Engagement with Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) from 2014: FOI release

Information requested

You asked for “The total costs incurred by the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration from 2014 to the present day. This includes all secretariat staffing costs, daily board member fees and expenses, events, publications and office-running costs.”

And additionally “A record of all engagement between board members and Scottish Government ministers and Cabinet Secretaries from 2014 to the present day”.

Response

Regarding the first part of your request, the information you have requested is available from the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration on their website. Under section 20(2) of Schedule Two to the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, SCRA must provide accounts to Scottish Ministers. Annual accounts are published on the SCRA website at the following links:

SCRA Annual Accounts 2020-21 - Information regarding expenditure can be found on page 9
SCRA Annual Accounts 2019-20 - Page 8
SCRA Annual Accounts 2018-19 - Page 3
SCRA Annual Accounts 2017-18 - Page 2
SCRA Annual Accounts 2016-17 - Page 3
SCRA Annual Accounts 2015-16 - Page 5
SCRA Annual Accounts 2014-15 - Page 1
SCRA Annual Accounts 2013-14 - Page 1

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you. If, however, you do not have internet access to obtain this information from the websites listed, then please contact me again and I will send you a paper copy. While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have the information you have requested in relation to the current financial year.

Regarding the second part of your request, I enclose a copy of information regarding the dates and attendees of Ministerial and Cabinet Secretary engagement with the SCRA Board from 2014 to date.

Date	Meeting Title	Attendees
24/06/2021	Introductory Meeting with SCRA and CHS	Clare Haughey MSP, Minister for Children and Young People Michelle Miller, Chair of SCRA Board Neil Hunter, Principal Reporter and SCRA Chief Executive Garry Coutts, Chair or CHS Board Elliot Jackson, National Convener and CHS Chief Executive
20/06/2018	Meeting With Chair And Board Members Of Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA)	Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Children and Young People Michelle Miller, Chair of SCRA Board Bernadette Docherty, Board Member Catherine Robertson, Board Member Anela Anwar, Board Member Sam Anderson, Board Member Martin Toye, Board Member Suzanne Vestri, Board Member James Edgar, Board Member Neil Hunter, Principal Reporter and SCRA Chief Executive
15/05/2018	Meeting With Michelle Miller, New Chairing Member Of Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA)	Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Children and Young People Michelle Miller, Chair of SCRA Board
06/02/2018	Minister’s Meeting with Carole Wilkinson	Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Children and Young People Carole Wilkinson, Chair of SCRA Board
24/01/2017	Ministerial Meeting with The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA)	Mark McDonald MSP, Minister for Childcare and Early Years Carole Wilkinson, Chair of SCRA Board Neil Hunter, Principal Reporter and SCRA Chief Executive
15/11/2016	Ministerial Meeting with The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA)	Mark McDonald MSP, Minister for Childcare and Early Years Carole Wilkinson, Chair of SCRA Board Neil Hunter, Principal Reporter and SCRA Chief Executive
12/07/2016	Ministerial Meeting with SCRA and CHS	Mark McDonald MSP, Minister for Childcare and Early Years Carole Wilkinson, Chair of SCRA Board Garry Coutts, Chair or CHS Board Boyd McAdam, National Convener and CHS Chief Executive
03/03/2016	Visit to Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA)	Roseanna Cunningham MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Fair Work, Skills and Training, Carole Wilkinson, Chair of SCRA Board
10/12/2015	Meeting with SCRA Board and Principal Reporter	Aileen Campbell MSP, Minister for Children and Young People Carole Wilkinson, Chair of SCRA Board Malcolm Dickson, Board Member Andrew Miller, Board Member Bernadette Docherty, Board Member Douglas Yates, Board Member Andrew Menzies, Board Member Catherine Robertson, Board Member Anela Anwar, Board Member Neil Hunter, Principal Reporter and SCRA Chief Executive
24/11/2014	Meeting with SCRA Chair and Principal Reporter	Aileen Campbell MSP, Minister for Children and Young People Carole Wilkinson, Chair of SCRA Board Neil Hunter, Principal Reporter and SCRA Chief Executive

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