It stated that the Bill’s provisions reflect the existing non-statutory policy position set out in the guidance and therefore it was not clear what additional implementation costs education authorities would incur as a result of the Bill.2Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to the Convener, 26 June 2025. (n.d.) Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/education-children-and-young-people-committee/correspondence/2025/restraint-and-seclusion-bill-cab-sec-es-to-convener-26-june-2025.pdf [accessed 4 December 2025]
Roz Thomson, Head of the Non-Government Bills Unit, confirmed that the largest costs arose from the implementation of the Bill and pointed out that, in the absence of baseline data, it was impossible to estimate the extent to which each school has implemented the existing guidance and therefore not possible to fully assess the costs associated with implementation of the provisions in the Bill.3Education, Children and Young People Committee.