HC Deb 24 June 1999 vol 333 cc463-4W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the people employed as paid special advisers in his Department since 1 May 1997, the dates of their employment and to which minister each was attached. [87455]

Ms Hewitt

The information is as follows:

Dates of employment
Name From To Minister served
Ed Balls 3 May 1997 Chancellor
Charlie Whelan 3 May 1997 13 January 1999 Chancellor
Ed Miliband 3 May 1997 6 April 1999 Chief Secretary
Ed Miliband 10 May 1999 Chief Secretary
Andrew Maugham 6 May 1997 27 July 1998 Chief Secretary
Spencer Livermore 4 August 1998 Chief Secretary
Ian Austin 21 June 1999 Chancellor