The Prime Minister (Mr. Gordon Brown):
Listed below are the names of special advisers in post at 16 July 2009, the special advisers' pay ranges for 2009-10, the number of special advisers in each pay band by Department and the total pay bill cost of special advisers for 2008-09.
All special advisers are appointed under terms and conditions set out in the Model Contract and Code of Conduct for Special Advisers to provide assistance on the full range of their appointing Minister's departmental responsibilities.
Appointing Minister
Special Adviser in post
The Prime Minister
Greg Beales
Theo Bertram
Nicola Burdett
Nick Butler
Konrad Caulkett (p-t)
Matt Cavanagh
Brendan Cox
Dan Corry
Colin Currie (p-t)
Patrick Diamond
Michael Dugher
Justin Forsyth
Stuart Hudson
Michael Jacobs
Gavin Kelly
Richard Lloyd
Kirsty McNeill
David Muir
Sue Nye (p-t)
Nick Pearce
Lisa Perrin
Wilf Stevenson
Anthony Vigor
Stewart Wood
John Woodcock
Minister for Cabinet Office and the Olympics and Paymaster General
Robert Philpot
Chief Whip (Commons) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Gary Follis
Luke Sullivan
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Chief Whip (Lords)
Ben Coffman
Sue Jackson
First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Lord President of the Council
Geoffrey Norris
Patrick Loughran
Minister of State (Business)
Matt Cooke
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families
Francine Bates
Alex Belardinelli
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Ann Rossiter
Jake Sumner
Minister of State (Housing)
Ian Parker
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Philip French
Lenny Shallcross
Secretary of State for Defence
Alaina Macdonald
Andrew Bagnall
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Polly Billington
Tom Restrick
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wesley Ball
Beatrice Stern
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Madlin Sadler/Sarah Schaefer (job share)
Secretary of State for Health
Katie Myler
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Clare Montagu
Mario Dunn
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equality
Ayesha Hazarika
Anna Healy
Leader of the House of Lords, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Philip Bassett
Jonathan Pearse
Secretary of State for International Development
Richard Darlington
Stephen Doughty
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Mark Davies
Declan McHugh
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Oonagh Blackman
Secretary of State for Scotland
John McTeman
Tom Greatrex
Secretary of State for Transport
Claire MacAleese
David Learn
Chancellor of the Exchequer(1)
Sam White
Catherine McCleod
Chief Secretary
Tony Danker
David Mills
Graham Dale
Secretary of State for Wales
Andrew Bold
Dan Lodge
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Will McDonald
Eleanor Wilcox
(1) In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Torsten Henricson-Bell and Geoffrey Spence to the Council of Economic Advisers.
Pay bands for 2009-10
The pay bands and pay ranges for special advisers for 2009-10 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
Advisers by Pay Band
At 16 July 2009, there were 74 Special Advisers in post. The number of special advisers in each pay band by department is as follows:
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Pay band (1)
Department
1
2
3
4
No. 10 (2)
4
5
14
Cabinet Office
1
Chief Whips' Offices (Commons and Lords)
2
2
Business, Innovation and Skills
1
1
1
Children, Schools and Families
2
Communities and Local Government
1
1
Culture, Media and Sport
1
Defence
2
Energy and Climate Change
2
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
1
1
Foreign and Commonwealth Office(3)
1
Health
1
Home Office
2
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equality
1
1
Leader of the House of Lords and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1
1
International Development
1
1
Justice (Lord Chancellor)
1
Northern Ireland Office
1
Scotland Office
1
1
Transport
1
1
HM Treasury(4)
1
3
3
Wales Office
1
Work and Pensions
1
1
Total
12
26
30
1
Paybill costs
The paybill for special advisers in 2008-2009 was £5.9m(5).
(1)Plus three special advisers whose pay bands have yet to be agreed.
(2)Plus two special advisers who are paid beyond Pay Band 4 but within the scheme ceiling.
(3)Job share
(4)Includes the two members of the Council of Economic Advisers who are employed on special adviser terms.
(5)This figure includes salary, severance pay and estimate of pension costs.
UK Visits 2008-09
The Prime Minister (Mr. Gordon Brown):
I have today published a list of the UK visits I made during the financial year 2008-09.
