Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

[F1 90C Secure transportation: reports S

(1) Subsection (2) applies where a relevant person has, during the reporting period—

(a) provided a secure transportation service,

(b) made arrangements with another person for the provision of a secure transportation service.

(2) The relevant person must, as soon as reasonably practicable (and in any event no later than 3 months) after the end of the reporting period—

(a) prepare a report on—

(i) how the relevant person monitored the secure transportation service provided or arranged by the relevant person to ensure that the service met the applicable standards during the reporting period,

(ii) the extent to which the service met the applicable standards during the reporting period,

(b) publish the report, and

(c) send a copy of the report to the Scottish Ministers.

(3) Reports prepared under subsection (2) are to be published in such manner as the relevant person considers appropriate (and, in particular, reports may be published together with, or as part of, any other report or document).

(4) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable (and in any event no later than 6 months) after the end of the reporting period—

(a) prepare a report (“the consolidated report”) on—

(i) how the relevant persons to whom subsection (1) applies have ensured that the secure transportation services provided or arranged by those relevant persons have met the applicable standards during the reporting period,

(ii) the extent to which those services met the applicable standards during the reporting period,

(b) publish the consolidated report in such manner as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate, and

(c) lay a copy of the consolidated report before the Scottish Parliament.

(5) Where the Scottish Ministers have provided or made arrangements for the provision of a secure transportation service during the reporting period, the consolidated report must include a report on—

(a) how the Scottish Ministers monitored the service to ensure it met the applicable standards during the reporting period,

(b) the extent to which the service met the applicable standards during the reporting period.

(6) The consolidated report may include such other information as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.

(7) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations prescribe information that reports prepared under subsection (2) must contain.

(8) In this section—

• “relevant person” means a local authority,

• “reporting period” means—

  (a)

  the period of 3 years beginning with the day on which section 25 of the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 comes into force, and

  (b)

  each subsequent period of 3 years until a date specified in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.

(9) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify the definition of “relevant person” in subsection (8) by—

(a) adding a person or description of persons,

(b) removing a person or description of persons for the time being mentioned in it,

(c) varying a description of a person for the time being mentioned in it.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 16A inserted (1.9.2025) by Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 5), ss. 25(2), 38(3); S.S.I. 2025/115, reg. 2(2)(a)