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Special Advisers

Volume 517: debated on Thursday 28 October 2010

Listed below are the names of the special advisers in post at 28 October 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 2010-11.

The estimated paybill for the period 12 May 2010 to 31 March 2011 remains at £4.9 million.

The paybill cost, including severance, for the period 1 April 2010 to 12 May 2010, totalled £2.1 million, of which £1.8 million was severance.

In future, this list of special advisers will be updated on a quarterly basis, and published on the No 10 website.

For the first time, departments are also publishing today, on their websites, details of gifts and hospitality received by their special advisers during the period 13 May to 31 July.

This information will be updated and published on departmental websites on a quarterly basis.

Appointing Minister

Special Adviser in Post

Payband

Salaryif £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

Gabby Berlin

PB3

80,000

Tim Chatwin

PBS

70,000

Steve Hilton

PBS

90,000

Polly Mackenzie1

PBS

80,000

Henry Macrory

PBS

70,000

James O'Shaughnessy

PBS

87,000

Lena Pietsch1

PBS

80,000

Liz Sugg

PBS

80,000

Peter Campbell

PB2

60,000

Sean Kemp1

PB2

60,000

Gavin Lockhart

PB2

Michael Salter

PB2

65,000

Rohan Silva

PB2

60,000

Isabel Spearman (p/t)

PB2

Sean Worth

PB2

Tim Colbourne1

PB1

Deputy Prime Minister

Jonny Oates

PB4

98,500

Richard Reeves

PBS

85,000

Alison Suttie

PBS

80,000

Chris Saunders

PB2

60,000

James McGrory

PB1

First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Arminka Helic

PBS3

70,000

Denzil Davidson

PB2

Will Littlejohn

PB1

Chancellor of the Exchequer2

Ramesh Chhabra

PB2

60,000

Poppy Mitchell-Rose

PB1

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

David Hass

PB2

69,266

Kathryn Laing

PB1

Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equality

Fiona Cunningham

PB2

65,000

Nick Timothy

PB2

65,000

Secretary of State for Defence

Luke Coffey

PB2

60,740

Oliver Waghorn

PB2

60,740

Hayden Allan

PB2

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

Katie Waring

PB1

Giles Wilkes

PB1

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions1

Susie Squire

PB2

Philippa Stroud

PB2

69,250

Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Duncan Brack

PB2

67,000

Joel Kenrick

PB2

Secretary of State for Health

Bill Morgan

PB3

76,000

Jenny Parsons

PB2

Secretary of State for Education

Henry de Zoete

PB2

Elena Narozanski

PB1

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Giles Kenningham

PB2

64,500

Sheridan Westlake

PB2

64,500

Secretary of State for Transport

Sian Jones

PB2

Paul Stephenson

PB2

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Simon Cawte

PB2

Secretary of State for International

Development

Philippa Buckley

PB1

Richard Parr

PB1

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Jonathan Caine

PB2

69,266

Secretary of State for Scotland

Euan Roddin

PB2

60,000

Secretary of State for Wales

Richard Hazlewood

PB1

Secretary of State for Culture, Media, the Olympics and Sport

Adam Smith

PB2

Sue Beeby

PB1

Chief Secretary

Will de Peyer

PB2

63,000

Julia Goldsworthy3

PB3

74,000

Minister without Portfolio

Naweed Khan

PB0

Leader of the House of Lords, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Flo Coleman

PB0

Elizabeth Hanna

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

PB2

68,000

Ben Williams

PB2

1Appointed by the Deputy Prime Minister and based in No. 10.

2In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Rupert Harrison (PB3, £80,000), and Eleanor Shawcross (PB2) to the Council of Economic Advisers.

3Julia Goldsworthy will not receive her salary as a special adviser until November 2010, as she was in receipt of a Resettlement Grant when she lost her parliamentary seat at the general election in May.

Special Adviser Pay Bands for 2010-11.

The pay bands and pay ranges for special advisers for 2010-11 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

Pay Band 0

Up to £40,352