Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill - Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA)

Post Assessment Review and sign-off

12. Planning for the review of impact on children’s rights and wellbeing

• How will the impact of the proposal on children’s rights and wellbeing be monitored?
• When will you review and update the CRWIA if required?

As part of the implementation of the Bill, the impact of policy decisions on children’s and young people’s rights will be assessed through further CRWIAs.

The Scottish Ministers will be responsible for setting the policies in respect of NTP-related activities and will have the power to fund the SFC to provide one or more NTP. The Bill gives the Scottish Ministers powers to attach conditions on how the SFC uses the grant funding provided. Regarding apprenticeships, the Scottish Ministers would set out the policy objectives for these when allocating grant funding. Additionally, the Scottish Ministers will have power to make further provision about what activities constitute work-based learning, and the requirements of work-based learning, in regulations.

Once the Bill has completed Parliamentary passage and the associated Act has been published, it will be for the SFC to conduct their own reviews on the impacts of the policies they develop and implement in relation to children’s and young people’s rights. It will be for Scottish Ministers to scrutinise the performance of the SFC in relation to how they have delivered their expanded functions, and therefore how the delivery of the these functions has impacted on children’s and young people’s rights.

13. Sign off

Policy Lead Signature & Date of Sign Off: Andrew Mott, 24 January 2024

Deputy Director Signature & Date of Sign Off: Naureen Ahmed, 24 January 2024

Date CRWIA team first contacted: October 2024