Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff of each civil service grade are employed in the private office of each Minister of his Department; and what the pay band of each such member of staff is.

This answer covers the private offices of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, Parliamentary Under Secretary (Minister for Civil Society), Parliamentary Under Secretary (Minister for Constitutional Reform) and the Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Cabinet Office.

The total number of staff employed in these offices is SCS1 x 1, Band A x 4, Band B2 x 5, Band B1 x 8, Band C x 3.

The Cabinet Office pay bands for each grade are as follows:

SCS1 £62,000 - £117,800

Band A £46,000 - £60,484

B2 £30,117 - £38,484

B1 £23,793 - £30,093

C £19,790 - £24,430