UK Government Special Advisers
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
- Wikipedia Special Advisers in the United Kingdom
- Special advisers - House of Commons Library research note SN/PC/03813, Oonagh Gay, Last updated 16 April 2009.
- Code of Conduct for Special Advisors, Cabinet Office, accessed 21 July 2009.
- Special Advisers - What are they?, civilservant.org.uk, accessed 21 July 2009.
Notes
- ↑ Code of Conduct for Special Advisors, Cabinet Office, accessed 21 July 2009.
- ↑ Special Advisers - What are they?, civilservant.org.uk, accessed 21 July 2009.
- ↑ Special Advisers - Prime Minister - Written answers and statements, 16 July 2009, They Work For You.com, accessed 20 July 2009.
