Parliament
116 mentions of the inquiry in Parliament since September 2016: debates, written questions and statements, oral questions and early day motions, from Hansard.
Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed with IICSA whether it intends to review the continuation of the Janner strand following the publication of the Independent Office for Police Conduct report.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse operates independently of Government, and its independence is crucial to its effectiveness. It is for the Inquiry to decide, within its terms of reference, what to investigate and how.
The IICSA stated its intention to continue to keep under review the investigation into the institutional responses to allegations involving Lord Janner in its determination notices in April 2017 and May 2017. These notices can be found at https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/1363/view/2017-04-11noticeofdetermination.pdf and
https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/1386/view/notice-determination-3-may-2017.pdf.
Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has cost to date.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse publishes financial statements on a quarterly basis on its website https://www.iicsa.org.uk/. The most recent financial statement, covering the Inquiry’s 2018/19 spend as at 30 September 2018, can be found here: https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/7553/view/inquiry-financial-report-q2-2018-19-ending-30-september-2018.pdf
An overview of this expenditure is set out in the table below:
Item Expenditure – FY 2018-19
Staffing costs £5,058,459
Legal cost £5,554,764
Safeguarding and other services for victims and survivors £1,868,934
Estates** £1,454,822
Information Technology £1,489,083
Consultancy & Specialist Services £996,330
Stationery and office supplies £27,801
Information Commissioner’s Office Penalty £160,000
Operation Hydrant (Ring-Fenced) £401,950
* Operating costs for the Operation Hydrant team which receives referrals from the Inquiry.
Operation Hydrant was set up to coordinate the response of police forces for non-recent
child abuse.
** Estates incorporates expenditure for the Hearing Centre.
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2. FURTHER DETAILS OF EXPENDITURE RELATING TO CHAIR, PANEL MEMBERS
AND SECRETARY
Professor Alexis Jay OBE
The table below shows a breakdown of the contractual cost for Professor Alexis Jay as her
terms of appointment published on the Inquiry’s website, along with expenses claimed for
business related travel.
Detail Total spend as of 30 September 2018
Salary £93,425
Accommodation allowance £18,480
Expenses £312
Panel members
The table below shows the amount spent on each of the Panel members in relation to
remuneration and expenses covering as of the end of 30 September 2018.
Detail Remuneration Notes Expenses
Drusilla Sharpling
CBE
£76,212 The Inquiry covers 80% of Drusilla
Sharpling’s HMIC salary for 4 out of 5
days work for the Inquiry per week.
£555
Prof. Sir Malcolm
Evans KCMG OBE
£27,120 48 days at a rate of £565/day £3,448
Ivor Frank £75,428 133.5 days at a rate of £565/day £2,521
Secretary
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the appointment of Drusilla Sharpling to the Janner strand of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse with the requirement of impartiality as set out in section 9 of the Inquiries Act 2005.
As required by the Inquiries Act 2005, inquiry panel members must notify the Minister of any issues that might affect their eligibility for appointment, such as their ability to be impartial. In March 2017, following confirmation of the investigative strands that the Inquiry would pursue, Dru Sharpling wrote to then Home Secretary to provide details of her career and stating her belief that this would not affect impartiality.
The then Home Secretary replied confirming that she was satisfied that none of the information provided could be said to affect the panel’s impartiality. These letters are available on the IICSA website - https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/1361/view/copy-2017-03-01-letter-from-dru-sharpling-to-home-secretary-re-further-declaration-interest.pdf and https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/1362/view/copy-2017-03-20-letter-from-home-secretary-to-dru-sharpling-re-further-declaration-interest.pdf.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the possibility of a conflict of interest arising from the appointment of Dru Sharpling as a member of the panel considering the Janner strand of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and her previous appointment as a Crown Prosecutor.
As required by the Inquiries Act 2005, inquiry panel members must notify the Minister of any issues that might affect their eligibility for appointment, such as their ability to be impartial. In March 2017, following confirmation of the investigative strands that the Inquiry would pursue, Dru Sharpling wrote to then Home Secretary to provide details of her career and stating her belief that this would not affect impartiality. The then Home Secretary replied confirming that she was satisfied that none of the information provided could be said to affect the panel’s impartiality.
These letters are available on the IICSA website - https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/1361/view/copy-2017-03-01-letter-from-dru-sharpling-to-home-secretary-re-further-declaration-interest.pdf and https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/1362/view/copy-2017-03-20-letter-from-home-secretary-to-dru-sharpling-re-further-declaration-interest.pdf.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the possibility of a conflict of interest arising from the appointment of Dru Sharpling as a member of the panel considering the Janner strand in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, given her former role as an inspector of constabulary being briefed in the Janner case prior to charges being brought.
As required by the Inquiries Act 2005, inquiry panel members must notify the Minister of any issues that might affect their eligibility for appointment, such as their ability to be impartial. In March 2017, following confirmation of the investigative strands that the Inquiry would pursue, Dru Sharpling wrote to then Home Secretary to provide details of her career and stating her belief that this would not affect impartiality.
The then Home Secretary replied confirming that she was satisfied that none of the information provided could be said to affect the panel’s impartiality. These letters are available on the IICSA website - https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/1361/view/copy-2017-03-01-letter-from-dru-sharpling-to-home-secretary-re-further-declaration-interest.pdf and https://www.iicsa.org.uk/key-documents/1362/view/copy-2017-03-20-letter-from-home-secretary-to-dru-sharpling-re-further-declaration-interest.pdf.
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