Ministerial
Travel
The
Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair): Expenditure on
Ministerial overseas visits for the last three financial years and for
the year 1996-97 is as
follows:
| | Expenditure
(£million) |
1996-97 | 7.9 |
2003-04 | 5.2 |
2004-05 | 5.1 |
2005-06(1) | 6.1 |
(1
)The figure for 2005-06 reflects payments made so far for travel
undertaken in the period; a few bills have yet to be submitted to
departments for
payment. |
A
list of all visits overseas undertaken by Cabinet Ministers costing
£500 or more during the period 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006 has
been placed in the Libraries of the House. The list provides details of
the date, destination and purpose of all such visits and the cost of
Ministers' travel and accommodation where
appropriate.
Special
Advisers
The
Prime Minister (Mr. Tony Blair): Listed below
are the names of special advisers in post at 24 July 2006, the
special advisers’ pay ranges for 2006-07, the number of special
advisers in each pay band by department and the total pay bill cost of
special advisers for 2005-06.
All special advisers are
appointed under terms and conditions set out in the Model Contract
and Code of Conduct for Special Advisers providing
assistance on the full range of their appointing
Minister’s departmental responsibilities. Where a
special adviser has a specific expertise or works mainly in a
particular area of the department’s work this is
indicated.
24 July 2006 : Column 87WS| Appointing
Minister | Special
Adviser in
post | Expertise |
The
Prime
Minister | Jonathan
Powell | Chief
of
Staff |
| | Liz
Lloyd | Deputy
Chief of
Staff |
| | Ruth
Turner | Director
of Government
Relations |
| | Matthew
Taylor | Chief
Adviser on
Strategy |
| | | |
| | Policy
Directorate | |
| | David
Bennett | Head
of Policy
Directorate |
| | Conor
Ryan | |
| | Paul
Corrigan | |
| | Geoffrey
Norris | |
| | Philip
Collins | |
| | Justin
Forsyth | |
| | Kieran
Brett | |
| | | |
| | Strategic
Communications &
Press | |
| | David
Hill | Director
of
Communications |
| | David
Bradshaw | |
| | Hilary
Coffman | |
| | Matthew
Doyle | |
| | Chris
McShane | |
| | Benjamin
Wegg
Prosser | |
| | Huw
Evans | |
| | | |
| | Events
&
Visits | |
| | Jo
Gibbons | Director
of Events, Visits and
Scheduling |
| | Katie
Kay | |
| | Angela
Goodchild
(p/t) | |
| | John
Watts | |
| | Victoria
Gould | |
| | | |
| | Research
and Information
Unit | |
| | Catherine
Rimmer | |
| | Katie
O’Donovan | |
| | | |
Deputy
Prime Minister and First Secretary of
State | Joan
Hammell | Chief
of
Staff |
| | Mick
Halloran | |
| | | |
Minister
for the Cabinet Office and for Social Exclusion (and Chancellor of the
Duchy of
Lancaster) | Peter
Kyle | |
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| | Anna
Turley | |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for Communities and Local
Government | Julie
Crowley | Media
and
communication |
| | David
Leam | |
| | Rachel
O’Brien | Women
and
equality |
| | | |
Chief
Whip
(Commons) | Sue
Jackson | |
| | Simon
Benson | |
| | | |
Chief
Whip
(Lords) | Margaret
Ounsley | |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord
Chancellor | Garry
Hart | |
| | Philip
Bassett | |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for Culture, Media and
Sport | Nick
Bent | |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for
Defence | Matt
Cavanagh | |
| | Alaina
Macdonald | |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for Education and
Skills | Chris
Norton | |
| | Mario
Dunn | |
| | Clare
Montagu | |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs | Madlin
Sadler | |
| | Tony
Grayling | |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs | Sheila
Watson | |
| | Ed
Mitchell | |
| | Malcolm
Chalmers | Foreign
affairs |
| | | |
| | | |
Minister
for
Europe | James
Connal | |
| | | |
Minister
for
Trade | Martin
O’Donovan | Trade |
| | Blair
McDougall | Communications;
human rights |
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Secretary
of State for
Health | Liz
Kendall | |
| | Karen
