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Vulnerable Witnesses Act - section 9: report
This report meets obligations on Scottish Ministers by the Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019 to publish a report evaluating the effectiveness of the Act at supporting witnesses to participate in the criminal justice system and to set out next steps for implementation.
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Vulnerable Witnesses Act: three month evaluation report
Sets out the findings of a short term evaluation into the operation of the presumption in favour of pre-recorded evidence for children under the age of 18 giving evidence in the High Court to understand what lessons can be learned for future implementation of the Act.
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School meal debt: letter from the First Minister
Letter from First Minister Humza Yousaf confirming support for councils to help remove the impact of school meal debt.
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Education: School Uniform Working Group minutes - October 2023
Minutes from the meeting of the group on 12 October 2023.
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Housing Cladding Remediation (Scotland) Bill: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment - easy read
Easy read version of the children's rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA) for the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill.
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Historic forced adoption - scoping study: final report
Research to scope the support needs of people affected by historic forced adoption in Scotland.
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Historic forced adoption - scoping study: research findings
A summary of findings from research to scope the support needs of people affected by historic forced adoption in Scotland.
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Historic forced adoption - scoping study: service delivery paper
Research report identifying critical factors to consider when designing services for people affected by historic forced adoption in Scotland.
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Early child development transformational change programme
Improving early child development by bringing together a programme to provide oversight and better integration of policies. These will focus on prevention, the importance of pre-birth and early years across all policy areas and identify policy and implementation gaps, informed by current evidence.
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National Bairns’ Hoose Governance Group minutes: August 2023
Minutes from the meeting of the group on 22 August 2023.