HC Deb 15 April 1999 vol 329 cc339-40W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will list the numbers of, and salary bill for, political advisers on the latest date for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [80114]

Dr. Jack Cunningham

There are currently 67 Special Advisers in post. The total pay bill for Special Advisers in 1998–99, including pension contributions, was £3.5 million.