§ Mr. McMasterTo ask if he will list the name and Department of each special adviser employed in the service of himself, members of the Cabinet,368W Ministers of State, and Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State; if he will give their educational and vocational qualification, salaries and duties; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HuttonTo ask The Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 12 April,Official Report,columns 30-31, if he will identify those political advisers who are not employed on civil service grades of pay, the Departments in which they work and the salaries that they receive.
§ The Prime MinisterThere are currently 38 special advisers attached to Ministers. Details of their names and Departments are as follows:
The duties of special advisers are a matter for the appointing Minister. Details of their qualifications are not held centrally.
Name Department K. Adams Environment A. Allen Trade and Industry P. Barnes Social Security C. Blunt Defence T. Burke Environment J. Caine Northern Ireland Office D. Cameron Home Office Dr. E. Cottrell Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Dr. W. Eltis Trade and Industry M. Fraser Foreign and Commonwealth Office J. Gray Environment C. Grantham Education D. Green Prime Minister's Office Mrs. S. Hogg Prime Minister's Office Ms S. Hole Chief Whip's Office A. Kemp Trade and Industry Mrs. T. Keswick Treasury Mrs. E. Laing Transport D. Loehnis National Heritage G. MacKay Scottish Office M. MacLay Foreign and Commonwealth Office R. Marsh Health Ms S. McEwen House of Lords M. McManus Employment P. Moman Privy Council Office Dr. J. Nicholson Office of Public Service and Science L. O'Connor Environment Sir I. Pearce Transport Lord Poole Prime Minister's Office Ms K. Ramsay Prime Minister's Office P. Rock Home Office D. Ruffley Treasury D. Rutley Office of public Service and Science Lady Strathnaver Trade and Industry N. True Prime Minister's Office Miss A. Warburton Prime Minister's Office H. Williams Welsh Office A. Young Scottish Office Salaries for special advisers are negotiated individually in relation to their previous earnings, and are confidential. They are, however, normally paid on a special advisers' salary spine of 30 points, ranging from £19,121 to £59,957. Appointments are non-pensionable, and the salary spine reflects this. Of the 38 advisers currently employed, six are paid outside the normal salary spine—three political and three experts. One other, expert adviser, is paid on a civil service scale.
§ Mr. HuttonTo ask The Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 12 April,Official Report, column 31, if he will specify the salaries paid to political advisers in each Department since 1988, expressed in 1993–94 prices.
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§ The Prime MinisterThe salaries of individual advisers are confidential. Information available on the number of advisers in each department in each year since 1988 and the number of advisers on each point of the pay
Table 1 Department Number of Advisers 1 September 1988 6 April 1989 30 July 1990 16 September 1991 1 April 1992 20 October 1993 1 April 1994 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Cabinet Office (including Prime Ministers Office, Chief Whips Office, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster's Office) 9 10 10 7 9 8 9 Ministry of Defence 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Department of Education 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 Department of Employment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Department of the Environment 2 2 3 7 6 2 4 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Department of Health1 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 Home Office 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 House of Lords — — — — — 1 1 Department of National Heritage — — — — — 1 1 Northern Ireland Office — — — — 1 1 1 Scottish Office 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 Department of Social security1 — — 1 1 1 1 1 Department of Trade and Industry 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 Department of Transport 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 Her Majesty's Treasury 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 Department of Energy 1 1 1 1 1 — — Privy Council Office 1 1 1 1 1 — — The Lord Privy's Seals Office — — — — 1 — — Welsh Office — — — — — — 1 1Formerly DHSS
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Table 2 Number paid this amount Scale point Current salary £ per annum 1 September19881 6 April 19892 30 July 19903 16 September 19914 1 April 19924 20 October 19934 1 April 19943 30 (pp) 59,957 — — 1 — 1 1 29 (pp) 57,650 — — — 1 1 — — 28 55,433 1 2 1 2 1 4 5 27 54,136 1 1 1 1 1 — — 26 52,845 — 1 — — — 1 1 25 51,193 — — — 1 1 — 1 24 49,541 2 1 3 1 1 1 4 23 47,284 — 1 3 2 4 1 1 22 45,527 1 2 1 1 — 1 1 21 43,778 3 2 2 2 1 1 4 20 41,947 1 1 2 2 1 — — 19 40,100 1 2 1 1 2 — 1 18 38,254 1 4 2 1 3 1 — 17 36,415 1 l — — — — — 16 34,222 1 1 — — — — — 15 32,827 3 2 — 3 2 1 1 14 31,718 2 — — — 1 1 1 13 30,613 — — — 1 — 1 1 12 29,453 — — — 1 1 — — 11 28,394 1 — 2 1 — 1 1 10 27,523 — — — — — 1 1 9 26,303 — — — 1 — 1 1 8 25,374 — l 1 — 1 2 2 7 24,548 — — 2 2 2 — — 6 23,734 — — — — 1 1 — 5 22,902 2 1 2 3 5 2 3 4 21,683 — 1 — 1 1 — — 3 20,941 — — 1 — — — — spine in each year since 1988 is in the tables. The salary figures shown against each point in the spine are those current since August 1992.
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Number paid this amount Scale point Current salary £ per annum 1 September 19881 6 April 19892 30 July 19903 16 September 19914 1 April 19924 20 October 19934 1 April 19943 2 20,308 1 1 — — — 1 1 1 19,121 1 — 1 1 3 — — 1 Three special advisers were not paid on the normal salary spine points. 2 Two special advisers were not paid on the normal salary spine points and five others were either on secondment or unpaid. 3 Two special advisers were not paid on the normal salary spine point and five others were either on secondment, unpaid or on a part-time daily rate. 4 Two special advisers were not paid on the normal salary spine points and four others were either on secondment, unpaid or on a part-time daily rate.