Government Departments: Ministerial Policy Advisers
(asked on 26th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost has been to the public purse of independent policy advisers across all government departments since May 2010.
This question was answered on 2nd February 2015
Independent policy advisers is not a category of staff or profession that is recognised in the Civil Service. Departments may commission policy advice externally including through the Contestable Policy programme. Comprehensive details are not held centrally.