Transparency in supply chains - inclusion of Scottish public bodies: consultation analysis

6. Overview of Responses

The following questions were designed to collect stakeholders views on Transparency in Supply Chains and associated reporting requirements for Scottish public bodies and to offer the opportunity to comment on the UK-wide proposals. These questions focused principally on the inclusion of Scottish public bodies in the requirement to provide a modern slavery statement and the associated reporting requirements and enforcement regimes.

In total, 23 responses were received to the consultation, including 20 from organisations and 3 individual responses. In accordance with the respondent's requests, four were not cleared for publication but were included in the analysis below. Some respondents answered a selection of questions as opposed to responding to the full consultation. All percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number and as a result, percentages may not always round to 100%.

This report presents a question-by-question analysis. A summary table is presented for each of the closed questions. In most cases the analysis of comments is structured according to arguments made in support of or opposition to a proposal, rather than how a respondent answered a preceding closed question. Where the term respondents is used, this refers to both individual respondents and those responding on behalf of an organisation.