Redress Scotland Explained

Agency Name:	Redress Scotland
Formed:	2010
Preceding1:	Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry
Chief1 Name:	Kirsty Darwent
Chief1 Position:	Chair
Chief2 Name:	Joanna McCreadie
Chief2 Position:	Chief Executive
Agency Type:	Executive non-departmental public body

Redress Scotland is the redress scheme for child abuse in Scotland following the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. Based in Glasgow, it is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government.

The organisation was created by the passing of the Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021^[1]

Redress Scotland can award payments between £10,000 and £100,000 with the following eligibility requirements:

• For all priority 1 applications (applicants who have a terminal illness) and all priority 2 applications (applicants who are aged over 68), we would expect the panel to take place within 6 weeks of your application being received by Redress Scotland.
• For Fixed Payment and Next of Kin applications, we would expect the panel to take place within 8 months of the application being received.
• For all other types of application, we would expect the panel to take place within 8 months of the application being received.
• For any application that has been submitted for a Review or a Reconsideration, we would expect the panel to take place within 2 months of your application being received by Redress Scotland.

Since its inception Redress Scotland has been criticised for delays, failures and broken promises and was characterised as "disgusting" by survivors of abuse.^[2]

See also

• Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, which led to the establishment of Redress Scotland

Notes and References

1. act . 2021 . 15 . Redress for Survivors (Historical Child Abuse in Care) (Scotland) Act 2021.
2. Web site: Child abuse survivors lose faith in redress payment scheme . Fitzpatrick . Tara . 2022-10-16 . STV . STV Group plc . 2024-07-02 . Abuse survivors have branded a Scottish Government financial redress scheme as “disgusting” saying they have faced a catalogue of delays, failures and broken promises..