Dr Liz Davies of Islington Survivors Network - Credit: Polly Hancock Survivors of abuse in Islington care homes are set to receive thousands of pounds as part of a proposed payment scheme. Islington Council has outlined its plan to give the sufferers of emotional, physical or sexual abuse in the authority's care homes from 1966 to 1995 an £8,000 sum as part of a support payment scheme (SPS). A 2019 report commissioned by the council – Historical Child Care Data, London Borough of Islington – estimated some 2,000 people were living in Islington's care homes over the critical 30-year period. A document drafted for a meeting of the council's executive on March 18 says it would not be a compensation scheme and will not determine fault, negligence, or legal liability in terms of civil claims which the survivors may bring in the future.