Regulation 7 Strategic Assessments
A strategic assessment must include—
(a)
an analysis of the levels and patterns of substance misuse in the area;
(b)
an analysis of the changes in those levels and patterns since the previous strategic assessment;
(c)
an analysis of why those changes have occurred;
(d)
the matters which each responsible authority should prioritise when exercising its functions to combat substance misuse in the area;
(e)
the matters which the persons living and working in the area consider that each responsible authority should prioritise when exercising its functions to reduce substance misuse in the area; and
(f)
an assessment of the extent to which the partnership plan for the previous year has been implemented.