Scotlands Commissioner for Children and Young People

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For young people

We produce loads of great reports and documents on a range of issues that are important to children and young people in Scotland

Annual accounts & reports

Here you can find our published Annual Accounts and Annual Reports

Consultation responses

You can find here details of all the consultation responses we have published

Parliamentary evidence

You will find here our written and oral evidence submitted to Scottish Parliament on Bills, responses to Public Petitions, and responses to Parliamentary Inquiries

Reports

Here you will find downloadable copies of all our reports published from 2007 - 2012.

Policy briefings

Here you will find details of all briefing documents produced by our Policy team on behalf of the Commissioner's office

Speeches and presentations

Here you will find presentations, speeches and conference material delivered on behalf of Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People from 2009 onwards

Research

The Commissioner promotes, commissions, undertakes and publishes research on matters relating to the rights of children and young people.

If you would like to express interest in any future research, please contact Sheila Hamilton, Research Manager on .

Current

The provision of services for disabled children and young people and their families in Scotland (Stage Two Research)

The key objective will be to examine the availability and accessibility of publicly funded services for disabled children, young people and their families.

(Completion date: May 2013)

Pilot study - Children and Young People's views of information leaflets

The key obejctive of this study is to produce a briefing for the Commissioner into how children and young people in Scotland engage with two current information leaflets (age related) produced by the Commissioner's office.

(Completion date: March 2013)

 Administration of medicines in schools – seeking the views of parents

The key aim of this study is to ascertain the views and experiences of parents and carers of children and young people who require medication at school. This study will focus in particular on the impact that current practice has on both school and family life.

(Completion date: March 2013)

Administration of medicines in schools – seeking the views of headteachers

This is a small-scale project to explore policy and practice in schools through a survey of 300 schools across a sample of 9 local authorities

(Completion date: early April 2013)

Domestic abuse - issues around safe contact and court proceedings

This is a preliminary research study to explore current practices and procedures in contact proceedings from a children’s rights perspective.

(Completion date: Briefing paper now available, with the full publication published April 2013)

    Recently completed

    Follow this link for details of all reports published by the Commissioner's office from 2007 to 2012.

      Further information

      If you would like further information on ongoing research activities, or if you would like to express interest in any future research, please contact Sheila Hamilton, Research Manager on .

      Follow this link for information on our procurement policy.