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The Inquiry has published its Spring/Summer 2022 newsletter. It can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page.

In response to recent queries relating to redress, SCAI would like to clarify the following: The Inquiries Act 2005 expressly prohibits the Chair from ruling on or awarding compensation and, likewise, she has no power to award or be involved in the admini...

Attending Inquiry hearings – Covid 19 measures Hearings take place at the Inquiry’s hearing venue at Mint House, 20 West Register St, Edinburgh and usually involve a combination of evidence from witnesses in person and remote evidence by video-link. Witne...

Privacy Notice This notice explains our approach to collecting and handling your personal data. We are an independent public inquiry and we exercise statutory functions under the Inquiries Act 2005, in the public interest. We investigate the nature and ex...

Professor Nina Biehal (Emeritus Professor of Social Work, University of York) and Doctor Maggie Grant (Research Associate, AFA Scotland and University of Stirling) wrote a report for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry reviewing the UK and international evid...

Some topics required of the Inquiry's Terms of Reference are best explored and investigated through roundtables. Roundtables are an opportunity to invite key stakeholders to share with the Inquiry their knowledge of the current policy and practice landsc...

Lady Smith, the Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, has heard accounts from many survivors of neglect and physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. She has also heard from convicted and alleged perpetrators, as well as other witnesses who can speak to...

Lady Smith, the Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, has heard accounts from many survivors of neglect and physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. She has also heard from convicted and alleged perpetrators, as well as other witnesses who can speak to...

The subject of the first roundtable was Preventing the Abuse of Children in Care: the Psychology of Individual Adult Abusers. The roundtable discussions focused on the expert participants’ knowledge and understanding of the psychology of adult abusers. Th...

FOSTER CARE CASE STUDY HEARINGS TO BEGIN   Lady Smith, Chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) has today announced that public hearings examining the abuse of children in foster care will begin on Tuesday 3rd May. The Foster Care case study inclu...