Written Ministerial Statement: Special Adviser numbers and costs
Thursday 28 October 2010
Written Ministerial Statement by Prime Minister David Cameron on Special Adviser number and costs across deparments.
Written Ministerial Statement by Prime Minister David Cameron on Special Adviser number and costs across deparments.
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Listed below are the names of the special advisers in post at 28 October 2010, including each special adviser’s pay band, and actual salary where this is £58,200 or higher, together with details of the special advisers’ pay ranges for 2010-2011.
The estimated paybill for the period 12 May 2010 to 31 March 2011 remains at £4.9m.
The paybill cost, including severance, for the period 1 April 2010 to 12 May 2010, totalled £2.1m, of which £1.8m was severance.
In future, this list of special advisers will be updated on a quarterly basis, and published on the No10 website.
For the first time, departments are also publishing today, on their websites, details of gifts and hospitality received by their special advisers during the period 13 May to 31 July.
This information will be updated and published on departmental websites on a quarterly basis.
| Appointing Minister | Special Adviser in Post | Payband | Salary if £58,200 or higher (£) |
| The Prime Minister | Andy Coulson
Edward Llewellyn Kate Fall Gabby Bertin Tim Chatwin Steve Hilton Polly Mackenzie [1] Henry Macrory James O’Shaughnessy Lena Pietsch1 Liz Sugg Peter Campbell Sean Kemp1 Gavin Lockhart Michael Salter Rohan Silva Isabel Spearman (p/t) Sean Worth Tim Colbourne1 |
Within scheme ceiling
Within scheme ceiling PB4 PB3 PB3 PB3 PB3 PB3 PB3 PB3 PB3 PB2 PB2 PB2 PB2 PB2 PB2 PB2 PB1 |
140,000
125,000 100,000 80,000 70,000 90,000 80,000 70,000 87,000 80,000 80,000 60,000 60,000
65,000 60,000 |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Jonny Oates
Richard Reeves Alison Suttie Chris Saunders James McGrory |
PB4
PB3 PB3 PB2 PB1 |
98,500
85,000 80,000 60,000 |
| First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Arminka Helic
Denzil Davidson Will Littlejohn |
PB3
PB2 PB1 |
70,000 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer [2] | Ramesh Chhabra
Poppy Mitchell-Rose |
PB2
PB1 |
60,000 |
| Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice | David Hass
Kathryn Laing |
PB2
PB1 |
69,266 |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equality | Fiona Cunningham
Nick Timothy |
PB2
PB2 |
65,000
65,000 |
| Secretary of State for Defence | Luke Coffey
Oliver Waghorn Hayden Allan |
PB2
PB2 PB2 |
60,740
60,740 |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | Katie Waring
Giles Wilkes |
PB1
PB1 |
|
| Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Susie Squire
Philippa Stroud |
PB2
PB2 |
69,250 |
| Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | Duncan Brack
Joel Kenrick |
PB2
PB2 |
67,000 |
| Secretary of State for Health | Bill Morgan
Jenny Parsons |
PB3
PB2 |
76,000 |
| Secretary of State for Education | Henry de Zoete
Elena Narozanski |
PB2
PB1 |
|
| Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government | Giles Kenningham
Sheridan Westlake |
PB2
PB2 |
64,500
64,500 |
| Secretary of State for Transport | Sian Jones
Paul Stephenson |
PB2
PB2 |
|
| Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Simon Cawte | PB2 | |
| Secretary of State for International Development | Philippa Buckley
Richard Parr |
PB1
PB1 |
|
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Jonathan Caine | PB2 | 69,266 |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | Euan Roddin | PB2 | 60,000 |
| Secretary of State for Wales | Richard Hazlewood | PB1 | |
| Secretary of State for Culture, Media, the Olympics and Sport | Adam Smith
Sue Beeby |
PB2
PB1 |
|
| Chief Secretary | Will de Peyer
Julia Goldsworthy[3] |
PB2
PB3 |
63,000
74,000 |
| Minister without Portfolio | Naweed Khan | PB0 | |
| Leader of the House of Lords, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Flo Coleman
Elizabeth Hanna |
PB0
PB0 |
|
| Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General | Laura Trott | PB2 | |
| Minister of State, Cabinet Office | Martha Varney | PB1 | |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), BIS | Nick Hillman | PB2 | |
| Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal | Robert Riddell | PB2 | |
| Chief Whip (Commons) | Chris White
Ben Williams |
PB2
PB2 |
68,000 |
[1] Appointed by the Deputy Prime Minister and based in No.10
[2] In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Rupert Harrison (PB3, £80,000), and Eleanor Shawcross (PB2) to the Council of Economic Advisers.
[3] Julia Goldsworthy will not receive her salary as a special adviser until November 2010, as she was in receipt of a Resettlement Grant when she lost her Parliamentary seat at the general election in May.
Special Adviser Pay Bands for 2010-11
The pay bands and pay ranges for special advisers for 2010-11 are as follows:
Scheme Ceiling £142,668
Pay Band 4 £88,966 – £106,864
Pay Band 3 and Premium £66,512 – £103,263
Pay Band 2 £52,215 – £69,266
Pay Band 1 £40,352 – £54,121
Pay Band 0 Up to £40,352
