Jun. 10 2008
Source Page: The Child Health Promotion Programme: pregnancy and the first five years of life. 80 p.Found: The Child Health Promotion Programme: pregnancy and the first five years of life. 80 p.
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - South Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to commence, by regulations, the remaining provisions of the Children (Scotland) Act 2020.
Answered by Brown, Siobhian - Minister for Victims and Community Safety
We are currently prioritising work across the Scottish Government in light of increased pressures on the Scottish budget.
On 16 March 2023, the then Minister for Community Safety provided a submission to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee in relation to Petition PE1968 , which outlined our position on full implementation of the 2020 Act and included a section-by-section breakdown of the Act’s commencement status.
I can provide some further updates.
For the provision on the views of the child in proceedings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, the recent ‘ Hearings for Children ’ report reviewing the children’s hearings system included a recommendation to commence section 3 of the 2020 Act. The Scottish Government has accepted that recommendation and is taking forward relevant work in that regard.
For the provisions on special measures (sections 4 to 8 of the 2020 Act), Part 3 of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill currently before the Parliament will, if enacted, extend the provisions which relate to proceedings under section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 to civil proceedings generally.
In relation to a register for Child Welfare Reporters (section 9 of the 2020 Act), we will be establishing a short-life working group of key stakeholders later this year that will inform the development of policy around the register. It will also consider whether changes made in the past in this area, following a previous working group, are working as intended.
On child contact centres (sections 10 to 12 of the 2020 Act), the Scottish Government continues to prepare Scottish Statutory Instruments on the regulation of these centres.
For the provision placing a duty on Scottish Ministers to ensure the availability of child advocacy services in court proceedings under section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (section 21 of the 2020 Act), the Scottish Government is considering further whether or not to carry out a consultation.
For the provisions on funding for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and the ADR information pilot (sections 23 and 24 of the 2020 Act), the Scottish Government provides update reports to Parliament on the progress of this work. The latest report, covering the period 1 October 2022 to 1 April 2023, is available on the Scottish Government website .
Jan. 10 2008
Source Page: Think family: improving the life chances of families at risk. 31 p.Found: Some Children™s Centres use their contact with parents to engage them in a range of co-located adults
Jul. 18 2011
Source Page: Supporting Families in the Foundation Years. 89 p.Found: That means every service that families and young children come in to contact with being clear how they
Mar. 20 2009
Source Page: Healthy lives, brighter futures: the strategy for children and young people's health. 114 p.Found: Healthy lives, brighter futures: the strategy for children and young people's health. 114 p.
Apr. 01 2024
Source Page: Welcome to Scotland: A guide for Service personnel and their families in Scotland (updated 2024)Found: Welcome to Scotland: A guide for Service personnel and their families in Scotland (updated 2024)
Found: Legal advice - where to go and how to pay
Mentions:
1: Sally-Ann Hart (Con - Hastings and Rye) services, and breastfeeding and other infant-feeding services. - Speech Link
2: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) families who would benefit most from the services offered by children’s centres tended to be those who - Speech Link
3: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) In the 1980s, before it was fashionable, they had child and family centres in Tameside. - Speech Link
Feb. 08 2008
Source Page: Better practice guidance for government contact centres. 2nd ed. 165 p.Found: Better practice guidance for government contact centres. 2nd ed. 165 p.
Mentions:
1: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) Initial priority areas are London and the west midlands, with the NHS acting quickly to contact almost - Speech Link