28th July
At the end of July the Supreme Court allowed an appeal against the Named Person scheme for children in Scotland. The issue for the Supreme Court was about the legitimacy of information sharing and data processing without knowledge or consent for the purpose of “ wellbeing” when there was no known risk of significant harm to the child. The measures were due to come into force on August 31st 2016 but have now been halted. Minister John Swinney has now told the Scottish Parliament that there will be a three month consultation with the aim of having an amended Named Person scheme in place by August 2017. Campaigners are now asking what happens with councils which had already begun versions of the scheme with the full backing of the Government but without the law actually being in place to support what they were doing.
Read more here https://edyourself.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/named-person-every-child-scotland-supreme-court-judgment/