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To be a “core participant” you have to have a significant role in the things being investigated by the Inquiry. A core participant could be a person, a group, or an organisation. The significant role could be about all or only some of the things the Inqui...

Week commencing 29th May 2023   Tuesday 30th May Professor Ian Levitt   Wednesday 31st May Professor Ian Levitt   Thursday 1st June Professor Ian Levitt   Friday 2nd June Professor Ian Levitt

Period Expenditure during this period Total expenditure up to 31 December 2015 £609,776 £609,776 1st January 2016 - 31st March 2016 £504,041 £1,113,817 1st April 2016 - 30th June 2016 £687,044 £1,800,861 1st July 2016 - 30th September 2016 £717,...

LORETTO PUPILS SUFFERED SEXUAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry publishes ninth case study findings   Lady Smith has today, Wednesday 19 April, published her findings relating to the provision of residential care in boarding scho...

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry hearings: continuation of Phase 1   In May 2023, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will resume hearing expert evidence relating to Phase 1 of its investigations.   The Inquiry will hear from experts: Professor Ian Levitt (Emer...

Child migration: a shameful chapter in Scotland’s history Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry publishes eighth case study findings   From the latter part of the nineteenth century until well into the second half of the twentieth century many thousands of childre...

Public hearings investigating boarding school abuse to continue Evidence in relation to boarding schools will resume in August 2023. The focus will be Edinburgh Academy. SCAI has been investigating the abuse of children in boarding schools for a number of...

A public hearing was held on 23 February 2023 at which oral submissions in support of applications received by the inquiry, and in response to them, were made. The applications concerned evidence provided in relation to the inquiry’s boarding schools inve...

The Inquiry has published its Winter 2022/23 newsletter. It can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page.

Later this year the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will begin its public hearings  in relation  to Phase 8 of its investigations: “The abuse of children in residential accommodation for young offenders and children, and young persons in need of care and pro...