Office of Public Sector Information

PART 3 OTHER INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES

7.  Where a local authority is required to provide information on any other services or facilities or any publications in accordance with section 27(2)(b) and (c) of the 2006 Act, that information must include information on the following subjects:—

(a) Local Authority Children and Young People’s Plan that relates to section 26 of the Children Act 2004;

(b) education and family learning services;

(c) health and wellbeing services;

(d) play, sports and other recreational facilities;

(e) social care and family support services;

(f) youth services;

(g) financial and legal services;

(h) child development;

(i) staying safe;

(j) local and national services for disabled children and young people;

(k) services promoting the use of the Welsh language.

Services, facilities or publications

8.  Where information is provided by the local authority on services, facilities or publications available locally, the information provided must include the following:

(a) name of the service, facility or publication;

(b) scope of the service, facility or publication;

(c) contact details of the service or facility including name of the service or facility and, where available, address, telephone number, e-mail address and web-site address;

(d) means of accessing the publication;

(e) location of the service or facility;

(f) type of service and facility provided;

(g) opening hours of the service or facility;

(h) cost of the service, facility or publication;

(i) any criteria for or restrictions on availability of the service, facility or publication.

9.  Where information is not provided by the local authority on services, facilities or publications, it will be sufficient for the local authority to provide details of appropriate agencies or sources of information.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations set out the types of information which are required to be provided to parents and prospective parents by local authorities under their duties in section 27 of the Childcare Act 2006.