Livingston | |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for the Home
Department | Steve
Bates | |
| | Justin
Russell | |
| | Anna
MacMillan | |
| | | |
Leader
of the House of Commons and Lord Privy
Seal | Mark
Davies | |
| | Declan
McHugh | |
| | | |
Leader
of the House of Lords and Lord President of the
Council | Joe
Dancey | |
| | Dorothea
Hodge | |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for International
Development | Beatrice
Stern | Communications |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for Northern Ireland and Secretary of State for
Wales | Claire
McCarthy | Northern
Ireland
issues |
| | Philip
Taylor | Northern
Ireland
issues |
| | Andrew
Bold | Wales
issues |
| | Matthew
Burchell | Wales
issues |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for
Transport | Paul
Sinclair | Transport |
| | Iain
Gray | Scottish
Affairs |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for Trade and
Industry | Andrew
Maugham | |
| | Sam
White | |
| | Emily
Thomas
(unpaid) | |
| | | |
Chancellor
of the Exchequer(1),
(2) | Spencer
Livermore | |
| | Damien
McBride | |
| | | |
Chief
Secretary | Jonathan
Ashworth | |
| | Jo
Dipple | |
| | | |
Secretary
of State for Work and Pensions | John
Williams | |
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| | John
Woodcock | |
| | | |
Minister
without
Portfolio | Paul
Richards | |
| | Andy
Bagnall | |
(1
)In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Dan
Corry, Paul Gregg, Shriti Vadera, Michael Jacobs, and Stewart Wood to
the Council of Economic Advisers on special adviser
terms.
(2 )Plus Sue Nye
appointed as an unpaid
adviser.
|
Pay
bands for
2006-2007
The
pay bands and pay ranges for special advisers for 2006-07 are as
follows:
Pay Band 4:
£84,000 to
£100,900
Pay Band 3 and
Premium: £62,800 to
£97,500
Pay Band 2:
£49,300 to
£65,400
Pay Band 1:
£38,100 to
£51,100
Pay Band 0: Up to
£38,100
Advisers by Pay
Band
At 24 July
2006, the number of special advisers in each pay band by department is
as
follows:
| | Pay
band |
| Department | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
No
10(1) | — | (2)6 | 2 | (2)13 | (2)1 |
Deputy
Prime Minister’s
Office | — | 1(2) | — | 1 | — |
Cabinet
Office | — | (2)2 | — | — | — |
Communities
& Local
Government | — | (2)1 | (2)2 | — | — |
Chief
Whips’ Offices (Commons and
Lords) | — | 1(2) | 2 | — | — |
Constitutional
Affairs | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Culture,
Media and
Sport | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Defence | — | 1(2) | 1(2) | — | — |
Education
and
Skills | — | 1(2) | 2(2) | — | — |
Environment,
Food and Rural
Affairs | — | — | 1(2) | 1(2) | — |
Foreign
and Commonwealth Office (Includes Minister for Europe and Minister for
Trade) | 1(2) | 2(2) | - | 3(2) | — |
Health | — | 1(1) | 1(2) | - | — |
Home
Office | — | 1(1) | — | 2(2) | — |
International
Development | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Leader
of the House of Commons and Lord Privy
Seal | — | (2)1 | 1 | — | — |
Leader
of the House of Lords and Lord President of the
Council | — | (2)2 | — | — | — |
Secretary
of State for Northern Ireland and Wales | — | (2)4 | — | — | — |
Secretary
of State for Scotland and
Transport | — | — | 1 | (2)1 | — |
Trade
and
Industry(3) | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
HM
Treasury(3),
(4) | — | 1 | (2)2 | 1 | — |
Work
and
Pensions | — | 1 | — | — | (2)1 |
24 July 2006 : Column 91WS
Minister
without
Portfolio | — | (2)1 | — | (2)1 | — |
Total | 1 | 29 | 17 | 23 | 4 |
(1
)Plus three special advisers who are paid beyond Pay Band 4 but
within the scheme ceiling.
(2
)Includes provisional salaries yet to be
agreed.
(3) Plus one unpaid
Adviser.
(4 )Plus the five
members of the Council of Economic Advisers who are employed on special
adviser terms (one in Band 4, three in Band 3, and one in Band 1). One
of the members of the Council works part
time.
|
Paybill
costs
The cost of
special advisers in 2005-2006 was £5.9
million(1)
(1
)This figure includes salary, severance pay and estimate of
pension
costs.
