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FOI/202500477255 · FOI · unclear

Children's Hearings Scotland board: FOI release

Published
2025-10-20
Received
2025-07-24
Responded
2025-08-12
Directorate
People Directorate
Topic
Children and families, Public sector
Exemptions
25(1)

Information requested

Your request was for the names of the current Board Members of Children’s Hearings Scotland, as well as the dates their terms began and will end.

Response

Some of the information you have requested is already reasonably accessible to you on the Children's Hearings Scotland (CHS) website: Our Board.

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you, however, for completeness, I have included all of the information you have requested in the table below.

Under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011, Board Members of Children’s Hearings Scotland are appointed through a public appointments process regulated by the Ethical Standards Commissioner. Appointments are typically made for a standard term of up to four years, with the possibility of reappointment or extension for up to four more years. Short term extensions beyond the 8 years can also be granted in certain circumstances.

As per our records, the Board is comprised as below:

Position Name Surname Start Date Start Date of Extension or Reappointment End Date Chair Katharina Kasper 08/04/22 N/A 07/04/26 Member Sean Austin 01/07/21 01/07/25 30/06/29 Member Katie Docherty 01/07/21 01/07/25 20/06/29 Member Beth-Anne Logan (née McDowall) 01/07/17 01/07/25 30/09/25 Member Barbara Neil 01/02/19 01/02/25 31/01/27

About FOI

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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG

Detected exemption language

Under section 25(1) of FOISA, we do not have to give you information which is already reasonably accessible to you, however, for completeness, I have included all of the information you have requested in the table below.

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