UNITED KINGDOM
London Evening Standard

MARTIN BENTHAM

Published: 13 July 2015

The judge leading the Government’s inquiry into historical child sex abuse will receive a pay package worth up to £500,000 a year.

New Zealander Justice Lowell Goddard, who has vowed to name politicians and other high-profile figures involved in paedophile activity, will be paid an annual salary of £360,000.

That means she is due to be paid £1.8 million by the end of the five-year inquiry. The total could rise if the inquiry overruns.

Justice Goddard will also be given a living allowance of £110,000 a year, £12,000 a year to cover utility bills, and other entitlements including four return flights a year to New Zealand for her and her husband.

A further two economy-class return flights a year will be provided by taxpayers for other family members.

Her package also includes the use of a chauffeur-driven car for…