# The Visits to Children in Long-Term Residential Care Regulations 2011, Regulation 5: Reports of visits

Extent: E+W

(1) R must provide a written report of each visit to the responsible local authority.
(2) R’s report must include R’s assessment of—
(a) A’s wishes and feelings about the accommodation, so far as R has been able to ascertain them,
(b) whether A’s welfare is adequately safeguarded and promoted,
(c) whether further visits by R, in addition to those set out in regulation 3(1) or (2), are required in order to safeguard and promote A’s welfare,
(d) any services which R considers appropriate to be made available with a view to promoting contact between A and A’s family, and
(e) any other steps that should be taken by the responsible local authority exercising its functions under the 1989 Act or, as the case may be, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 to safeguard and promote A’s welfare.
(3) The responsible local authority must give a copy of the report to—
(a) A, unless it would not be appropriate to do so, having regard to A’s age and understanding,
(b) any parent of A’s and any person who is not A’s parent but who has parental responsibility for A unless to do so would place A at risk of significant harm,
(c) where different from the responsible local authority, the local authority in whose area A is accommodated, and
(d) any other person with responsibility for safeguarding and promoting A’s welfare under the 1989 Act or, as the case may be, the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1010/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/visits-to-children-in-long-term-residential-care-regulations-2011/regulation-5
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