SCOTLAND
Scotsman
CHRIS MARSHALL
Sunday 26 July 2015
SCOTTISH councils have paid out around £1.5 million in compensation to the victims of child abuse during the past decade.
Payments were made in relation to physical and sexual abuse which took place in schools and children’s homes.
Dumfries and Galloway made the biggest award, paying out a total of £1m to 50 individuals abused at the Merkland children’s home in Moffat. Smaller amounts were paid by Glasgow City Council and Fife Council.
The figures are published today as work gets under way on Scotland’s inquiry into the historical abuse of children in care, which is due to begin taking evidence in October.
The inquiry’s chair, Susan O’Brien QC, took up her position earlier this month after surviving a last-minute legal challenge by two Catholic congregations to unseat her.
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