2023-06-142022/23:SoU17 · p.13SoUHealth & social services
Cooperation between agencies
Collaboration between authorities on children and young people in social services
What's at stake: More strongly regulated collaboration between authorities could give children and young people better follow-up and support after a placement and ease information-sharing between schools, healthcare, and social services. Without such changes, responsibility for follow-up risks remaining unclear, particularly once care under compulsory-care legislation ends.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
The question is whether the government should take specific measures, such as guidelines and legislative changes, to strengthen collaboration between special youth homes, social services, schools, and healthcare regarding children and young people, or whether ongoing inquiry work is already sufficient to resolve the collaboration problems.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee refers to the ongoing inquiry into children and young people in societal care, which is to review, among other things, collaboration between different actors, and on this basis considers that parliament does not need to take any further initiatives. The committee therefore rejects the motions on collaboration between authorities.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 26 (C)
The reservation holds that the government should review cooperation between special youth homes and social services in the young people's home municipalities, swiftly develop guidelines for social-services support after compulsory care ends, remove obstacles preventing municipalities from cooperating across municipal boundaries on child and youth welfare, and strengthen cooperation between school health services, child and youth healthcare, primary care, and social services.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 26 by C.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The decision would have gone the other way
Explicit commitments that contradicted the vote: KDKristdemokraterna, SSocialdemokraterna, SDSverigedemokraterna
Ja 269–21Nej 96–194
Counterfactual: the parties above are moved to the position their own documents explicitly point at, carrying their whole contingent present. Every other party keeps its real figures, including dissenters and absentees.
How the AI parties would have voted
For each party: what its own plan – election manifesto and party programme – argues for in this case, next to how the party actually voted. The AI can only answer Yes or No; a party can also abstain.
| AI | Vote | Confidence | Evidence | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V | No | Yes 21/0/0/3 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| S | No | Yes 94/0/0/13 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| MP | No | Abstain 0/0/15/3 | differs | confidence: high | not addressed |
| C | No | No 0/21/0/3 | match | confidence: medium | explicit |
| L | No | Yes 14/0/0/2 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| KD | No | Yes 16/0/0/3 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
| M | No | Yes 60/0/0/8 | differs | confidence: medium | not addressed |
| SD | No | Yes 63/0/0/9 | differsagainst own programme | confidence: high | explicit |
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions 2022/23:881 by Martina Johansson et al. (C) motions 54 and 55, and 2022/23:894 by Christofer Bergenblock et al. (C) motions 12 and 16.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna 2022/23:881 av Martina Johansson m.fl. (C) yrkandena 54 och 55 samt 2022/23:894 av Christofer Bergenblock m.fl. (C) yrkandena 12 och 16.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag rejected approximately 110 proposals in motions submitted during the general motion period 2022. Among other things, referring to ongoing work. The proposals concern measures for children and youth, placement options for children and youth, monitoring and support for placed children and youth, adoption, and children's rights.
Counter-proposals
- The counter-proposal wants to provide parents with more knowledge about talking with young people about sexual crimes, pornography and online risks. (C) — Reservation 26
Plan vs actual vote
Every party, in chamber order: what its own plan pointed to, how it voted, and the reasoning behind both. Highlighted rows are where the two differ — but a vote that follows the plan is a result too, so the reasoning is there for every party.
The plan demands that social services be strengthened with sufficient resources and knowledge to work both preventively and with child protection, and that the child's best interests come first.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan demands that social services be strengthened with sufficient resources and knowledge to work both preventively and with child protection, and that the child's best interests come first. It criticizes that care and support have been fragmented between levels and actors so that people are passed around. That regulating cooperation around support after ended compulsory care and between student health, primary care and social services responds directly to this.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att socialtjänsten förstärks med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd, och att barnens bästa kommer i första rummet. Den kritiserar att vård och omsorg styckats upp mellan nivåer och aktörer så att människor bollas runt. Att reglera samverkan kring stöd efter avslutad tvångsvård och mellan elevhälsa, primärvård och socialtjänst svarar direkt mot detta.
