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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Special Advisers (27 February 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money has been spent on (a) recruiting, (b) employing and (c) dismissing special advisers since he took office.

Asked by:
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour)

Answer

A report on the numbers and costs of special advisers is provided to Parliament and published on an annual basis. The report for financial year 2018/2019 was published in December 2019 and can be accessed here: Annual Report on Special Advisers 2019.

The report covering the current financial year will be published in due course.


Answered by:
Chloe Smith (Conservative)
3 March 2020

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