Special Advisers
House of Lords
Lord Strathclyde (Leader of the House of Lords, House of Lords; Conservative)
My right honourable friend the Prime Minister has made the following Statement.
Listed below are the names of the special advisers in post at
The paybill for the period 2011-12 was £6.2 million1. This compares to £6.8 million for the period 2009-10 (excluding severance payments made at the general election to special advisers in the last Administration).
| Appointing Minister | Special Adviser in Post | Payband | Salary if £58,200 or higher (£) |
| The Prime Minister | Andrew Cooper | Within scheme ceiling | 140,000 |
| Craig Oliver | Within scheme ceiling | 140,000 | |
| Edward Llewellyn | Within scheme ceiling | 125,000 | |
| Kate Fall | PB4 | 100,000 | |
| Julian Glover | PB3 | 83,000 | |
| Gabby Bertin | PB3 | 80,000 | |
| Liz Sugg | PB3 | 80,000 | |
| Patrick Rock | PB3 | 78,000 | |
| Andrew Dunlop | PB3 | 74,000 | |
| Rohan Silva | PB2 | 69,266 | |
| Ameet Gill | PB2 | 67,000 | |
| Michael Salter | PB2 | 65,000 | |
| Ramsay Jones | PB2 | 65,000 | |
| Claire Foges | PB2 | 63,000 | |
| Alan Sendorek | PB2 | 60,000 | |
| Shaun Bailey | PB2 | 60,000 | |
| Laura Trott | PB2 | 60,000 | |
| Isabel Spearman (p/t) | PB2 | ||
| Alex Dawson | PB1 | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | Jonny Oates | PB4 | 98,500 |
| Neil Sherlock | PB3 | 80,000 | |
| Joanne Foster | PB2 | 65,000 | |
| James McGrory | PB1 | ||
| No. 10 Advisers | |||
| Julian Astle2 | PB3 | 80,000 | |
| Oily Grender3 | PB3 | 80,000 | |
| Sean Kemp | PB2 | 60,000 | |
| Tim Colbourne | PB1 | ||
| Departmental advisers | |||
| Bridget Harris4 | PB2 | 69,266 | |
| Veena Hudson5 | PB2 | 65,000 | |
| John Foster6 | PB1 | ||
| Matt Sanders7 | PB1 | ||
| Verity Harding8 | PB1 | ||
| Monica Allen9 | PB1 | ||
| First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Arminka Helic | PB3 | 70,000 |
| Chloe Dalton | PB2 | 64,500 | |
| Denzil Davidson | PB2 | ||
| Chancellor of the Exchequer10 | Ramesh Chhabra | PB2 | 60,000 |
| ° | Poppy Mitchell-Rose | PB1 | |
| Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice | David Hass | PB2 | 69,266 |
| Kathryn Laing | PB1 | ||
| Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equality | Fiona Cunningham | PB2 | 65,000 |
| Nick Timothy | PB2 | 65,000 | |
| Secretary of State for Defence | Hayden Allan | PB2 | |
| Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | Emily Walch | PB2 | 60,000 |
| Giles Wilkes | PB1 | ||
| Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Philippa Stroud | PB2 | 69,250 |
| Lisa Hunter | PB1 | ||
| Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change | Chris Nicholson | PB3 | 80,000 |
| Katie Waring | PB2 | ||
| Secretary of State for Health | Bill Morgan | PB3 | 76,000 |
| Paul Stephenson | PB3 | 68,000 | |
| Secretary of State for Education | Dominic Cummings | PB2 | 69,266 |
| Henry de Zoete | PB2 | ||
| Secretary of State for Local Government | Giles Kenningham | PB2 | 64,500 |
| Sheridan Westlake | PB2 | 64,500 | |
| Secretary of State for Transport | Graham Hook | PB2 | 65,000 |
| Victoria Crawford | PB2 | ||
| Secretary of State for Environment and Rural Affairs | Amy Fisher | PB2 | 60,000 |
| Simon Cawte | PB2 | ||
| Secretary of State for International Development | Philippa Buckley | PB1 | |
| Richard Parr | PB1 | ||
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Jonathan Caine | PB2 | 69,266 |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | Euan Roddin | PB2 | 60,000 |
| Secretary of State for Wales | Richard Hazlewood | PB2 | |
| Secretary of State for Culture, Media, the Olympics and Sport | Sue Beeby | PB2 | |
| Guy Levin | PB1 | ||
| Chief Secretary | Julia Goldsworthy | PB3 | 74,000 |
| Will de Peyer | PB2 | 63,000 | |
| Minister without Portfolio | Naweed Khan | PBO | |
| Leader of the House of Lords, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | James Marshall | PB2 | |
| Elizabeth Plummer | PB1 | ||
| Flora Coleman | PB0 | ||
| Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General | Henry Newman | PB2 | |
| Simone Finn (p/t) | PB2 | ||
| Minister of State, Cabinet Office | Martha Varney | PB1 | |
| Minister of State (Universities and Science), BIS | Nick Hillman | PB2 | |
| Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal | Robert Riddell | PB2 | |
| Chief Whip (Commons) | Ben Williams | PB2 | 68,000 |
| Chris White | PB2 |
1 Includes salary, severance pay and pension contributions
2 Maternity leave cover for Polly Mackenzie
3 Maternity leave cover for Lena Pietsch
4 Covering work in the House of Lords
5 Covering work in the Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Transport and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
6 Covering work in the Department of Health and Department for Work and Pensions. Covering work in the Cabinet Office, Department for Education and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
8 Covering work in the Home Office and Ministry of Justice.
9 Covering work in the Ministry of Defence, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development.
10 In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Rupert Harrison (PB3, £80,000), and Eleanor Shawcross (PB2) to the Council of Economic Advisers.
Special Adviser Pay Bands for 2012-13
The pay bands and pay ranges for special advisers for 2012-13 are as follows:
Scheme Ceiling £142,668Pay Band 4 £88,966 - £106,864Pay Band 3 and Premium £66,512 £103,263Pay Band 2 £52,215-£69,266 Pay Band 1 £40,352-£54,121 Pay Band 0 up to £40,352