3 Support for troubled families: reporting obligation

3  Support for troubled families: reporting obligation

(1)     Before the start of each financial year, the Secretary of State must issue a notice—

(a)     specifying the descriptions of relevant households as regards which support provided by a local authority may constitute relevant support;

(b)     specifying the matters by reference to which the progress made by a household that receives relevant support from a local authority in that year will be measured.

(2)     The ways in which relevant households may be described under subsection (1)(a) include describing relevant households by reference to problems that they have.

(3)     In each financial year, the Secretary of State must prepare a report about the progress made by relevant households to which local authorities have provided relevant support.

(4)     A report prepared under this section may include material about progress made by relevant households to which local authorities have provided support similar to relevant support in periods falling before the coming into force of this section.

(5)     A report prepared under

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