’s plans for addressing those risks and their causes;\n(d) the steps that the local authority will take to support the development and retention of a sustainable workforce, including through training, professional development, career progression arrangements and partnerships with education or training providers;\n(e) the level of reliance the local authority estimates it will have on agency staff in the planning and delivery of social care for looked after children during the plan year;\n(f) the reasons for any level of reliance referred to in paragraph (e).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/116/schedule/paragraph/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:42.552273+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}