UK Government Special Advisers

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Special advisers are temporary civil servants, exempted from normal civil service impartiality requirements in order to allow them to give political advice to Ministers.[1] Since 1997 there have been a number of moves to increase their ability to direct permanent civil servants.[2]

List of Special advisors - 16 July 2009

Gordon Brown gave the following list of special advisers to Parliament in July 2009:

Listed below are the names of special advisers in post at 16 July 2009, the special advisers' pay ranges for 2009-10, the number of special advisers in each pay band by Department and the total pay bill cost of special advisers for 2008-09.
All special advisers are appointed under terms and conditions set out in the Model Contract and Code of Conduct for Special Advisers to provide assistance on the full range of their appointing Minister's departmental responsibilities.
Appointing Minister Special Adviser in post
The Prime Minister Greg Beales Theo Bertram Nicola Burdett Nick Butler Konrad Caulkett (p-t) Matt Cavanagh Brendan Cox Dan Corry Colin Currie (p-t) Patrick Diamond Michael Dugher Justin Forsyth Stuart Hudson Michael Jacobs Gavin Kelly Richard Lloyd Kirsty McNeill David Muir Sue Nye (p-t) Nick Pearce Lisa Perrin Wilf Stevenson Anthony Vigor Stewart Wood John Woodcock
Minister for Cabinet Office and the Olympics and Paymaster General Robert Philpot
Chief Whip (Commons) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Gary Follis Luke Sullivan
Chief Whip (Lords) Ben Coffman Sue Jackson
First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and Lord President of the Council Geoffrey Norris Patrick Loughran
Minister of State (Business) Matt Cooke
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Francine Bates Alex Belardinelli
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Ann Rossiter Jake Sumner
Minister of State (Housing) Ian Parker
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Philip French Lenny Shallcross
Secretary of State for Defence Alaina Macdonald Andrew Bagnall
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Polly Billington Tom Restrick
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Wesley Ball Beatrice Stern
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Madlin Sadler/Sarah Schaefer (job share)
Secretary of State for Health Katie Myler
Secretary of State for the Home Department Clare Montagu Mario Dunn
Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal and Minister for Women and Equality Ayesha Hazarika Anna Healy
Leader of the House of Lords, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Philip Bassett Jonathan Pearse
Secretary of State for International Development Richard Darlington Stephen Doughty
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Mark Davies Declan McHugh
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Oonagh Blackman
Secretary of State for Scotland John McTeman Tom Greatrex
Secretary of State for Transport Claire MacAleese David Learn
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sam White Catherine McCleod
Chief Secretary Tony Danker David Mills Graham Dale
Secretary of State for Wales Andrew Bold Dan Lodge
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Will McDonald Eleanor Wilcox
(1) In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Torsten Henricson-Bell and Geoffrey Spence to the Council of Economic Advisers.[3]

External Resources

Notes

  1. Code of Conduct for Special Advisors, Cabinet Office, accessed 21 July 2009.
  2. Special Advisers - What are they?, civilservant.org.uk, accessed 21 July 2009.
  3. Special Advisers - Prime Minister - Written answers and statements, 16 July 2009, They Work For You.com, accessed 20 July 2009.