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During this time, college mergers reduced the number of colleges from 41 in 2011 to 26 currently. The majority of these colleges sit within the 13 regions.
On 22 July 2025, the Committee received a response from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs which committed to carrying out a comprehensive assessment of the relevant law in this area.
On 26 February 2026, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs wrote to the Committee to advise that the Scottish Government had published a consultat...
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
The instrument follows on from the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 and the Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Modifications) Regulations 2026 which the Committee considered at its meeting of 26 November 2025.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 February 2026
Annex A: References to sustainable development in Scottish legislation
Please find below a list of the 26 Acts of the Scottish Parliament which refer to “sustainable development”, often prefixed by references to ‘promoting’ or ‘achieving’, up to the end of February 2024.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
Corporate Parenting
Section 3 of the Bill extends the Corporate Parenting duties under the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 to anyone under the age of 26 who has, at any point in their life, been looked after by a local authority.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 September 2025
Commitment made by the LPPO
Commitment from 2024
Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024) 2024 (SSI 2024/174)(47th Report 2024, Published 26 June 2024) The LPPO has advised that the definition will be removed at the next available opportunity.
At present, corporate parenting duties apply to looked after children, as well as those who left care on or after their 16th birthday but who are under 26.iiiChildren and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, section 57(1) and 97(2); Children (Scotland) Act 1995, sections 17(6) and 17A(2).