Question reference: S6W-13063
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 9 December 2022
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Current status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 20 December 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10856 by Ash Regan on 21/09/2022, for what reason it has opted to use the total number of people who answered the consultation (254), rather than the total number of people who answered Question 31 (137), in its analysis of Question 31 in the Review of Children (Scotland) Act 1995 consultation: analysis.
Answer
The analysis referred to was carried out by independent contractors, rather than internally by the Scottish Government. The approach of recording ‘yes’, ‘no’ and ‘no response’ was followed throughout the analysis for all of the questions asked by the consultation. Accurately representing ‘no response’ answers alongside the other options available reflects that some respondents to the full consultation may not have held views on certain areas, or may have had mixed views that did not fall into the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ response categories. Most of those who answered Question 31 were in favour of changing the legislation.
As well as the analysis, we also published individual responses, where we had permission to do so, on the consultation website: https://consult.gov.scot/family-law/children-scotland-act/consultation/published_select_respondent .