Current status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 31 July 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that any community-based hubs, as proposed in the report, Reimagining Secure Care Final Report: A Vision for the Reimagined/Future World, are sustainably funded and equitably delivered across Scotland, particularly in rural and remote communities.
By learning from existing local authority and regionalised multidisciplinary models, Scotland could develop a network of community-based hubs that provide effective, rights-respecting alternatives to secure accommodation.
Our recently-published response to reimagining secure care confirms that the Scottish Government agrees with this proposal in principle. Further exploration will be necessary with COSLA – and with wider partners - regarding the scalability, impact and value of this model. That exploration and testing will feature in Phase 2 of our planned actions in this area.