Overview
The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation on Financial transparency and profit limitation in children’s residential care. This consultation connects with proposals in the Children (Care, Care Experienced and Services Planning) (Scotland) Bill, and you can read our response to the recent Call for views on the bill.
Summary of CYCJ position
Our response draws from our practice, participation, research and policy expertise and evidence. In summary, we strongly welcome proposals to create greater financial transparency for, and remove the making of profit from, the care of children in Scotland. This should involve applying these measures across the system, including to secure care, secure care transport and for future models developed through Reimagining Secure Care. We welcome the proposals for further consultation on future proposals and this should include establishing a shared and workable definition of key terms such as profit and surplus.