§ Mr. LevittTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what are the increases to the Special Adviser pay bands for 1999–2000; and how many Advisers are in each pay band, by Department. [88645]
§ Dr. Jack CunninghamThe minima and maxima of the Special Adviser pay bands have each been increased by 2.8 per cent. with effect from 1 April 1999, the same increase as for the Senior Civil Service pay bands. The three pay bands are now:
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Pay band Scale Band A £26,728 to £46,260 Band B £41,120 to £61,680 Band C £55,512 to £78,186 The number of Special Advisers in each pay band is as follows:
Number in bands Department A B C No. 101 3 10 7 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1 — — Cabinet Office2 — 2 1 Chief Whip's Office — 2 — Culture, Media and Sport 1 1 — Defence — 1 1 Education and Employment3,4 2 1 — Environment, Transport and the Regions5 — 3 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office — 2 — Health — 1 1 Home Office — 2 — International Development 2 — — Leader of the House of Lords — 2 — Lord Chancellor's Department — — 1 Northern Ireland Office 2 — — President of the Council 1 1 — Scottish Office6 — 1 — Social Security — 1 1 Trade and Industry — 2 — HM Treasury7,8 1 1 1 2 — — Welsh Office Total 15 33 14 1 Plus Jonathan Powell and Alastair Campbell who are paid outside the band structure, and Iain Anderson who is an unpaid Adviser 2 Plus Keith Hellawell, UK Anti-Drugs Co-ordinator, who is paid outside the band structure 3 Plus Michael Barber, the Standards and Effectiveness Adviser 4 Includes two part-time posts; one additional Adviser has been appointed at a salary to be determined 5 Includes two part-time posts 6 One additional Adviser has been appointed at a salary to be determined 7 Plus the three members of the Council of Economic Advisers (two in Band C and one in Band B; one of them part-time) 8 One additional Adviser has been appointed at a salary to be determined.