§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the special advisers employed by 903W 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. FreemanA list of the special advisers employed by my Department in each of the last five years is give below:
Name Joined the Department Left the Department Keith Simpson July 1988 December 1990 John Gardner June 1991 March 1992 Perry Miller April 1992 February 1993 Crispin Blunt February 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.