§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the names and job descriptions of each special ministerial adviser employed in his Department showing any particular outputs for which each adviser is responsible.
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 16 December 1993]: The special advisers employed by the Home Office are Mr. Patrick Rock and Mr. David Cameron. They provide advice on a range of departmental matters.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are made to ensure that special advisers to Ministers in his Department do not have access to the kind of information, and are not involved in the type of business, that would be likely to create suspicion of impropriety in relation to subsequent employment.
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 16 December 1993]: Care is taken to ensure that special advisers do not have access to kinds of information likely to create suspicions of impropriety.