Historial abuse inquiry costs to be revealed

Tuesday 25th August 2009, 2:59PM BST.

Haut de la Garenne.

THE Council of Ministers will be told next month what it is likely to cost the Island to complete the historical child abuse inquiry.

Treasury Minister Philip Ozouf is asking Home Affairs, Health and Social Services and the Law Officers department to give him a report of their latest estimates in relation to the inquiry so that he can present them to the Council of Ministers on 3 September.

The States have already agreed to requests for a total of £11.7 million from the Treasury on behalf of those departments for this purpose.

Senator Ozouf said that he wanted to have the latest estimates in order to advise the States and ensure that there were firm plans to provide the necessary resources to see the inquiry through to its completion.

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