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Phase 8: Residential accommodation for young offenders and children and young persons in need of care and protection
This announcement provides information about a Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) future case study.
Foster Care case study hearings to begin - Press Release
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.
Roundtables event - press release
Preventing the abuse of children in care - The psychology of individual adult abusers.
Judicial Review Update - Press Release
Following the dismissal of the petition for Judicial Review, the decision was appealed by the BBC. The opinion of the Inner House of the Court of Session has now been issued. It allows the appeal.
Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry Hearings - Commencement of Phase 7
In May 2022 the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will begin hearing evidence relating to Phase 7 of its investigations into the abuse of children in foster care. This evidence will include children who were boarded out, as well as children who were placed in foster care by a Scottish local authority.
Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry Publishes Seventh Case Study Findings
Lady Smith has today, 10 November, published her findings in relation to the provision of residential care by the Marist Brothers at St Columba’s College, Largs, and St Joseph’s College, Dumfries between 1950 and 1981.
Phase 7: Foster Care Case Study
This announcement provides information about a future Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) case study. Commencing in Spring 2022, public hearings into the abuse of children in foster care will begin.