§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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. HowardThe information is as follows:
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Year Names 1990 Mr. M. Simmonds 23 October 1989—July 1990 Mr. J. Taylor 19 February 1990—November 1990 Mr. A. Kerpel 1 December 1990–10 April 1992 1991 Mr. A. Kerpel (see above) Mr. C. Grantham 18 February 1991–10 April 1992 Mr. A. Kerpel (see above) 1992 Mr. C. Grantham (see above) Mrs. A. Keswick 11 April 1992–28 May 1993 Mr. D. Ruffley 11 April 1992–28 May 1993 1993 Mrs. A. Keswick (see above) Mr. D. Ruffley (see above) Mr. P. Rock 28 May 1993—to date Mr. D. Cameron 21 June 1993–31 August 1994 1994 Mr. P. Rock (see above)
Year Names Mr. D. Cameron (see above) Miss R. Whetstone 5 September 1994—to date I regret that, in the reply I gave on 20 July 1994, Official Report, columns 274–75, to an earlier question from the hon. Member, I said that only one special adviser joined the Department in 1990.
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, currently ranging from £19,503 to £67,609. Appointments are non-pensionable, and the salary spine reflects this.