- strengthen social servicesdecisive»förstärk socialtjänsten med tillräckliga resurser och kunskap för att arbeta både förebyggande och med barnskydd« (2022 manifesto ↗)“strengthen social services with sufficient resources and knowledge to work both preventively and with child protection”
- the child's best interests first»Vänsterpartiets politik ska utformas så att barnens bästa kommer i första rummet.« (party programme ↗)“The Left Party's policy shall be designed so that the child's best interests come first.”
- against fragmented care»Vården och omsorgen har styckats upp, mellan nivåer och aktörer, människor bollas runt i en stor administrativ apparat« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Care and support have been fragmented, between levels and actors, people are passed around in a large administrative apparatus”
- invest in student health»Det krävs satsningar inte bara på undervisning utan också på elevhälsa, specialpedagoger, fritidsverksamhet och socialt stöd.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It requires investment not just in teaching but also in student health, special educators, leisure activities and social support.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan explicitly says that there is a need for more cooperation between police, school health services, social services and schools and that secrecy barriers between authorities shall be broken, which is exactly what the counter-proposal demands.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly says that there is a need for more cooperation between police, school health services, social services and schools and that secrecy barriers between authorities shall be broken, which is exactly what the counter-proposal demands. That social services be strengthened is highlighted as central to reaching young people in time, which includes support after completed care. The counter-proposal's demand is therefore supported substantively.
Original (Swedish)
Planen säger uttryckligen att det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola och att sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas, vilket är exakt vad motförslaget kräver. Att socialtjänsten stärks framhålls som centralt för att fånga upp unga i tid, vilket omfattar stödet efter avslutad vård. Motförslagets krav stöds därför i sak.
- samverkan kring ungadecisive»Det behövs mer samarbete mellan polis, elevhälsa, socialtjänst och skola.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There is a need for more cooperation between police, school health services, social services and schools.”
- riv sekretesshinder»Sekretesshinder mellan myndigheter ska rivas så att polisen och andra yrkesgrupper kan göra sitt jobb.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Secrecy barriers between authorities shall be broken so that the police and other professionals can do their jobs.”
- stärkt socialtjänst»Att socialtjänsten stärks är centralt för att fånga upp unga i tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That social services be strengthened is central to reaching young people in time.”
- barns rätt till trygghet»Alla barn ska ha rätt till en trygg uppväxt i enlighet med FN:s barnkonvention.« (party programme ↗)“All children have the right to a safe childhood in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The election manifesto wants to ease secrecy between school, social services and police and strengthen cooperation so that no children fall through the cracks, and the party programme demands that obstacles to cooperation around children at risk be removed.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto wants to ease secrecy between school, social services and police and strengthen cooperation so that no children fall through the cracks, and the party programme demands that obstacles to cooperation around children at risk be removed. This supports the counter-proposal's demand for cooperation between youth homes and social services, across municipal boundaries and between student health, primary care and social services. The plan also explicitly demands reintegration support after completed deprivation of liberty care.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet vill lätta på sekretessen mellan skola, socialtjänst och polis och stärka samarbetet så att inga barn faller mellan stolarna, och partiprogrammet kräver att hinder för samverkan kring barn i riskzonen arbetas bort. Det bär motförslagets krav på samarbete mellan ungdomshem och socialtjänst, över kommungränser och mellan elevhälsa, primärvård och socialtjänst. Planen kräver dessutom uttryckligen utslussning och stöd efter avslutad frihetsberövande vård.
- strengthened cooperation around childrendecisive»lätta på sekretessen mellan områdespoliser, skola, socialtjänst och stärka samarbetet med civilsamhälle så att inga barn faller mellan stolarna i det förebyggande arbetet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ease secrecy between local police, school, social services and strengthen cooperation with civil society so that no children fall through the cracks in prevention work.”
