Cross-Border Placements Regulations: business and regulatory impact assessment

4. Consultation

4.1 Within Government

Policy officials have engaged across directorates within the Scottish Government to develop this policy. This includes:

4.2 Children and Families Directorate: Office of the Chief Social Work Adviser;

Improving Lives for People with Care Experience Unit; Youth Justice and Children's Hearing Unit; Children's Rights Unit, Getting it Right for Every Child and Strategy Unit, Children and Families Analytical Unit.

4.3 Directorate for Justice: Courts and Tribunals; Criminal Law, Practice and Licensing.

In addition, we have engaged with the following Executive Agencies: Education Scotland, HM Inspectors of Education and Disclosure Scotland.

We have also engaged with UK Government legal and policy officials, as well as officials from the Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive.