Children's Panels |
CYPSCG
Youth Justice and Children's Hearings Division: Branch 2
Area 2B(S)
Victoria Quay
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ |
| Tel: 0131 244 7372 |
| Fax: 0131 244 3547 |
| Email: Childrens.Hearings@scotland.gsi.gov.uk |
| Website: www.chscotland.gov.uk |
| Status: Tribunal NDPB |
| Established: 1971 under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, replaced by the Children (Scotland) Act 1995. |
Terms of Reference: Panel members sit on Children's Hearings, which make decisions in respect of children referred to a Hearing by the Principal Children's Reporter. These children are considered to be in need of compulsory measures of supervision because they are at risk or have offended.
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Chairman: There are 32 chairmen, who are all unpaid volunteers, representing each of the local authority areas. Contact details for each area are available on the website (see above).
Remuneration £N/A |
Chief Executive: No Chief Executives: all panel members are volunteers appointed individually to Panels - their function is to sit on hearings
Salary £N/A |
| Staff Employed: N/A |
| Audit Arrangements: Children's Panels have no responsibility for funds provided by the Scottish Government. They are reported on by the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals. |
Last Reviewed by Government: N/A
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Budget |
| Total Gross Expenditure: £1.7m |
| Scottish Government Grant-in-Aid: £1.7m for 2006/07 to support Panels and Panel Chairs |
Other Expenditure by Directorate: Nil
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Other Information |
| www.childrens-hearings.co.uk/recruitment.asp |
Notes: * There are approximately 2,500 panel members currently serving throughout Scotland. Information on membership can be obtained from designated local authority contacts whose details appear on the recruitment page of the Children's Hearings website: www.chscotland.gov.uk Scottish Ministers are reviewing the Hearings system as part of the "Getting it Right for Every Child" initiative. |