Current status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 23 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding how such a policy could apply in Scotland, what assessment it has made of the Welsh Government’s legislative proposal to remove profit from the care of looked after children.
The Promise is clear that there is no place for profiting in how Scotland cares for its children and the Scottish Government supports this principle.
The Scottish Government meets with the UK Government, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive on a regular basis to discuss children’s residential care policy, including profit from care.
Although we have not undertaken a formal assessment of the Welsh Government’s legislative proposals, we continue to engage with the Welsh Government as these develop.
The Scottish Government, working alongside COSLA and local government, will consider what further steps could be taken in Scotland, including through legislation.