Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 - Safeguarders Panel Regulations 2012 - Consultation Responses and Analysis of results

Annex B - List of Consultation Questions and Statistical Overview

Question 1 For draft Regulation 3, do you agree with the proposed arrangements for the recruitment and selection of members of the Safeguarders Panel?

Question 2 In respect of draft regulation 5(2) and 5(3), do you agree with the suggested prerequisites for appointment to the Safeguarders Panel?

Question 3 In respect of draft regulation 5(4), do you agree with the proposed classes of persons disqualified from appointment, or from continuing as a member of the Safeguarders Panel?

Question 4 Based on draft regulation 7(1) & 7(2), do you agree with the basis on which the Scottish Ministers must appoint and reappoint a person as a member of the Safeguarders Panel?

Question 5 In considering draft regulation 7(4), do you conclude that the grounds on which a person may be removed from the Safeguarders Panel are sufficiently wide?

Question 6 Do you support the requirements set out in draft regulation 8 - that mean that members and prospective members of the safeguarders panel must attend (and successfully complete) training required by the Scottish Ministers?

Question 7 Do you support the proposals set out at draft regulation 10 for the payment of fees, expenses and allowances to members and potential members of the Safeguarders Panel?

Question 8 Do you agree with the proposed arrangements set out at draft regulation 11(4) and (5) for the monitoring and assessment of the performance of members of the safeguarders panel? Are they realistic and proportionate?