Question reference: S6W-26050
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 8 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications were made to renew guardianship orders in financial year (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22, (d) 2022-23 and (e) 2023-24 to date; of these, how many (i) were successful, (ii) were unsuccessful and (iii) are still to be decided, and whether it can provide a breakdown of these figures in relation to submissions to support people with a learning disability.
Answer
The number of applications for renewal of guardianship orders for the years requested (statistics from the Office of the Public Guardian) are in the following table:
2019-20 | 830 |
2020-21 | 634 |
2021-22 | 936 |
2022-23 | 1165 |
2023-24 to date | 1294 |
The number of renewals that were unsuccessful is as follows:
2019-20 | 6 |
2020-21 | 9 |
2021-22 | 5 |
2022-23 | 2 |
2023-24 to date | 0 |
The Office of the Public Guardian do not record how many applications are granted, how many are still to be decided and whether an application is in relation to someone with a learning disability.