- remove obstacles to cooperation»bör stärkas. Hinder för denna samverkan bör« (party programme ↗)“should be strengthened. Obstacles to this cooperation should”
- reintegration after deprivation of liberty care»höja maxtiden för sluten ungdomsvård och förstärka vårdinsatser och utbildning under tiden den unge är frihetsberövad, samt införa en utslussningsverksamhet när straffet är avtjänat.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“raise the maximum period for closed youth care and strengthen care measures and education while the young person is deprived of liberty, as well as introduce a reintegration programme when the sentence is completed.”
- cooperation between student health and primary care»unga krävs det en aktiv samverkan mellan elevhälsa, föräldrar, primärvård, ungdomsmottagning« (party programme ↗)“young people requires active cooperation between student health, parents, primary care, youth services”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan explicitly requires that cooperation between school health services and primary care psychiatry increases and that those seeking support are met by a unified pathway into care.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto · party programme
Reasoning and quotes
The plan explicitly requires that cooperation between school health services and primary care psychiatry increases and that those seeking support are met by a unified pathway into care. The counter-proposal's demand for strengthened coordination between school health, child and adolescent health, primary care and social services is the same commitment. The requirement for guidelines after completed compulsory care and cross-border municipal coordination follows from the welfare being equivalent regardless of place of residence.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver uttryckligen att samarbetet mellan elevhälsovården och primärvårdspsykiatrin ökar och att den som söker stöd möts av en samlad väg in i vården. Motförslagets krav på stärkt samverkan mellan elevhälsa, barn- och ungdomshälsa, primärvård och socialtjänst är samma åtagande. Kravet på riktlinjer efter avslutad tvångsvård och kommunal samverkan över gränser följer av att välfärden ska vara likvärdig oavsett bostadsort.
- school health and psychiatry coordinationdecisive»Samarbetet mellan elevhälsovården och primärvårdspsykiatrin måste öka och köerna till BUP kortas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cooperation between school health services and primary care psychiatry must increase and queues to child and adolescent psychiatry must be shortened.”
- unified pathway into care»Den som söker stöd ska mötas av en samlad och enkel väg in till vården och erbjudas bättre egenvård i väntan på behandling.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Those seeking support should be met by a unified and simple pathway into care and be offered better self-care while waiting for treatment.”
- child's right to be seen»Särskilt viktigt är att värna varje barns rätt att bli respekterad och att bli sedd för den man är.« (party programme ↗)“Particularly important is to protect every child's right to be respected and to be seen for who they are.”
- equivalent welfare regardless of location»Alla invånare ska ha tillgång till en likvärdig och pålitlig välfärd oavsett var de bor, och den offentliga servicen ska finnas där när man behöver den.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All residents should have access to an equivalent and reliable welfare service regardless of where they live, and public services should be available where needed.”
The plan requires that quality in closed youth care be improved and that every detainee be guaranteed individual follow-up, which is the core of the counter-proposal's demand for guidelines for support after completed compulsory care.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan requires that quality in closed youth care be improved and that every detainee be guaranteed individual follow-up, which is the core of the counter-proposal's demand for guidelines for support after completed compulsory care. The plan also wants social services and other actors to cooperate as a main rule and that student health has competence in both physical and mental health. The demand for cooperation across municipal boundaries is not mentioned but follows from the same principle of early interventions.
Original (Swedish)
Planen kräver att kvaliteten i den slutna ungdomsvården förbättras och att varje intagen garanteras individuell uppföljning, vilket är kärnan i motförslagets krav på riktlinjer för stödet efter avslutad tvångsvård. Planen vill också att socialtjänsten och andra aktörer samverkar som huvudregel och att elevhälsan har kompetens inom både fysisk och psykisk hälsa. Kravet på samverkan över kommungränser nämns inte men följer av samma princip om tidiga insatser.
- follow-up after compulsory caredecisive»Kvaliteten på den slutna ungdomsvården ska förbättras och alla intagna garanteras individuell uppföljning.« (party programme ↗)“Quality in closed youth care shall be improved and all detainees shall be guaranteed individual follow-up.”
- cooperation as a main rule»Polis och socialtjänst ska som huvudregel alltid kunna utbyta information sinsemellan och ska oftare dela lokaler. Kommuners brottsförebyggande arbete ska lagstadgas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Police and social services shall as a main rule always be able to exchange information with each other and shall often share premises. Municipalities' crime prevention work shall be enshrined in law.”
