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.
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Download (PDF 262.01 KB) IICSA Quarterly Statistics Q3, 2021 (July - September 2021)Download the statistics for this quarter:
Download (PDF 107.43 KB) Q4 2017 - Q4 2020The 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.
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.
*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.
The Inquiry is conducting 15 investigations into institutional failure to protect children from sexual abuse.
to date have been received and processed by the Inquiry.
194,740 documents in total have been received by the InquiryThe 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.