Recommendation 3: Increase public awareness of child sexual abuse

From The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991, published 27 October 1992.

Recommendation

Steps should be taken to increase public awareness of the problem of child sexual abuse and of the difficulties inherent in the work of investigation of child abuse (15.17).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Page: 353

Reference: Summary of Recommendations, no. 3

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Inquiry Orkney Inquiry

Report The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991 27 Oct 1992

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Themes and tags

Poor prevention and early intervention

Recommendation made 34.0 years ago