DRAFT WMS ON SPECIAL ADVISER NUMBERS AND COSTS
THE PRIME MINISTER
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 2010-2011.
The estimated paybill for the period 12 May 2010 to 31 March 2011 remains at £4.9m. The paybill cost, including severance, for the period 1 April 2010 to 12 May 2010, totalled £2.1m, of which £1.8m was severance.
In future, this list of special advisers will be updated on a quarterly basis, and published on the No10 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 Payband Salary if Post £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 Bertin PB3 80,000 Tim Chatwin PB3 70,000 Steve Hilton PB3 90,000 Polly Mackenzie1 PB3 80,000 Henry Macrory PB3 70,000 James O’Shaughnessy PB3 87,000 Lena Pietsch1 PB3 80,000 Liz Sugg PB3 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 PB3 85,000 Alison Suttie PB3 80,000 Chris Saunders PB2 60,000 James McGrory PB1 First Secretary of State, Arminka Helic PB3 70,000 Secretary of State for Denzil Davidson PB2 Foreign and Will Littlejohn PB1 Commonwealth Affairs Chancellor of the Ramesh Chhabra PB2 60,000 Exchequer2 Poppy Mitchell-Rose PB1
Lord Chancellor and David Hass PB2 69,266 Secretary of State for Kathryn Laing PB1 Justice 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 Luke Coffey PB2 60,740 Defence Oliver Waghorn PB2 60,740 Hayden Allan PB2 Secretary of State for Katie Waring PB1 Business, Innovation Giles Wilkes PB1 and Skills Secretary of State for Susie Squire PB2 Work and Pensions Philippa Stroud PB2 69,250
Secretary of State for Duncan Brack PB2 67,000 Energy and Climate Joel Kenrick PB2 Change Secretary of State for Bill Morgan PB3 76,000 Health Jenny Parsons PB2
Secretary of State for Henry de Zoete PB2 Education Elena Narozanski PB1 Secretary of State for Giles Kenningham PB2 64,500 Communities and Sheridan Westlake PB2 64,500 Local Government Secretary of State for Sian Jones PB2 Transport Paul Stephenson PB2 Secretary of State for Simon Cawte PB2 Environment, Food and 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 PB1 Wales Secretary of State for Adam Smith PB2 Culture, Media, the Sue Beeby PB1 Olympics and Sport Chief Secretary Will de Peyer PB2 63,000 Julia Goldsworthy3 PB3 74,000 Minister without Naweed Khan PB0 Portfolio Leader of the House of Flo Coleman PB0 Lords, and Chancellor Elizabeth Hanna PB0 of the Duchy of Lancaster Minister for the Laura Trott PB2 Cabinet Office, Paymaster General 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) Chris White PB2 Ben Williams PB2 68,000
1 Appointed by the Deputy Prime Minister and based in No.10 2 In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Rupert Harrison (PB3, £80,000), and Eleanor Shawcross (PB2) to the Council of Economic Advisers. 3 Julia 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