§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment 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.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe following special advisers have been employed by the Employment Department, in the last five years:
- Alison Broom: from 21 July 1994 to date
- Michael McManus: from 28 May 1993 to 20 July 1994
- Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell: from 14 April 1992 to 27 May 1993
- Iain Wilton: from 13 January 1992 to 13 March 1992
- Tim Collins: from 1 February 1990 to 10 January 1992
- Warwick Lightfoot: from 2 November 1987 to 31 August 1989
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.