Children and young people It is not always appropriate to monitor certain protected characteristics of young people, for example their sexual orientation or their gender reassignment status. Alternative sources of information such as national statistics, research or engagement, may help you to identify priority equality issues instead. Remember that national trends may be applicable to your circumstances. Where appropriate, only age, disability, ethnic group and gender should be collected. The responses should be provided by the child/young person themselves, where possible. However, it may be necessary to get a proxy response from a parent or guardian if the child is under 12. The Scottish Government questions for age, disability, ethnic group and gender can be used, with suitable rewording of the question to the third person where data are collected from a parent or guardian.
Children and young people It is not always appropriate to monitor certain protected characteristics of young people, for example their sexual orientation or their gender reassignment status. Alternative sources of information such as national statistics, research or engagement, may help you to identify priority equality issues instead. Remember that national trends may be applicable to your circumstances. Where appropriate, only age, disability, ethnic group and gender should be collected. The responses should be provided by the child/young person themselves, where possible. However, it may be necessary to get a proxy response from a parent or guardian if the child is under 12. The Scottish Government questions for age, disability, ethnic group and gender can be used, with suitable rewording of the question to the third person where data are collected from a parent or guardian.
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