The Scottish Government has delayed the Named Person scheme after a Supreme Court ruling.

The move was required after the information sharing provisions built into the system were deemed unlawful and in breach of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Education secretary John Swinney had planned to begin operating the policy across Scotland on August 31.

All children in Scotland from birth to their 18th birthday would be assigned a named person.

The government plans to redraft the legislation and get the court's approval so it can be implemented.

Swinney said: ""In its judgment last month, the Supreme Court dismissed a number of challenges to the Named Person policy and described its aims as 'unquestionably legitimate and benign'.

"However, the court's ruling made clear the Scottish Government needs to amend the information-sharing provisions in the 2014 act and provide greater clarity about the basis on which information will be shared to ensure compliance with the ECHR.

"I confirmed earlier this month that the Scottish Government is therefore not commencing the named person provisions of the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 on August 31, and ministers have today lodged the necessary order to address this point.

"We remain firmly committed to implementing the Named Person service to support children and their families.

"We will engage with key partners across public services, the third sector, parliament and the wider public to take this forward.

"I am determined to see the service implemented as soon as practicable. There will be a named person service, its availability guaranteed by law to those who want to use it.

"A commencement date for the policy will brought forward as part of the parliamentary process. The issue is one of timing not of policy."

Swinney laid the necessary ministerial orders to pause the scheme before parliament on Wednesday, the same day as the publication of the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) report on the health of the Scottish economy.

The Scottish Conservatives claimed the timing of the announcement was an attempt to hide the story.

The party's shadow education secretary Liz Smith said: "It's no surprise to see the Scottish Government attempt to bury this announcement on the day its independence case was again blown to pieces by the GERS figures.

"Families and professionals will welcome this development.

"This also contributes to the confusion in those local authorities which have already launched a scheme now deemed to be unlawful."

Since the Supreme Court ruling, Swinney has said he will "give consideration" to proposals from Scottish Labour to remove 17 and 18-year-olds from the child protection policy.

The education secretary intends to deliver a statement to MSPs when the Scottish Parliament returns from summer recess on September 5.