§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Prime Minister if he will publish a current list of special advisers attached to Ministers stating the Minister they work for, the date of their appointment, the name of their previous employer before their initial appointment as a special adviser attached to a Minister, and the organisation from which they are seconded.
§ The Prime MinisterCurrently there are 32 special advisers attached to Ministers. None is on secondment from an outside organisation. The names of the advisers, the Ministers they work for, the dates of their current appointments and the names of their previous employers before their initial appointments and the names of their previous employers before their initial appointments as special advisers are as follows:
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Name Minister (s) served Date of Appointment Previous Employer T Burke* Secretary of State for Environment 28 May 1993 Green Alliance J Caine Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 17 June 1992 Conservative Central Office Dr. E Cottrell Secretary of State for Education 21 July 1994 Conservative Central Office Dr. W Eltis* President of the Board of Trade 1 January 1993 National Economic Development Office M Fraser Minister for Overseas Development 10 April 1992 Conservative Central Office J Gray Jointly to the Ministers for Local Government and Inner Cities; Environment and Countryside; and Housing and Planning 28 May 1993 GNI Ltd D Green Prime Minister 1 June 1992 Business Television Mrs. S Hogg Prime Minister 10 April 1992 Daily and Sunday Telegraph Ms. S Hole Chief Whip 13 April 1992 Lord Rothschild A Kemp* President of the Board of Trade 28 May 1992 CDP Nexus Ltd Mrs. T Keswick Chancellor of the Exchequer 28 May 1993 Cluff Investments and Trading G MacKay Secretary of State for Scotland 8 May 1992 Pieda plc M MacLay Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 19 May 1993 The European R Marsh Secretary of State for Health 21 April 1992 Conservative Central Office Ms. S McEwen Lord Privy Seal 21 July 1994 Namara Cowan Ltd M McManus Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 21 July 1994 Conservative Central Office P Moman Lord President 15 December 1993 Self employed consultant and writer L O'Connor* Secretary of state for the Environment 14 March 1994 Self employed Architect Mrs. K Ramsay Prime Minister 2 June 1992 Conservative Central Office P Rock Home Secretary 28 May 1993 Conservative Central Office D Ruffley Cheif Secretary 21 July 1994 Clifford Chance D Rutley Minister of Agricutlure, Fisheries & Food 21 July 1994 Pepsi Cola International Lady Strathnaver President of the Board of Trade 21 April 1992 Haymarket Publishing Services Ltd N True Prime Minister 10 April 1992 Public Policy Unit Miss. A Warburton Prime Minister 12 January 1994 Career break Miss. R Whetstone Home Secretary 5 September 1994 Conservative Central Office H Williams Secretary of State for Wales 18 October 1993 Governing Body of Rugby School, also Freelance Journalist and Writer A Young Secretary of State for Scotland 8 May 1992 Drummond & Co * Special advisers fall into two categories, political and those with specialised expertise relevant to their appropriate Secretary of State. The latter are indicated by an Asterisk.