Information for Journalists

If you have a media inquiry during office hours (09:00-17:00), please contact Maryanne McIntyre, SCRA's Press & Communications Manager on 01786 459516 or via maryanne.mcintyre@scra.gsi.gov.uk

For enquiries outside of office hours, please contact SCRA's external media advisors Tom Cassidy or Lois Boyle at Media House on 0141 220 6040.

SCRA has three media briefing sheets available to inform journalists about its work and the Children's Hearings System.

A Guide to the Children's Hearings System: contains information about SCRA's role and purpose, reasons for children being referred and Children's Panels.

Advice for Journalists: advises journalists on the type of information that SCRA can and cannot provide them with.

Contacting SCRA: provides all the relevant information for SCRA's internal and external media contacts.

If you are looking for statistics, then please refer to SCRA's Annual Report 2006/07, which reports progress against the Corporate Plan objectives for that year, as well as containing information about the number and type of referrals. SCRA's Annual Report is available from the home page of this website.

For any other enquiries, please contact communications@scra.gsi.gov.uk.