§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many special advisers were employed by the Lord Chancellor's Department(a) between 1 May and 31 December 1997 and (b) in each year from 1998 to 2001 inclusive; and what the total amount spent on special advisers by the Department was in each of those years. [41253]
§ Yvette CooperThe Department employed no special advisers between 1 May and 31 December 1997 and employed one special adviser in each of the financial years 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01. The salaries of special advisers are negotiated individually within the stated pay scale which, for each the years in question, was as follows:
- 1998–99:
- up to £74,954 (from 1 April)
- up to £76,056 (from 1 December)
- 1999–2000
- up to £78,186
- 2000–01
- up to £80,453.
Details of costs are not given in order to protect the privacy of the appointee concerned, in line with exemption 12 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the number and expected cost to the Lord Chancellor's Department of special advisers in(a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03. [43270]
§ Yvette CooperThere was one special adviser in the department as at 13 March 2002. The salaries of special advisers are negotiated individually within the stated pay range (up to £125,000, although the Special Advisers Remuneration Committee may award salaries up to £90,000 only: salaries above that figure are set by the Prime Minister). Details of expected costs are not given in order to protect the privacy of the appointee concerned, in line with exemption 12 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.