§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what facilities in terms of(a) access to telephones, (b) use of equipment, (c) use of offices, (d) access to ministerial meetings, (e) sight of correspondence, (f) attendance at inter-departmental meetings and (g) access to civil servants are available to specialist advisers in her Department. [15632]
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardSpecial advisers are members of the civil service, have the same conditions of service as civil servants and are subject to the same rules of conduct as other civil servants, within certain limited exceptions. They have facilities appropriate to their duties.