§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the total cost was of employing special advisers in her Department from 1997 to date. [160039]
§ Marjorie MowlamDetails of costs for special advisers within individual Departments are not given, in order to protect the privacy of the individuals concerned.
The estimated cost for special advisers as a whole in 2001–02 is £4.4 million.
The overall costs for the previous years since 1997 are as follows:
£ million 1997–98 2.6 1998–99 3.5 1999–2000 4.0 2000–01 4.4
§ Mr. KempTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will list the special advisers employed by each Government Department on 1 March 1997, the date on which each resigned, and the reason for that resignation. [151896]
§ Marjorie MowlamA list of special advisers in post on 1 March 1997 is as follows:
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Government Department Special advisers Prime Minister's Office Normal Blackwell Carolyn Fairbairn Katherine Ramsay Simon Walker Arabella Warburton Sean Williams Chief Whip's Office Shana Hole Cabinet Office1 Andrew Caesar-Gordon Lady Eileen Strathnaver Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food George Osborne Ministry of Defence Alison Broome Department for Education and Employment Dr. Elizabeth Cottrell Nicholas Heslop Department of the Environment Keith Adams Gavin Barwell Tom Burke Liam O'Connor Foreign and Commonwealth Office Graham Carter Department of Health Tony Hockley Tim Rycroft Department of National Heritage Andrew Honnor Home Office Patrick Rock Rachael Whetstone Privy Council Office Sophie McEwen Praveen Moman Department of Social Security Peter Barnes Department of Trade and Industry Greg Clark Department of Transport Lucy Miller Her Majesty's Treasury Paul Gardner Anthony Teasdale Edward Troup Scottish Office Jacqui Low Gerald Warner Welsh Office Barnaby Towns 1In addition, Sir Peter Levene was employed as Efficiency Adviser Information on the date of resignation of individual special advisers and the reason for resignation is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.