- strengthened student health»Elevhälsan ska ha kompetens inom både fysisk och psykisk hälsa.« (party programme ↗)“Student health shall have competence in both physical and mental health.”
- early preventative measures»Tidiga och förebyggande insatser är avgörande.« (party programme ↗)“Early and preventative measures are crucial.”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The plan establishes that social services, police and school shall have close cooperation to early prevent crime, and the manifesto requires significantly strengthened student health with a coherent child and youth health care and a national social task force for more equal preventive work.
Plan documents: party programme · 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan establishes that social services, police and school shall have close cooperation to early prevent crime, and the manifesto requires significantly strengthened student health with a coherent child and youth health care and a national social task force for more equal preventive work. The counter-proposal's demand for cooperation between youth detention, social services, student health and primary care is exactly this.
Original (Swedish)
Planen slår fast att socialtjänsten, polisen och skolan ska ha nära samverkan för att tidigt förhindra kriminalitet, och manifestet kräver kraftigt stärkt elevhälsa med en sammanhållen barn- och ungdomshälsovård samt en nationell social insatsstyrka för mer likvärdigt förebyggande arbete. Motförslagets krav på samverkan mellan ungdomshem, socialtjänst, elevhälsa och primärvård är just detta.
- cooperation around childrendecisive»Socialtjänsten, polisen och skolan har en stor uppgift i detta avseende« (party programme ↗)“Social services, police and school have a great task in this respect”
- coherent child health care»Kraftigt stärkt elevhälsa med en sammanhållen barn- och ungdomshälsovård och föräldrastödsprogram som erbjuds alla föräldrar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly strengthened student health with a coherent child and youth health care and parental support programmes offered to all parents”
- equal preventive work»Inrätta en nationell social insatsstyrka, så det förebyggande arbetet stärks och blir mer lika i landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish a national social task force, so preventive work is strengthened and becomes more equal in the country”
- safe upbringing»Barn har rätt till en trygg uppväxtmiljö.« (party programme ↗)“Children have the right to a safe upbringing environment”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
The plan promises over 50 reforms to strengthen social services, schools and substance abuse care and wants to remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police as well as give placed young people better education.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The plan promises over 50 reforms to strengthen social services, schools and substance abuse care and wants to remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police as well as give placed young people better education. The counter-proposal's requirement for better cooperation between youth homes, social services, student health and primary care and guidelines for support after completed compulsory care align with these commitments. The plan therefore supports the requirement in substance.
Original (Swedish)
Planen lovar över 50 reformer för att stärka socialtjänst, skola och missbruksvård och vill undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis samt ge placerade ungdomar bättre utbildning. Motförslagets krav på bättre samverkan mellan ungdomshem, socialtjänst, elevhälsa och primärvård samt riktlinjer för stödet efter avslutad tvångsvård ligger i linje med dessa åtaganden. Planen stöder därför kravet i sak.
- strengthened social services and schoolsdecisive»Det handlar om över 50 reformer för att stärka socialtjänst, skola och missbruksvård.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“This is about over 50 reforms to strengthen social services, schools and substance abuse care.”
- removed cooperation barriers»Undanröja alla sekretesshinder mellan socialtjänst och polis« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove all confidentiality barriers between social services and police”
- better support for placed young people»Se till att placerade ungdomar ges bättre utbildning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that placed young people are given better education”
- structured preventive work»Inrätta ett nationellt kunskapscentrum för brottsprevention och ett nationellt avhopparprogram för gängkriminella« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish a national knowledge centre for crime prevention and a national exit programme for gang criminals”
The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.
The election manifesto establishes that the process surrounding children in care needs to be upgraded and quality assured and that social services' preventive measures shall increase to early catch youth at risk.
