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nature, the Effective leadership of child protection investigation will feed into the Inquiry’s Final Report and will not be published as a separate investigation report.
The public hearings into our 15 investigations have now ended. The Inquiry heard evidence from 725 witnesses in person. Of those, 94 witnesses gave evidence as victims and survivors. It held 325 days of public hearings. During the hearings, 194,740 documents totalling over 2,448,176 pages were disclosed.
of hearings completed
including 94 victims and survivors
made up of 2,448,176 individual pages of evidence
Each public hearing concludes with a report that sets out the Inquiry's conclusions on institutional failures.
The 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.