It has emerged that Sue Berelowitz took voluntary redundancy from her role at the Office of the Children’s Commissioner last month.
The role carried a salary of £99,333 and also involved chief executive duties, which will now be handled directly by children’s commissioner Anne Longfield.
The OCC has confirmed that Berelowitz will now remain employed as a consultant, working at a rate of £960 a day for nine days a month, the equivalent of £103,680 a year, until November on its inquiry into child sex abuse in the family environment.
Her payoff and rehiring as a consultant sparked controversy over the weekend. It is understood that a curb on public employee pay-outs will be included in tomorrow's Queen’s Speech.
An OCC spokesman has defended the decision.
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