HC Deb 01 December 1994 vol 250 cc902-3W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the special advisers employed by his Department in each of the last five years indicating when they (a) joined and (b) left his Department and the annual salary they received.

Mr. Freeman

A list of the special advisers employed by my Department in each of the last five years is give below:

Name Joined the Department Left the Department
Keith Simpson July 1988 December 1990
John Gardner June 1991 March 1992
Perry Miller April 1992 February 1993
Crispin Blunt February 1993

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 34 points, ranging from £19,503 to £67,609. Appointments are non-pensionable, and the salary spine reflects this.