First 42 months of Scotland's Redress Scheme

29th October 2025

If you have suffered abuse while in care, you could be entitled to a payment from the Scottish Government, as well as a formal apology. This is called redress, and a scheme has been set up to help you make a claim.

Scotland's Redress Scheme Statistics Have been published covering the period from December 2021 to June 2025.

Key findings include:

between 7 December 2021 and 6 June 2025, 5,806 applications for redress were received by Scottish Government. Of these 95% were made by survivors and 5% were made by next of kin.

in the first 42 months of the scheme, 2,861 (97%) of applications sent to Redress Scotland and assessed by a panel were eligible for financial redress, with offers made. 82 (3%) applications were deemed not eligible for financial redress and no offers were made.

2,669payments were made in the first 42 months, totalling £139,637,820.18 after deductions. Of these 1,801 (67%) were Individually Assessed Payment awards, 718 (27%) were Fixed Rate Payment awards and 150 (6%) were Next of Kin awards.

a total of 202 apologies were requested during the first 42 months of the scheme, 57% 116) of which had been delivered as of June 2025.

The Redress web site