HC Deb 30 November 2000 vol 357 c958W
Dr. Julian Lewis

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many special advisers are currently employed in the Treasury; and what their duties in each case are. [134968]

Miss Melanie Johnson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 28 July 2000,Official Report, column 972W.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the annual salary cost of his Department's special advisers. [134698]

Miss Melanie Johnson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 12 July 2000,Official Report, column 605W.

Mr. Tyrie

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 18 July 2000,Official Report, columns 111–12W, on special advisers, if he will list the destination and the total cost, including travel, accommodation and subsistence allowance, on each of the occasions when the Treasury's special advisers travelled overseas on Government business. [135247]

Miss Melanie Johnson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 July 2000,Official Report, columns 111–12W. The cost of these visits were accounted for in expenditure on Ministers' travel overseas published by the Prime Minister on 28 July 2000, Official Report, column 969W.

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions his Department's special advisers have travelled abroad at public expense and at what cost since May 1997. [136389]

Miss Melanie Johnson

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave on 18 July 2000,Official Report, columns 111–12W and to the answer given by my hon. Friend the then Economic Secretary to the Treasury on 27 July 1999, Official Report, columns 403–04W.