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Mr. Malcolm Bruce
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will list the numbers of, and salary bill for, political advisers on the latest date for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [80114]
Dr. Jack Cunningham
There are currently 67 Special Advisers in post. The total pay bill for Special Advisers in 1998–99, including pension contributions, was £3.5 million.