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More than £11m paid out so far to victims of abuse in care, MSPs told

Scotland’s redress scheme for victims of abuse in care has paid out more than £11 million in its first year of operation. Deputy First Minister John Swinney said 277 people have received payouts under the Scottish Government scheme. Redress Scotland ...

12 Jan 2023 at 11:04

Scotland

Abuse survivor payments surpass £20m mark, says Swinney

The total paid to victims of historical child abuse by Scotland’s redress agency has surpassed £20 million. Redress Scotland was created following the passage of legislation – guided through Parliament by outgoing Deputy First Minister John Swinney ...

23 Mar 2023 at 10:08

Scotland

Fornethy House survivors should be eligible for redress scheme, say MSPs

Survivors of historic child abuse at an all-girls residential school should be eligible for compensation, a Holyrood committee has said. The Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee considered a petition from the Fornethy House ...

13 Jan 2023 at 16:57

Victims condemn ‘insulting’ sentences handed to abusive foster mother and son

Two siblings who were among a number of children abused by a foster mother and her son have described their tormentors’ sentences as “utterly insulting”. Jennifer Robertson, 79, subjected children as young as 10 months old to “quite ...

17 Apr 2026 at 16:49

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