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Historical Abuse Systemic Review: Residential Schools and Children's Homes in Scotland 1950 to 1995

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Footnotes for Appendix 2: Historical abuse in residential child care in Scotland 1950 - 1995

1 Thanks to Roddy Hart for providing the relevant extracts from The Scotsman

2 Holman notes that the Committee seem to have overlooked that remand homes and approved schools were managed by the Home Office which did allow use of the cane.

3 Peter Righton, was at one time Director of Education at the National Institute for Social Work. He was later convicted and fined for possession of child pornography.

4 Referrred to hereafter as The Australian Senate Inquiry

5 Thanks to SIRCC Library for sourcing this material

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