SCRA’s Model Publication Scheme
We publish information that we hold within the following classes. Once information is published under a class we will continue to make it available for the current and previous two financial years.
Where information has been updated or superseded, only the current version will be available. If you would like to see previous versions, you may make a request to us for that information. Please email inforequest@scra.gov.uk
Classes of Information
2. How SCRA delivers its functions and services
3. How SCRA takes decisions and what it has decided
4. What SCRA spends and how it spends it
5. How SCRA manages its human, physical and information resources
6. How SCRA procures goods and services from external providers
7. How SCRA is performing
8. Our commercial publications
1. About the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration
Information about SCRA, who we are, where to find us, how to contact us, how we are managed and our external relations. Below is the information we publish under this class and how to access it.
General information about SCRA:
Our Vision: What we want the world to be like for children and young people of Scotland? “Our vision is that vulnerable children and young people in Scotland are safe, protected and offered positive futures.”
See Our vision and values page.
Contact details for SCRA’s Head Office and local offices, opening hours, dates of any closures for public holidays etc – available in the Contact Us section
Organisational structure (our committees and meetings) – available in About SCRA.
Our Keeping The Promise Commitments (contained within Our Vision section).
Equality and diversity – available in the Inclusion and Diversity section.
Complaints policy and procedures – available in Complaints section.
Responses to Consultations and Parliamentary calls for evidence – available in Consultations and Evidence section
How to make Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests – available in Freedom of Information and Requesting Information.
Publication Scheme, guide to information and charging policy – see SCRA’s guide to information.
Constitution:
How SCRA is run:
Information on Board Members, Code of Conduct and Register of Interests – available in the section called ‘Our Board‘.
Details of Board Members remuneration – available in the Annual Report section.
Information on Senior Managers, salaries and responsibilities – available in the section called ‘Our Senior Management‘.
Scheme of Budgetary Delegation – see delegated authority document.
Corporate Planning:
SCRA’s Corporate Plan 2024-2027.
SCRA’s Corporate Parenting Plan 2024-2027.
External Relations:
Working in Partnership – available in Partnership Working section.
Agreements with partner organisations:
SCRA-CHS Hearings Management Guidance
Area Support Teams – SCRA Locality Operating Framework
Agreement with the Procurator Fiscal on jointly reported cases
2. How SCRA delivers its functions and services
Information about our work, our strategy and policies for delivering functions and services and information for our service users. Below is the information we publish in this class and how to access it.
Functions:
SCRA’s functions – available in About SCRA
How to report a concern about a child – available in How to make a Referral section and Guidance on referral to the Reporter.
Services:
Partner e-newsletter – available in e-News.
Victim Information Service – available in Victim Information section
Online Statistical Service – available in Official Statistics section and Online Statistical Dashboard
Information for children – available in Children section
Information for young people – available in Young People section
Information for parents and carers – available in Information for Parents and Carers section
Information for professionals – available in Information for Professionals section
Information leaflets for children, young people, parents and carers – available in the Information Materials section.
Translated information leaflets for children, young people , parents and carers – available in translated information leaflets section.
Facts sheets – available in the Resources section.
3. How SCRA takes decisions and what it has decided
Information about the decisions we take, how we make decisions and how we involve others. Below is the information we publish under this class and how to access it.
Decision making:
Practice Direction – available in Role of the Reporter section.
Details of Board meetings, agendas, minutes and papers – available in the Board Meeting Papers section.
Details of senior management meetings, agendas, minutes and papers – available in the Senior Management Meeting Papers section.
National Partnership Forum minutes are available in Committees section.
Internal and external audits – Audit Committee minutes, agendas and papers, subject to any relevant exemptions, are currently available in hard copy on request.
4. What SCRA spends and how it spends it
Information about our strategy for, and management of, financial resources (in sufficient detail to explain how we plan to spend public money and what has actually been spent.) Below is the information we publish under this class and how to access it.
What we spend:
Annual Accounts – available in Annual Reports section.
Scheme of Budgetary Delegation
Public Services Reform Act Publication 2022-2023
Remuneration Committee – copies of minutes and papers of the Remuneration Committee meetings can be requested by contacting: inforequest@scra.gov.uk
5. How SCRA manages its human, physical and information resources
Information about how we manage the human, physical and information resources in SCRA. Below is the information we publish in this class and how to access it.
Human Resources:
Recruitment and Selection Procedures
Annual Holidays – see Annual Leave Policy
Performance Appraisal Scheme – see Information on SCRA’s appraisal scheme
Dignity at Work Policy and Procedures – see Dignity at Work Policy
Disciplinary procedures and policies
Grievance procedure and policy
Training and Development Policy
Guidelines for Managers when inducting new staff – see Induction Guidelines for Managers
Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations
Physical Resources:
Information Resources:
SCRA Policy on Records Management
SCRA Policy on Data Protection
SCRA Guidance on Data Subjects Rights under data protection law
The Keeper of the Records of Scotland – SCRA Assessment Report
Information Governance Framework
Information Governance Leads – agendas, minutes, and papers are available in the Information Governance Leads section.
SCRA’s Official Statistics – available in Official Statistics section of Resources and the Online Statistical Dashboard
Financial Resources:
Fraud Protection – see Fraud Protection Policy
Risk Management – see Risk Management Policy
6. How SCRA procures goods and services from external providers
Information about how we procure goods and services, and our contracts with external providers. Below is the information we publish under this class and how to access it:
Information about our Procurement Policy – Procurement Policy Statement and Procurement Policy Manual and our Procurement Strategy 2024-2027.
In addition, we have our Annual Procurement report 2022-23.
SCRA advertises contracts above £50k on Public Contracts Scotland – visit the Public Contracts Scotland website and select ‘Contract Awards’ to access details. The full notice for each award provides the contact details of the suppliers who have been awarded the contract or framework agreement.
SCRA also uses many of the Scottish Government Category A and B contracts and frameworks – details can be found using this link.
SCRA standard terms and conditions of contract – available in Procurement.
7. How SCRA is performing
Information about how SCRA performs as an organisation, and how well it delivers its functions and services. Below is the information we publish under this class and how to access it:
Performance:
Annual Reports – available in the Annual Reports section
Online Statistical Service – available in the Official Statistics section and the Online Statistical Dashboard
Equalities – Mainstreaming Equality Reports, Equalities Outcomes progress and statistics – available in the Inclusion and Diversity section
Annual Report for Young People (published March 2021) and recent years are available in our Corporate Reports section.
8. Our commercial publications
Information packaged and made available for sale on a commercial basis and sold at market value through a retail outlet e.g. bookshop, museum or research journal.
The information we publish under this class: SCRA holds no information under this class.
9. Our Open Data
The open data we make available as described by the Scottish Government’s Open Data Strategy and Resource Pack, available under an open licence – No information currently held under this class. Please note that official statistics are available in the Official Statistics section.
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