Looked After Children, Child Protection and Secure Units Statistics: privacy notice

Introduction

Information we obtain and hold about children and young people who are formally looked after, under child protection measures or in secure care in Scotland

Privacy Notice

The Scottish Government’s Education Analytical Services, which is part of the Scottish Government’s Children and Families Directorate, has legal powers to request data with regards children and young people who are formally looked after, under child protection measures or in secure care in Scotland.

For more information on the legislation which allows this to occur, see:

• The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968