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Special Advisers in post at 17 July 2012 in CSV Format

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Listed below are the names of the special advisers in post at 17 July 2012, including each special adviser's pay band, and actual salary where this is £58,200 or higher, together with details of the special adviser pay ranges for 2012-13.
The paybill for the period 2011-12 was £6.2M1. This compares to £6.8m for the period 2009-10 (excluding severance payments made at the General Election to special advisers in the last Administration).
Appointing Minister
The Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Chancellor of the Exchequer10
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Secretary of State for the Home Department and Minister for Women and Equality
Secretary of State for Defence
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Secretary of State for Health
Secretary of State for Education
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Secretary of State for Transport
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State for International Development
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Secretary of State for Scotland
Secretary of State for Wales
Secretary of State for Culture, Media, the Olympics and Sport
Chief Secretary
Minister without Portfolio
Leader of the House of Lords, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General
Minister of State, Cabinet Office
Minister of State (Universities and Science), BIS
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal
Chief Whip (Commons)
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 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
7. 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 the 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: