§ Dr. Julian LewisTo ask the Prime Minister (1) if he will list the assumed or equivalent civil service grades of each of the special advisers employed in his Office; [65915]
(2) pursuant to his answer of 15 December 1998, Official Report, columns 458–59, on special advisers, if he will list the assumed or equivalent civil service grade of each of the listed special advisers. [65916]
§ The Prime MinisterSpecial Advisers are employed under terms and conditions set out in the Model Contract for Special Advisers. Special Advisers stand outside the departmental hierarchy and do not equate to particular civil service grades.