§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the special advisers employed by his Department in each of the last five years indicating when they(a) joined and (b) left his Department and the annual salary they received.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information sought is as follows:
- (a) Political advisers to the Secretary of State for Transport:
- Miss E. Buchanan; from September 1987 to November 1990.
- Mr. P. J. E. Miller; from January 1991 to March 1992.
- Mrs. E. F. Laing; from April 1992 to July 1994.
- Mr. M. G. E. Simmonds; from October 1994 to date.
801 - (b) Special advisers with expert knowledge in particular fields:
- Professor B. J. Hoskins, special adviser on the global environmental aspects of transport policies, from February 1990 to November 1990.
- Sir Christopher Foster, special adviser on British rail privatisation, from June 1992 to November 1993.
- Sir Idris Pearce, special adviser on British Rail privatisation property issues, from June 1992 to July 1994.
- Mr. R. B. Salmon, special adviser on British Rail privatisation, from January 1993 to November 1993.
- Mr. J. Swift, special adviser on British Rail privatisation, from January 1993 to November 1993.
Salaries for special advisers are negotiated individually in relation to their previous earnings, and are confidential. They are however, normally paid on a special advisers' salary spine of 34 points, ranging from £19,503 to £67,609. Appointments are non-pensionable and the salary spine reflects this.