§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security 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.
§ Mr. HagueThe information is as follows:
Name Joining date Leaving dale Melinda Libby 3 May 1988 24 July 1989 Charles Hendry 25 July 1989 15 December 1989 Ian Stewart 16 August 1990 10 April 1992 Jeremy Mayhew 27 April 1992 12 April 1993 Peter Barnes 4 May 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, currently ranging from £19,503 to £67,609. Appointments are non-pensionable and the salary spine reflects this.