The Scottish Parliament passed the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act on 19 February 2014.
It required state guardians, known as ‘named persons’, to record and share confidential information concerning the well being of children and their parents.
It was supposed to go into effect in August 2016, but The Christian Institute led a lengthy legal action against the introduction of the legislation, arguing that it breached human rights.
In July 2016, in the case of The Christian Institute and The Lord Advocate (Scotland), five UK Supreme Court judges unanimously struck down the central provisions of the scheme.
The Court stated that the data sharing provisions in the Act breached the right to a private and family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
It also ruled that it had to be made clear that any advice offered by a named person is entirely optional.
CARE (Christian Action Research & Education), who was also part of the legal action has called the scheme “creepy”.
CARE for Scotland Director, Dr Stuart Weir said: “The writing’s been on the wall for the flawed Named Person scheme for some time and today’s decision did feel inevitable, although it has been long overdue.
“We wholeheartedly support measures to protect vulnerable young people, but from the start we have been concerned about the potential for the Named Person scheme to…
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