§ Sir Norman FowlerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the functions of his special advisers, together with their terms of contract, indicating(a) pay, (b) pension provision and (c) other benefits. [69337]
§ Mr. StrawJustin Russell advises me on policy matters and Ed Owen is my adviser on media and political matters. They are employed under terms and conditions set out in the Model Contract for Special Advisers, a copy of which had been placed in the Library.
For information on salaries, I refer the right hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Ms King) on 16 November 1998, Official Report, columns 354–55.
In line with the practice of successive Administrations, information on the salaries and the paybill costs for individual Special Advisers is not provided in order to protect the privacy of the individuals concerned.