Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) has published its consultation document ‘National Standards for Scotland’s Children’s Panel.’

The document outlines a series of eight standards that will underpin the work of Panel Members, Area Support Teams, CHS staff and Board Members, all of whom will be expected to commit to working to these standards once they are finalised.

Please click on the links below to access the documents:

1. Consultation on National Standards
2. Consultation Questions
3. How to respond to the consultation
4. Respondent Information Form

The closing date for the consultation is Tuesday 10 April. Ideally, we would prefer responses to be emailed to national.standards@chs.gsi.gov.uk. However, you can also post your responses to:

Franck David
Children’s Hearings Scotland
Area 2/1/1 Ladywell House
Ladywell Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7TB

If you have any queries, please call Franck David on 0131 244 4888.

Sections 31 and 32 of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the Act) impose duties on listed public bodies to publish information on expenditure and certain other matters as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of each financial year. The intention is to promote openness and transparency across the public sector in Scotland.

Children’s Panels and Children’s Advisory Committees are both listed in Schedule 8 to the Act, and so are both required, as a minimum, to report for October 2010 - March 2011. Responses - please click on the link below

Public Services Reform