§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make a statement concerning the cost to public 273W funds of employing ministerial special advisers in her Department.
§ Mr. ForthThe Department employs one special adviser.
Salaries for special advisers are negotiated individually in relation to their previous earnings, and are confidential. They are, however, normally paid on the special advisers' salary spine of 34 points, ranging from £19,503 to £67,609. Appointments are non-pensionable, and the salary spine reflects this.
Full-time non-clinical academic wholly university funded staff in former UFC-funded English universities, 1992–93 Cost centre Age Under 25 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over Total Education 2 19 55 163 295 359 301 190 85 1,469 Medicine, dentistry and health 14 104 247 354 393 422 299 166 106 2,105 Engineering and technology 23 156 382 425 488 544 526 419 237 3,200 Agriculture, forestry and veterinary science 5 39 44 67 71 92 55 38 30 441 Biological, mathematical and physical sciences 29 314 649 764 765 1,010 1,127 811 384 5,853 Administrative, business and social studies 47 359 607 676 956 1,186 710 403 177 5,121 Architecture and planning — 13 26 39 46 54 61 27 21 287 Language, literature and area studies 46 170 259 280 392 563 497 274 141 2,622 Other arts 4 67 183 226 311 445 365 212 139 1,952 Libraries, museums, etc (research only) — 3 — 1 — 1 5 1 1 12 Total 170 1,244 2,452 2,995 3,717 4,676 3,946 2,541 1,321 23,062 Source:
Universities' Statistical Record.
Full-time non-clinical academic wholly institutionally funded staff in former polytechnics in England,1992–93 Cost centre Age Under 25 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50–54 55–59 60 and over Total Education 4 19 52 137 250 356 242 137 42 1,239 Medicine, dentistry and health 10 38 86 129 160 169 96 49 12 749 Engineering and technology 41 157 277 367 441 557 524 375 150 2,889 Agriculture, forestry and veterinary science — 2 3 10 4 10 4 3 2 38 Biological, mathematical and physical sciences 32 252 363 500 585 776 510 308 97 3,423 Administrative, business and social studies 70 301 555 778 1,299 1,276 684 383 165 5,551 Architecture and planning 4 15 40 63 102 148 95 51 23 541 Language, literature and area studies 17 58 65 84 139 158 102 56 17 696 Other arts 10 112 199 262 361 532 329 151 54 2,010 Libraries, museums, etc (research only) — — — — — — — — — — Total 188 954 1,640 2,330 3,341 3,982 2,586 1,513 562 17,096 Source:
The Academic Staff of Polytechnics and Colleges: PCFC/HEFCE Return.