To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many of her Department’s civil servants work full-time to support departmental special advisers; and what the salary is of each such civil servant. (106513)

One civil servant supports the special advisers in my office, and one civil servant supports the special advisers in the Minister without Portfolio’s office. Both provide administrative support of a non-political nature in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers. They also provide support to the private offices.

Individual civil servants’ salary details are not disclosed in order to protect the privacy of the individual concerned.