A review of the island’s children’s services is expected to report that ‘encouraging progress’ has been made, MHKs were told.
Health and Social Care Minister Howard Quayle was quizzed in the House of Keys over how many recommendations from the damning 2006 childcare Inquiry report had been implemented.
Mr Quayle said of the 132 recommendations, 118 have been fully implemented, one was discarded and the remaining 13 were partially implemented as they were either overtaken by modern childcare practice or superseded by the outcome of a 2013 review by the Scottish Inspectorate.
The Scottish team were recently invited back to review progress.
A full written report is awaited, said Mr Quayle, but the inspectors had spoken of ‘demonstrable improvements’ to early support given to families, and ‘encouraging progress’ in responding to children at risk of abuse.
‘I believe this is encouraging news but we are not complacent,’ he said.