The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron):
Listed below are the names of the special advisers in post at 10 June 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, and the total pay bill cost of special advisers for 2009-10.
Also being published today are revised versions of the Model Contract and Code of Conduct for Special Advisers. Copies have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Appointing Minister
Special Adviser in Post
Payband
Salary if £58,200 or higher (£)
The Prime Minister
Andy Coulson
Within scheme ceiling
140,000
Edward Llewellyn
Within scheme ceiling
125,000
Kate Fall
PB4
100,000
Jonny Oates
PB4
98,500
Gabby Bertin
PB3
80,000
Tim Chatwin
PB3
70,000
Steve Hilton
PB3
90,000
Polly Mackenzie
PB3
80,000
Henry Macrory
PB3
70,000
James O'Shaughnessy
PB3
87,000
Liz Sugg
PB3
80,000
Peter Campbell
PB2
60,000
Sean Kemp
PB2
60,000
Gavin Lockhart
PB2
Michael Salter
PB2
65,000
Rohan Silva
PB2
60,000
Sean Worth
PB2
James McGrory
PB1
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Deputy Prime Minister
Lena Pietsch
PB3
80,000
Richard Reeves(1)
PB3
85,000
Alison Suttie
PB3
80,000
Chris Saunders
PB2
60,000
First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Arminka Helic
Denzil Davidson
PB3
PB2
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
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
Jenny Parsons
Vacancy
PB2
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
Secretary of State for Transport
Sian Jones
Paul Stephenson
PB2
PB2
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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Simon Cawte
Will Littlejohn
PB2
PB1
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
Willie Rennie (unpaid)
Secretary of State for Wales
Vacancy
Secretary of State for Culture, Media, the Olympics and Sport
Sue Beeby
Adam Smith
PB1
PB1
Chief Secretary
Will de Peyer
Vacancy
PB2
63,000
Minister without Portfolio
Vacancy
Leader of the House of Lords, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Flo Coleman
Vacancy
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)Takes up post with effect from 5 July. (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.
The pay bands and pay ranges for special advisers for 2010-11 are as follows:
Special Adviser Pay Bands for 2010-11
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 Band1
£40,352 - £54,121
Pay Band 0
Up to £40,352
Pay bill costs
The pay bill for special advisers in 2009-10 was £6.8 million.
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Transport
Transport (Local Authority Major Schemes)
The Secretary of State for Transport (Mr Philip Hammond):
The Government have made clear their most urgent priority is to tackle the UK's record budget deficit, in order to restore confidence in the economy and support the recovery. The Department for Transport will play a full part in the spending review which will be reporting in the autumn. Only once the Government's spending review has been concluded will the Department for Transport be in a position to identify those major investments that can be supported.
The Government have also made a commitment-as set out in the Coalition Agreement-to reform the way decisions are made on which transport projects are prioritised.
Given the uncertainties which both of these factors create, and in view of the likely budgetary constraints, and the consequent likelihood that not all schemes will be able to proceed on their planned timetable, it would be inappropriate for the Department to continue to invest time and resources on development of schemes at the same rate as before. Local authorities will also wish to consider carefully whether investing further time and resources in developing such schemes ahead of the spending review is justified. They should not assume that schemes prioritised under the previous Government's regional funding allocations (RFA) process will be funded to the previous published levels.
I am therefore today taking steps to help avoid unnecessary expenditure, while the Government consider their transport priorities:
The previous Major Schemes Guidance for Local Authorities and associated approval processes are being suspended until further notice.
All schemes that were granted conditional approval or programme entry by the previous Government will be reviewed as part of the spending review. Until then, the Government can give no assurances on funding support for any of these schemes.
