TERMS OF REFERENCE IN AN INVESTIGATION UNDER SECTION 7 OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (SCOTLAND) ACT 2003 In respect whereof Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland
Results for Investigations
Statutory Duties in Secure Accommodation: Unlocking Children’s Rights
June 2021. Report of our latest investigation, which found children in secure accommodation may have been deprived of their liberty without due process of law.
Exams 2020: Letter to SQA
August 2020. Our letter to the SQA calls on the organisation to make sure their appeals process is directly accessible to young people and centered on their attainment as individuals.
Terms of reference: Secure accommodation investigation
December 2019
The terms of reference for the Commissioner’s investigation into local authority compliance with legal duties around secure accommodation.
Restraint and Seclusion response: West Lothian
April 2019
Local authority response to our restraint and seclusion investigation.
Restraint and Seclusion response: West Dunbartonshire
January 2019
Local authority response to our restraint and seclusion investigation.
Restraint and Seclusion response: Stirling
January 2019
Local authority’s response to our restraint and seclusion investigation.
Restraint and Seclusion response: South Lanarkshire
February 2019
Local authority’s response to our restraint and seclusion investigation.
Restraint and Seclusion response: South Ayrshire
January 2019
Local authority’s response to our restraint and seclusion investigation.
Restraint and Seclusion response: Shetland
February 2019
Local authority’s response to our restraint and seclusion investigation.