Publication - Impact assessment
Children's hearings and pre-hearing panels - composition changes: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment (CRWIA)
An assessment of the impact on children of introducing flexibility into the requirement for children's hearings to have both male and female panel members.
3. Will there be different impacts on different groups of children and young people?
We anticipate it will affect a very small proportion of children and young people who are referred to a Children's Hearing, as we expect the flexibility introduced by this change to be used infrequently. Proportionally, more boys than girls are referred to a Children's Hearing (43.4% female to 56.6% male), and the most common ages of referral are 14 and 15.
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Email: childrens.hearings@gov.scot
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