§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the ministerial advisers appointed in his Department for each year since 1979, the salary each person received, whether paid directly or to another employer, and the duties undertaken, whether solely in his Department or in conjunction with other Departments; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe following special advisers have been employed in the Department since 1979
I. Heggie—Special Adviser to the Minister of Transport on transport issues from 1 November 1979 to 31 January 1981. Paid directly.Sir John Hoskyns—Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Transport on transport issues from 12 July 1982 to 21 June 1986. Paid directly.101WMrs. K. C. Ramsay—Special (political) Adviser to the Secretary of State for Transport from 1 September 1983 to 21 May 1986. Paid directly.Miss E. Buchanan—Special (political) Adviser to the Secretary of State for Transport from 1 September 1987 to date. Paid directly.It is not the practice to reveal the salaries of individual advisers as they are individually negotiated in relation to previous outside earnings and are therefore confidential. The salary spine covers rates from points 1 to 28, £13,975 to £40,520.