PRIME MINISTER

Written Ministerial Statement

17 July 2012

Special Advisers

Listed below are the names of the special advisers in post at 17 July 2012, including each ’s pay band, and actual salary where this is £58,200 or higher, together with details of the special advisers’ pay ranges for 2012-13.

The paybill for the period 2011-12 was £6.2m1. This compares to £6.8m for the period 2009-10 (excluding severance payments made at the General Election to special advisers in the last Administration).

Appointing Minister Special Adviser in Post Payband Salary if £58,200 or higher (£) The Prime Minister Andrew Cooper Within scheme ceiling 140,000 Craig Oliver Within scheme ceiling 140,000 Edward Llewellyn Within scheme ceiling 125,000 Kate Fall PB4 100,000 Julian Glover PB3 83,000 Gabby Bertin PB3 80,000 Liz Sugg PB3 80,000

Patrick Rock PB3 78,000 Andrew Dunlop PB3 74,000 Rohan Silva PB2 69,266 Ameet Gill PB2 67,000 Michael Salter PB2 65,000 Ramsay Jones PB2 65,000 Claire Foges PB2 63,000 Alan Sendorek PB2 60,000 Shaun Bailey PB2 60,000 Laura Trott PB2 60,000 Isabel Spearman (p/t) PB2 Alex Dawson PB1

Deputy Prime Minister Jonny Oates PB4 98,500 Neil Sherlock PB3 80,000 Joanne Foster PB2 65,000 James McGrory PB1

No. 10 Advisers 2 Julian Astle PB3 80,000 3 Olly Grender PB3 80,000 Sean Kemp PB2 60,000 Tim Colbourne PB1

Departmental advisers 4 Bridget Harris PB2 5 69,266 Veena Hudson PB2 6 65,000 John Foster PB1 7 Matt Sanders PB1 8 Verity Harding PB1 9 Monica Allen PB1

First Secretary of State, PB3 70,000 Secretary of State for Chloe Dalton PB2 64,500 Foreign and Denzil Davidson PB2 Commonwealth Affairs Chancellor of the Ramesh Chhabra PB2 60,000 Exchequer10 Poppy Mitchell-Rose PB1

Lord Chancellor and David Hass PB2 69,266 Secretary of State for Kathryn Laing PB1 Justice

Appointing Minister Special Adviser in Post Payband Salary if £58,200 or higher (£) Secretary of State for Fiona Cunningham PB2 65,000 the Home Department Nick Timothy PB2 65,000 and Minister for Women and Equality Secretary of State for Hayden Allan PB2 Defence Secretary of State for Emily Walch PB2 60,000 Business, Innovation Giles Wilkes PB1 and Skills Secretary of State for Philippa Stroud PB2 69,250 Work and Pensions Lisa Hunter PB1 Secretary of State for Chris Nicholson PB3 80,000 Energy and Climate Katie Waring PB2 Change Secretary of State for Bill Morgan PB3 76,000 Health Paul Stephenson PB3 68,000

Secretary of State for PB2 69,266 Education Henry de Zoete PB2

Secretary of State for Giles Kenningham PB2 64,500 Communities and Sheridan Westlake PB2 64,500 Local Government Secretary of State for Graham Hook PB2 65,000 Transport Victoria Crawford PB2

Secretary of State for Amy Fisher PB2 60,000 Environment, Food and Simon Cawte PB2 Rural Affairs Secretary of State for Philippa Buckley PB1 International Richard Parr PB1 Development Secretary of State for Jonathan Caine PB2 69,266 Northern Ireland Secretary of State for Euan Roddin PB2 60,000 Scotland Secretary of State for Richard Hazlewood PB2 Wales Secretary of State for Sue Beeby PB2 Culture, Media, the Guy Levin PB1 Olympics and Sport Chief Secretary PB3 74,000 Will de Peyer PB2 63,000

Minister without Naweed Khan PB0 Portfolio Leader of the House of James Marshall PB2 Lords, and Chancellor Elizabeth Plummer PB1 of the Duchy of Flora Coleman PB0 Lancaster

Minister for the Henry Newman PB2 Cabinet Office, Simone Finn (p/t) PB2 Paymaster General

Appointing Minister Special Adviser in Post Payband Salary if £58,200 or higher (£) Minister of State, Martha Varney PB1 Cabinet Office Minister of State Nick Hillman PB2 (Universities and Science), BIS Leader of the House of Robert Riddell PB2 Commons and Lord Privy Seal Chief Whip (Commons) Ben Williams PB2 68,000 Chris White PB2

1 Includes salary, severance pay and pension contributions 2 Maternity leave cover for Polly Mackenzie 3 Maternity leave cover for Lena Pietsch 4 Covering work in the House of Lords 5 Covering work in the Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Transport and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 6 Covering work in the Department of Health and Department for Work and Pensions. 7 Covering work in the Cabinet Office, Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 8 Covering work in the and Ministry of Justice. 9 Covering work in the Ministry of Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development. 10 In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed (PB3, £80,000), and Eleanor Shawcross (PB2) to the Council of Economic Advisers.

Special Adviser Pay Bands for 2012-13

The pay bands and pay ranges for special advisers for 2012-13 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