Covid-19: Refreshed CRWIA for the emergency children’s provisions for the hearings system

11 December 2020

Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) and the Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration have published a refreshed Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment (CRWIA) for the children’s provisions in the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020.

The document, which will be revisited again early in New Year ahead of any March extension, suspension or expiry of provisions, is available on the Children’s Hearings Improvement Partnership website.

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