Plan documents: 2022 manifesto
Reasoning and quotes
The election manifesto establishes that the process surrounding children in care needs to be upgraded and quality assured and that social services' preventive measures shall increase to early catch youth at risk. The plan also wants to build new structures for improved cooperation between authorities and significantly strengthen school health services. The counter-proposal's demands for review of cooperation around youth homes, guidelines after completed care and strengthened cooperation between school health services, healthcare and social services directly respond to this.
Original (Swedish)
Valmanifestet slår fast att processen kring placerade barn behöver uppgraderas och kvalitetssäkras och att socialtjänstens förebyggande insatser ska öka för att tidigt fånga upp ungdomar på glid. Planen vill också bygga nya strukturer för förbättrat samarbete mellan myndigheter och kraftigt förstärka elevhälsan. Motförslagets krav på översyn av samverkan kring ungdomshem, riktlinjer efter avslutad vård och stärkt samverkan mellan elevhälsa, vård och socialtjänst svarar direkt mot detta.
- quality assured care of children in caredecisive»Det finns ett stort behov av att processen kring placerade barn uppgraderas och kvalitetssäkras.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There is a large need for the process surrounding children in care to be upgraded and quality assured.”
- early social interventions»Att socialtjänstens förebyggande insatser ska öka för att tidigt fånga upp ungdomar på glid« (2022 manifesto ↗)“That social services' preventive measures shall increase to early catch youth at risk”
- improved authority cooperation»Det behöver skapas nya strukturer för ett förbättrat samarbete mellan departement, myndigheter och andra relevanta aktörer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“New structures need to be created for improved cooperation between departments, authorities and other relevant actors.”
- strengthened school health services»Kraftigt förstärka elevhälsan« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly strengthen school health services”
The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.
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Sources and documents
- The committee report on riksdagen.se (2022/23:SoU17)
- Committee report full text (HA01SoU17)
- Per-MP voting data (API)
- Case status (API)
Documents under consideration
- Motion 2022/23:1039 — Kvalitetssäkring av den kommunala kompetensen gällande medgivandeutredningar vid internationella adoptioner av Johan Büser (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1113 — Skadeståndsansvar för kommunerna när barn vanvårdas av Roland Utbult (KD)
- Motion 2022/23:1152 — En trygg familjepolitik med barnet i centrum av Mona Olin m.fl. (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:1217 — Åtgärder med syfte att stoppa våldskulturen av Nooshi Dadgostar m.fl. (V)
- Motion 2022/23:1421 — Stärkt familjerådgivning av Mats Wiking (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1477 — Stärkning av barnkonventionens ställning av Petter Löberg (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1484 — Familje- och jourhem av Aida Birinxhiku m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1595 — Trygghet för barn och unga när de vistas på statens institutionsstyrelse (Sis) av Åsa Karlsson och Björn Wiechel (båda S)
- Motion 2022/23:1673 — Jämställdhet för hållbar utveckling av Annie Lööf m.fl. (C)
- Motion 2022/23:181 — Stärk demokratin och de mänskliga rättigheterna av Märta Stenevi m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2022/23:1964 — Ett utökat familjestöd med myndighetssamverkande kontaktpersoner av Amalia Rud Pedersen och Gunilla Carlsson (båda S)
- Motion 2022/23:1975 — Sökbarhet för anmälningar som gäller barn av Eva Lindh m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:1977 — Stärkt vård och behandling för unga av Eva Lindh m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:2061 — Utgiftsområde 9 Hälsovård, sjukvård och social omsorg av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:2139 — Utgiftsområde 4 Rättsväsendet av Ardalan Shekarabi m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:2218 — Familjerätt av Jennie Nilsson m.fl. (S)
- Motion 2022/23:2250 — Identifiera föräldraalienation och umgängessabotage av Runar Filper (SD)
- Motion 2022/23:2260 — Sexuell exploatering av barn av Janine Alm Ericson m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2022/23:2277 — Jämställdhetspolitik av Märta Stenevi m.fl. (MP)
- Motion 2022/23:595 — Tillgång till mobil, Ipad och dator för gängkriminella som har blivit dömda till sluten ungdomsvård av Marléne Lund Kopparklint (M)
Source: The Swedish Parliament