Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill
Overview
The Bill as introduced aims to improve opportunities for disabled children and young people as they grow up. This Bill considers children to be under 18 and young people to be between 18 and 26.
Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP introduced the Bill because she thinks disabled children and young people need extra support to help them transition to adulthood. This will help them have the same opportunities as other children and young people.
The Bill would require:
- the Scottish Government to have a strategy explaining how they are going to improve opportunities for disabled children and young people
- a Scottish Government minister to be in charge of improving opportunities for disabled children and young people moving into adulthood
- local authorities to have plans for each disabled child and young person as they move into adulthood
Johann Lamont introduced this Bill in Session 5, however it fell at the Parliament’s dissolution on 5 May 2021.
Financial Memorandum
As with all Bills, the Finance and Public Administration Committee invites written evidence on the estimated financial implications of the Bill as set out in its accompanying Financial Memorandum (FM).
Read the FM for this Bill: Financial Memorandum.
Your Views
The call for views on the Bill's FM closed on 14 October 2022.
The Committee received 6 submissions to the call for views. Read the submissions received on Citizen Space.
The Committee agreed to forward the submissions received to the Education, Children and Young People Committee as part of that Committee's consideration of the Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) Bill and to write to the Education, Children and Young People Committee in relation to some of the key issues highlighted in written evidence. Read the letter here: