UNITED KINGDOM
Daily Mail
By PRESS ASSOCIATION
The new chairwoman of the national inquiry into child sexual abuse will earn £185,000 a year.
Professor Alexis Jay, who was named as the fourth head of the probe last month after Dame Lowell Goddard resigned, will also be given a London accommodation allowance of £35,000.
Prof Jay’s salary is substantially lower than that given to her predecessor, who was paid £355,000 in the last financial year.
Releasing details of the new chair’s remuneration package, the inquiry said: ” Professor Jay specifically requested this salary and furthermore did not require the use of a car and driver as provided to the previous Chair.”
The inquiry also published its financial report for 2015/16, including details of spending amounting to more than half a million pounds in relation to Dame Lowell’s terms.
This included £355,000 in annual salary and £119,000 on rental and utilities allowance
The inquiry incurred costs of £67,319 during the last financial year on travel included in the New Zealand high court judge’s terms of appointment.
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