Responses
We respond to government consultations to influence and
shape the policies that will improve the lives of vulnerable
children and young people in the UK.
2011
- Our response to the Scottish Parliament
Justice Committee's Stage 1 Consideration of the Offensive
Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications Bill
- Our response to 'Pathways to
Success'; the Department of Employment
and Learning's strategy to reduce young people not in
education, employment or training in Northern Ireland
- Our response to the Department for Education's
Support and Aspiration: A New Approach to Special Educational Needs
and Disability Green Paper
- Our response to the Ministry of Justice Green
Paper, Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment,
Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders
- Our response to the Department for Education's
Tackling Child Poverty and Improving Life Chances: Consulting on a
New Approach
2010
- Our response to the Cabinet Office's
Modernising Commissioning Green Paper.
- Our response to the Department for Education's
Green Paper on Children And Young People With Special Educational
Needs And Disabilities.
- Our response to the Independent Review on Early
Intervention led by Graham Allen. The response builds on the widely
acclaimed Backing the Future report and extensive research
undertaken by Action for Children to provide the economic and
social case for early intervention services for children and young
people.
- Our response to the Department for Work and
Pensions' consultation on 21st Century Welfare.
- Our response to Frank Field's Independent
Review on Poverty and Life Chances.
- Our response to Dame Clare Tickell's
Independent Review of the Early Years Foundation Stage.
- Our written evidence for the Government's
review on the Family Justice System.
- Our response to Professor Eileen Munro 's
Independent Review of Child Protection focusing on factors
determining the effectiveness of interventions.
- Our response to the consultation on
Self-directed support: A National Strategy for Scotland.
- The 'Kilbrandon Now' Inquiry in 2003 was organised by Action
for Children Scotland, and made a number of recommendations
regarding the future of the Children's Hearings System. The
original inquiry panel, chaired by Richard Holloway, agreed to
reconvene in November 2009 to consider the changes proposed in the
draft Children's Hearing Bill. The attached report outlines the key
conclusions and recommendations from the 2009 inquiry, including
their interface with those of the original inquiry report.
2009
- Our response to the Department for Children,
Schools and Families' consultation on Revising the National Minimum
Standards for Adoption, Children's Homes and Fostering.
- Our response to the Scottish Government's
consultation on the Children's Hearings Bill.
- Our response to the Government's consulation
paper on ending violence against women and girls.
- Our evidence for the Justice Committee's Stage
1 consideration of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland)
Bill.
- Our response to the Communities and Local
Government's Select Committee Inquiry into the Government's
Supporting People programme.
- Our response to the Government's Child Poverty
Unit's consultation on Ending child poverty: Making it happen.
- Our response to the Northern Ireland Office's
consultation paper on community safety: Together. Stronger. Safer.
Community safety in Northern Ireland.
- Our response to the DCSF's consultation on
'21st Century Schools: A World-Class Education for Every
Child'.
- Our response to the consultation on indicators
of a school's contribution to wellbeing.
- Our comments on the Care Quality Commission's
proposals for reviews of healthcare in 2009/10.
2008
- Our response to the review of the future role
of the third sector in social and economic regeneration.
- Our response to the government review of
section 58 of the Children's Act 2004.
- Our response to the Youth Justice Board's (YJB)
draft youth crime prevention strategy.
- Our response to the Scottish Government's
consultation and proposals in relation to the proposed Sentencing
Guidelines and Scottish Sentencing Council.
- Our response to the Scottish Government's
consultation about the Children's Hearings System.
- Our response to the Scottish Government's
discussion paper on tackling poverty, inequality and deprivation in
Scotland.
- Our response to the Scottish Social Services
Council's consultation paper about rules and requirements for
awards developed from the Standard for Childhood Practice.
- Our response to the Scottish Government's
consultation paper, Changes to the fitness requirements for
Providers, Managers and Employees in care services regulated by the
Care Commission.
- Our response to the joint Scottish Government
and COSLA policy statement on Early Years and Early
Intervention.
- Our response to the Scottish Government's
consultation on consultation on the Respite Care Guidance.
- Our response to the Scottish Government's
consultation on the draft Children's Services (Scotland) Bill.
- Our response to the Scottish Government's
consultation on the Looked After Children (Scotland)
Regulations.
- Our thoughts on the best way to deliver
effective safeguarding arrangements for children (Lord
Laming).
- Our response to the Independent living strategy
consultation.
- Our response to the interim report on the
review of services for children and young people with speech,
language and communication needs (SLCN).
- Our response to the DCSF consultation which
considers how we can all help children and young people to stay
safe.
- Our response to the UK government's draft
report to the UN Committee on the Human Rights of the Child.
2007
- Our response to the Scottish Executive's
consultation on its draft contribution to the UK Government's
report focusing on children's rights in the UK, and on the
implementation of the rights laid out in the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
- We responded to the 2007 Comprehensive Spending
Review call for evidence on children and young people.