HC Deb 30 June 1997 vol 297 cc47-8W
Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the special advisers in his Department, the Minister to whom each is responsible, the subjects on which they advise and the number of advisers in his Department in the year up to 1 May. [5349]

Mr. Prescott

There are three special advisers in my Department. They are employed under terms and conditions based on the model contract for special advisers, a copy of which has been placed in the Library of the House of Commons. Joe Irvin currently advises me on all areas which are my responsibility. David Taylor advises me chiefly on Regional and Regeneration issues, and Kate Davies advises Gavin Strang on Transport Issues.

There were four advisers in the Department of the Environment in the year to 1 May (Keith Adams, who started in June 1993, Tom Burke, who started in March 1991, Gavin Barewell, who started in May 1993 and Liam O'Connor, who started in March 1994) and one in the Department of Transport (Lucy Miller, who started in July 1995).