To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many special advisers were employed in his Department at each pay band on 30 November 2008; and what his Department’s expenditure on special advisers was in 2007-08. (243561)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1891W, to the hon. Member for Taunton (Mr. Browne).