Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) what fee was originally agreed with Fullbrook Strategies for the secondment of the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Mark Fullbrook and (b) whether this amount was greater than the equivalent highest recommended Cabinet Office pay band for UK Government Special Advisors.

Mr Fullbrook is not employed by the Government under a secondment agreement, therefore I can confirm that no such agreement exists.

Mr Fullbrook is employed directly by the Government under the Model Contract for Special Advisers, which sets out the terms of employment for special advisers, including provision for severance payments. Together with the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers and the Civil Service Code, this constitutes a special adviser’s contract of employment with the Crown.

As required by legislation, Special Adviser costs and salaries are routinely published on GOV.UK by the Cabinet Office. The next annual publication is due in 2023.

All special adviser salaries are set within the pay ranges specified in this report.