Inquiry Staffordshire Child Care Inquiry 1990
- Alternative Name
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- Pindown Inquiry
- Location
- United Kingdom, Staffordshire
Key Dates
- November 1983 - October 1989
- Period of investigation
- 29 June 1990
- Announcement date
- 1990
- Period of operation
- 30 May 1991
- Final Report
Details
The Process
The Inquiry was conducted in private, but on the condition that its Report was to be published.
Governing Authority
Staffordshire County Council
Institutions
In particular, the residential home at 245 Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent, and ‘The Birches’, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Inquiry Panel
Publications
Final Report
- Levy, A. and Kahan, B., The Pindown Experience and the Protection of Children. The Report of the Staffordshire Child Care Inquiry 1990, Staffordshire County Council. Available at https://web.archive.org/web/20161124092144/https://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/yourcouncil/dataprotectionandfreedomofinformation/publicationsscheme/The-Pindown-Experience-and-the-Protection-of-Children.pdf. Details
This preliminary notice will be completed for the 4th edition of The Age of Inquiry, to be published late in 2026.
Wright, K., Swain, S., and Sköld, J. (2025). The Age of Inquiry: A global mapping of institutional abuse inquiries. Third edition. Melbourne: La Trobe University. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4225/22/591e1e3a36139