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Written question asked by Mark Hoban (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 July 2006. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Monday, 24 July 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.

Sir David Varney

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much Sir David Varney is being paid to act as a senior adviser on Transformational Government; and who is meeting the cost;
Answer

The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the 2006 Budget the appointment of Sir David Varney to advise him on opportunities for transforming the delivery of public services. Details of Sir David's work are set out in ““Releasing the Resources to Meet the Challenges Ahead: Value for Money in the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review”” (Cm 6889). He will report to the Chancellor on his findings in time to inform the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review.Sir David will work full time as the Chancellor's senior adviser on transformational government until December 2006 and will be employed on civil service pay and conditions. His remuneration will be included in Her Majesty’s Treasury's 2006-07 Resource Accounts.Sir David's work on transformational government forms part of the work of Her Majesty’s Treasury. No additional staff have been recruited and costs will be met from within existing budgets.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
449 c1064-5W; 88214
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Pay Varney, David
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk