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IICSA Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse

Inquiry Quarterly Statistics

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has now published statistics which provide an update on the Inquiry's three core projects - the Truth Project, investigations and public hearings, and research.

The statistical reports are published on a quarterly basis.

Statistics: January, February and March 2019

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Victims and survivors' engagement with the Inquiry

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Truth Project

The Inquiry's Truth Project focused on providing the opportunity for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse to share their experiences of abuse. It came to a close in October 2021 so that accounts shared could help to inform the Inquiry's Final Report. Here are the final figures for the Truth Project.

Expressions of interest
15,481
6,132 this quarter
Truth sessions attended
2,234
431 this quarter
Written accounts received
892
440 this quarter
Total accounts received
3,126
871 this quarter

Getting in touch with the Inquiry

People get in touch with the Inquiry for a variety of reasons; for example, to ask questions, provide information to the investigations or express an interest in taking part in the Truth Project when it was open. These charts show the amount of correspondence received by the Inquiry each month by method of communication.

Total correspondents
21,318*
6,618 this quarter

*Phone refers to the number of relevant calls received by our Inquiry Information Line. Likewise, email covers the main contact email addresses for getting in touch with the Inquiry. There is a possibility of duplication with correspondents.

Webforms provided a way to express an interest in sharing with the Truth Project. Webforms closed on 20 October 2021 before the Truth Project concluded later that month.

Pieces of correspondence

Investigations and Public Hearings

The Inquiry is conducting 15 investigations into institutional failure to protect children from sexual abuse.

total pages of evidence

to date have been received and processed by the Inquiry.

171,116 documents in total have been received by the Inquiry
1,975,373
118,238 this quarter
days

of public and premlinary hearings completed

179
days

of public and preliminary hearings planned.
*All public hearings have finished. The last public hearing was held in December 2020.

58
witnesses

have given evidence to the Inquiry, including core participants

384
reports

published, the Interim Report was laid in Parliament in April 2018

4

Research and Seminars

The Research team brings together, in one place, what is already known about child sexual abuse and finds the gaps in our knowledge. The team supports the Inquiry to ask the right questions of the Institutions it is investigating. It also carries out new research and is responsible for analysing the information the Inquiry receives through the Truth Project.

1,489Reports reviewed
Ongoing research projects
5
  • Truth Project analysis
  • Perpetrators of sexual exploitation
  • Safeguarding in residential schools
  • Online safety education
  • Support services for victims and survivors
Research reports published
11
1 added this quarter

The research reports include Rapid Evidence Assessments (REAs) to establish what is already known and primary research reports to fill specific knowledge gaps.

Seminars
8
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