Written evidence submitted by the Cabinet Office (RPPM 04)

STAFFING IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

Thank you for your letter of 27 March, requesting information about staffing in the Prime Minister's Office.

Details on the Senior Civil Servants and Special Advisers working for the Prime Minister are below.

Civil Servants Political staff

Director General, No10, and Principal to the Prime Minister to the Prime Minister • Ed Llewellyn • Chris Martin

Private Office Deputy Chiefs of Staff to the Prime • Simon Case, Deputy Principal Private Minister Secretary • Kate Fall • Nigel Casey, Private Secretary for • Oliver Dowden Foreign Affairs* • Gus Jaspert, Private Secretary for Private Office supporting staff Home Affairs* • Kate Shouesmith • Kate Joseph, Private Secretary for • Isabel Spearman Foreign Affairs and Development* • Frances Trivett • Tim Kiddell, Private Secretary, Speechwriter, and Civil Society (in Policy Unit the Policy Unit)* • Jo Johnson MP, Head of the Policy • Ed Whiting, Private Secretary for Unit**

Public Services* • Christopher Lockwood, Deputy Head • Dan York-Smith, Private Secretary for of the Policy Unit Economic Affairs* • Andrew Dunlop, Scotland • Daniel Korski, Enterprise and Policy Unit Entrepreneurship • Emily Ackroyd, Welfare, Employment • Kate Marley, Policy Unit and Pensions* • Alex Morton, Housing, Communities • Conrad Bailey, Defence* and Local Government • Tim Luke, Business, Innovation and • Richard Parr, International Trade* Development • Antonia Williams, Deputy Director, • Nick Seddon, Health and Social Care Policy Unit* • Tara Singh, Energy and Environment

• Laura Trott, Education and Women

Press Office Press Office • Jean-Christophe Gray, Prime • Craig Oliver, Director of Minister's Official Spokesperson Communications • Helen Bower, Deputy Spokesperson* • Ameet Gill, Strategy/Press and • Emily Hands, Head of NSC/ Afghan Communications communications* • Ramsay Jones, Political Press • Scot Marchbank, Head of News* Adviser, Scotland • Michael Salter, Political Head of Events and Visits Broadcasting • Nicola Hudson, Head of Events & • Alan Sendorek, Political Head of Visits* Press • Graeme Wilson, Political Press Appointments Secretary • Laura Wyld, Head of Appointments* Events and Visits Corporate Services • Liz Sugg, Director of Operations • Helen Lederer, Head of Corporate • Martha Varney Services* External Relations All roles marked with* are Deputy • Gabby Bertin, Director of External Directors Relations

Research & Information • Meg Powell-Chandler

Speechwriter • Clare Foges

**As , Cabinet Office

The total number of Civil Servants currently working in the Prime Minister's Office is 184.6. This includes 1 at Director-General, 2 at Director, 16 at Deputy Director, 24.8 at Band A, 15 at TIS3, 3 at TIS2, 20 at Band B2, 58.05 at Band B1, 44.75 at Band C. The total

number of special advisers currently working for the Prime Minister is 26. This includes 5 within the scheme ceiling, 1 at PB4, 5 at PB3, 9 at PB2, 4 at PB1, and 2 at PBO.

You may be interested to note that details of officials working in the Prime Minister's Office, including numbers of staff and their grades, can be found at http://data.gov.uk/organogram/cabinet-office. The numbers and costs of Special Advisers working in Government are published annually on gov.uk. The most up to date list was published in October 2013 and can be found at https.//www.gov uk/government/publications/speclal-adviser-data-releases-numbers-and­ costs-october-2013. This list also includes information on special advisers based in No10 working for the Deputy Prime Minister.

28 April 2014