Investigations
The Inquiry’s investigative work underpins the public hearings, which have now finished. The last public hearing was held in December 2020.
Each investigation concludes with a report that sets out the Inquiry’s conclusions on institutional failings and identifies practical recommendations for change. These will continue to be published into 2022. Please note: Due to its thematic nature, the Effective leadership of child protection investigation will feed into the Inquiry’s Final Report and will not be published as a separate investigation report.
Public hearings
The public hearings into our 15 investigations have now ended. The Inquiry heard evidence from 648 witnesses in person. Of those, 94 witnesses gave evidence as victims and survivors. It held 323 days of public hearings. During the hearings, 24,565 documents totalling over 590,000 pages were disclosed.
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323 Days
of hearings completed
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648 Witnesses
including 94 victims and survivors
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24,565 Documents disclosed
made up of 590,000 individual pages of evidence
Investigation reports
Investigation reportsEach public hearing concludes with a report that sets out the Inquiry's conclusions on institutional failures.
Recommendations
RecommendationsThe Chair and Panel make recommendations, which arise directly from their findings, to better protect children from sexual abuse. These recommendations are published as part of the conclusions in investigation reports.
All investigations
All investigationsPublic hearings into the Inquiry's 15 investigations have now finished, but investigation reports will continue to be published into 2022, with the Final Report to follow.
Timetable
TimetableAn historical timetable listing each public hearing date is available on our website. The last public hearing was held in December 2020.
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