Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 05 March 2026 [Draft]
05 Mar 2026 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
General Question Time
The Promise
Protecting children from harm is a key priority for the Government. The Promise directs focus to fulfilling children’s rights to be raised safely in their families. The rate of annual registrations to the child protection register fell from 4.1 per 1,000 children in 2018-19 to 3 per 1,000 in 2023-24, and rates of looked-after children also declined over that period. That suggests that agencies are putting safety plans in place earlier, before child protection plans become necessary. The Promise progress framework, which is set out jointly by The Promise Scotland and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, provides a national overview of the indicators that relate to the Promise.
In the same item of business
2. Ash Regan (Edinburgh Eastern) (Ind)
Ind
To ask the Scottish Government how it measures success in protecting care-experienced children, in light of reports that its flagship policy, the Promise, ha...
The Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise (Natalie Don-Innes)
SNP
Protecting children from harm is a key priority for the Government. The Promise directs focus to fulfilling children’s rights to be raised safely in their fa...
Ash Regan
Ind
Safeguarding loses effectiveness when ideological confusion weakens practical protections across public policy. The catastrophic consequences of diluting sex...
Natalie Don-Innes
SNP
I do not agree with Ms Regan’s assumption on the matter. As I said, protecting vulnerable children is a top priority for the Government. We are taking action...
Paul McLennan (East Lothian) (SNP)
SNP
The Scottish National Party Government is delivering policies to support, and improve access to opportunities for, care-experienced young people. Will the mi...
Natalie Don-Innes
SNP
We continue to invest across the board to support improved outcomes for care-experienced children and young people, which includes providing more than £80 mi...