Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General – in the Senedd at 2:28 pm on 2 May 2018.
The Member will appreciate that the individual case that he refers to—it's difficult for me to make much specific comment about that. Any providers who wish to challenge a decision of the inspectorate have a right of appeal to the first-tier tribunal, which is an independent tribunal with expertise in hearing this kind of case. He mentions the childcare provider in his own constituency and he will know that there is a hearing ongoing at the moment at the first-tier tribunal in relation to the cancellation decision made by CIW. The jury at Swansea Crown Court did not find the case was proved, obviously, to the standard relevant to a criminal court, but the burden of proof in these proceedings is different, so it remains to be seen what the outcome of the appeal is by the nursery against the decision to cancel registration.