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 on 16 July 2009:
- 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 McTernan 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.
