Nottingham City Council says it "remains constantly vigilant" about children being abused in its care after the end of a seven-year-inquiry which found both it and the county council failed hundreds of young people. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published its final report on Thursday (October 20), featuring a list of 20 recommendations for the protection of children in care.
The inquiry carried out several investigations during its seven-year run and the report into children in the care of Nottinghamshire councils was first published in 2019. That report found 350 people in Nottinghamshire made allegations of child sexual abuse from the 1960s onwards and that for five decades, the city and county council had failed to protect them.
A full report spanning all the inquiry's 15 investigations has now been published and it has made 20 recommendations. The list includes a new law placing a duty on those who have witnessed or been told about child abuse to report it, a new scheme to compensate victims and the establishment of new child protection authorities in England and Wales.
