Appointing Minister Special Adviser in Current Actual Salary Post Payband if £63k or higher (£) The Prime Minister Ed Llewellyn PB4 140,000 Craig Oliver PB4 140,000 Camilla Cavendish PB4 130,000 Graeme Wilson PB4 110,000 Kate Fall PB4 100,000 Ameet Gill PB4 98,000 Liz Sugg PB4 98,000 Daniel Korski PB3 93,000 Gabby Bertin PB3 92,000 Nick Seddon PB3 88,000 Giles Kenningham PB3 87,750 Caroline Preston PB3 85,000 Laurence Mann PB3 82,000 Christian Guy PB3 80,000 Stephen Heidari- Robinson PB3 80,000 Mats Persson PB3 80,000 Rachel Wolf1 PB3 80,000 Adam Atashzai PB3 72,000 Max Chambers PB3 72,000 Laura Trott PB3 72,000 Sheridan Westlake PB3 72,000 Jess Cunniffe PB2 68,000 Kate Marley PB2 65,000 Alex Morton PB2 Richard Parr PB2 Martha Varney PB2 Ed de Minckwitz PB2 Kate Shouesmith PB2 Richard Chew PB1 Elizabeth Hodgkinson PB1 Rosie Lyburn PB1 Frances Trivett PB1 1 Rachel Wolf works part-time. First Secretary of State James Chapman PB4 125,000 and Chancellor of the Thea Rogers PB4 98,000 Exchequer2 3 Sue Beeby PB3 73,000 Matthew Cook PB2 Simon Glasson PB1 Lisa Buckland PB1 Secretary of State for Hayden Allan PB3 70,000 Foreign and Graham Hook PB3 70,000 Commonwealth Affairs Duncan McCourt PB2 65,000 Secretary of State for Alex Dawson PB3 81,000 the Home Department Elizabeth Sanderson PB3 74,000 Will Tanner PB2 69,250 Secretary of State for James Wild PB2 68,000 Defence Ben Mascall PB2 Secretary of State for Nick King PB3 72,000 Business, Innovation Salma Shah PB2 66,000 and Skills; and Daniel Gilbert4 PB2 President of the Board of Trade Secretary of State for Annabelle Eyre PB2 69,250 Work and Pensions Lizzie Loudon PB2 Flora Rose PB2 Lord Chancellor and Henry Cook PB2 64,000 Secretary of State for Henry Newman PB2 64,000 Justice Beth Armstrong PB2 Secretary of State for Luke Tryl PB2 Education and Minister Lee Davis PB1 for Women & Equalities George Looker PB1 Secretary of State for Meg Powell-Chandler PB2 Communities and Local Jacob Wilmer PB2 Government 2 In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Richard Davies (PB4, £98,000), Neil O’Brien (PB3, £93,450), and Jennifer Donnellan (PB1) to the Council of Economic Advisers. 3 Eleanor Wolfson is also a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, and is currently on maternity leave. 4 Daniel Gilbert also supports the Minister of State for Universities and Science. Secretary of State for Ed Jones PB2 66,000 Health Paul Harrison PB2 66,000 Christina Robinson5 PB2 Leader of the House of Iain Carter PB2 Lords, Lord Privy Seal Richard Holden PB2 Laura Holloway PB2 Secretary of State for Guy Robinson PB2 Environment, Food and Emma Boon PB2 Rural Affairs Secretary of State for Simon Bishop PB3 74,000 International Jo Corlett PB2 Development Secretary of State for Ramsay Jones PB2 65,000 Scotland Mary Macleod6 PB2 Keelan Carr PB2 Secretary of State for Guy Newey PB3 70,000 Energy and Climate Mo Hussein PB2 Change Secretary of State for Julian Glover PB3 83,000 Transport Simon Burton PB2 Tim Smith PB1 Secretary of State for Carrie Symonds PB2 Culture, Media and Aline Nassif PB2 Sport Secretary of State for Jonathan Caine PB3 74,000 Northern Ireland Secretary of State for Emily Poole PB2 Wales Tomos Davies PB1 Lord President of the Simon Jones PB2 67,000 Council and Leader of Ruth Porter7 PB2 65,000 the House of Commons Chief Whip James Marshall PB3 75,000 (Parliamentary Alastair Masser PB2 Secretary to the Treasury) Minister for the Cabinet Tim Pitt PB2 Office, Paymaster Lottie Dexter PB2 General 5 Christina Robinson works part-time. 6 As a former Member of Parliament, Mary Macleod was an unpaid special adviser up to 31 August 2015 as she received a Resettlement Grant when she lost her parliamentary seat at the May General Election. 7 Ruth Porter works part-time. Minister of State (Small Elliott Burton PB1 Business, Industry and Enterprise), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Minister of State (Trade Simone Finn8 PB2 and Investment), Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Minister of state Ed Boyd PB2 (Minister for Employment), Department for Work and Pensions Special Adviser Pay Bands for 2015-16 PB1 - up to 52,999 PB2 - 53,000 - 69,999 PB3 - 70,000 - 94,999 PB4 - 95,000 - 142,000 Pay Bill costs The special adviser pay bill cost for 2014-15 was £9.2m, excluding the cost of severance, which was £1.9m (net of repayments from special advisers who were re- appointed in May 2015). The estimated pay bill cost for 2015-16 is £8.4m. 8 Simone Finn also provides support to the Minister of State for Skills, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, on Trade Union reform. .