Scotland’s Redress Scheme: contributor list
Organisations participating in the redress scheme by making a fair and meaningful financial contribution. Scotland’s Redress Scheme is for survivors of historical abuse in care.
Ministry of Defence (MOD)
The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department of the UK Government, based in Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB.
Date added to contributor list
16 July 2025
Date removed from contributor list (if relevant): N/A
Removal with retrospective effect (yes/no): N/A
Commitment made
Pay agreed proportion of all determined cases where relevant as a place where abuse took place.
Acknowledgment letter
Queen Victoria School (QVS) is a co-educational, non-denominational, non-selective boarding school in Dunblane, Perthshire, owned and operated by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). It exists to provide stability and continuity of education, within the Scottish system, for the children of UK Armed Forces personnel. Service personnel who are Scottish, or who have served in Scotland, or who have been part of a Scottish regiment are given priority.
On behalf of the MOD and QVS, we make this statement of acknowledgement of harm, on joining the Redress Scheme, a commitment that we make freely and openly in recognition of the appalling abuse that children suffered while at QVS. Providing fair and meaningful redress is critical to atoning for the past. We acknowledge that the abuse experienced by children while in the care of QVS was unacceptable and we apologise unreservedly to victims and survivors and pay tribute to those whose testimony has ensured that the truth has been heard.
QVS has safeguarding and child protection as our highest priorities and policies, procedures and protocols are continually evolving to improve this aspect of school life. The testimony of victims and survivors as part of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry have led to further improvements; the 'culture of silence' referred to by witnesses will be no more.
Students at QVS are now openly encouraged to report anything that makes them feel uncomfortable in any way, students have an identified trusted adult that they can approach at any time and we have systems of anonymous reporting in place to ensure voices are heard in multiple ways.
We have also invested in software which automatically flags up student concerns from our school devices and Defence Children Services (DCS) and His Majesty's Commissioners (HMC) have full oversight of all safeguarding matters at QVS.
We, along with DCS and HMC, are wholly committed to continuing to improve our systems in order to safeguard our pupils from dreadful abuse in future.
Lieutenant General David Eastman
Deputy Chief of the General Staff, British Army
Beverley Martin
Head, Defence Children Services
Contact
Email enquiries about the statutory scheme: redress@gov.scot