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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Ministerial Policy Advisers: Pay (14 April 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average pay is of (a) all, (b) male and (c) female special advisers.

Asked by:
Sir Bernard Jenkin (Conservative)

Answer

The Government is committed to publishing information about the cost of special advisers. Information on the numbers, costs and specific salaries of special advisers is therefore published on an annual basis.

The latest publication of this information can be accessed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486829/List_of_Special_Advisers_in_post_at_17_December_2015.pdf

Information on the numbers of Special Advisers employed by the Government is published annually. The most recent publication of this information can be accessed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486829/List_of_Special_Advisers_in_post_at_17_December_2015.pdf

Special Advisers are employees of the specific department they work for. Due to this, demographic information on Special Advisers is not centrally held.


Answered by:
Matt Hancock (Conservative)
20 April 2016

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