http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/16/section/49Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026en2026-05-21Statute Law Database2026-05-16 Part 1Chapter 5 49 1 The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 is amended as follows. 2 After section 181, insert— 181A 1 The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting period— a prepare a report containing the information mentioned in subsection (2) in relation to— i Scotland as a whole, and ii to the extent that the information is available at this level, each local authority area, b make the report publicly available, and c lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament. 2 The information is information about the timescales— a between— i the Principal Reporter receiving a notice, information, a statement, evidence or a reference mentioned in section 66(1)(a) in relation to a child, and ii the Principal Reporter making a determination in relation to the child under section 66(2), b between— i the Principal Reporter making a determination under section 66(2) that it is necessary for a compulsory supervision order to be made in relation to a child, and ii a grounds hearing being arranged in relation to the child or an application to the sheriff being made under section 69D or 69E, c between— i a grounds hearing being held in relation to a child or an application to the sheriff being made under section 69D or 69E, and ii the child’s referral to a children’s hearing being discharged or a compulsory supervision order being made in relation to a child, d between such other actions relating to the referral (or possible referral) of a child to a children’s hearing and the making of decisions in relation to the child as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. 3 A report under subsection (1) may contain such other information as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. 4 Information contained in a report under subsection (1) must not identify (or enable the identification of) a particular child. 5 In this section, “reporting period” means— a the period of 2 years beginning with the day on which section 49 of the Children (Care, Care Experience and Services Planning) (Scotland) Act 2026 comes into force, and b each subsequent period of 1 year. . 3 The italic heading immediately before section 181 becomes “Annual reports”. S. 49 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 70(2)