Documents

The latest documents published relating to issues affecting children and young people, their families and those who work with or for them in Scotland. For older documents visit the directory or use the search facility.

Infant mortality statistics, 31/01/12 [S]
The Scottish Perinatal and Infant Mortality and Morbidity Report shows the latest rates of stillbirths, neonatal deaths, perinatal deaths and infant deaths.

Education Maintenance Allowance 2010-11, 26/01/12 [S]
The Scottish Government has published Statistics on school pupils and college students supported under the Education Maintenance Allowance scheme in the 2010-11 academic year.

Child neglect in 2011, 23/01/12 [E/NI/S/W]
This review by Action for Children and the University of Stirling looks at what neglect is, what the UK thinks about it, how it's tackled currently and how this can be improved.

Mortality in the United Kingdom , 2010, 20/01/12 [E/NI/S/W]
The Office for National Statistics has published a summary of the trends in age-standardised mortality rates in the UK and constituent countries, 1980 to 2010.

Families and households, 2011, 19/01/12 [E/NI/S/W]
The Office for National Statistics has published recent estimates of the number of families by type, people in families by family type and children in families by type.

Cutting them free: how is the UK progressing in protecting its children from sexual exploitation, 17/01/12 [E/S/NI/S/W]
Barnardo's has published a report to mark the first anniversary of the charity‟s campaign to stop child sexual exploitation.

The Good Childhood Report 2012: a review of our children’s well-being, 12/01/12 [E/NI/S/W]
The Children's Society has published a review of the well-being of children in the UK.

Child rights impact assessment of the Welfare Reform Bill, 11/01/12 [E/NI/S/W]
The Office of the Children's Commissioner for England has published an impact assessment which considers the Welfare Reform Bill in the light of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the Human Rights Act 1998 and other international human rights obligations.

Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) Bill Briefing, 05/01/12 [S]
The Scottish Parliament Information Centre has published a briefing which outlines the rationale behind minimum pricing, the results from the Health and Sport Committee's call for evidence and the key issues raised in relation to the policy.

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