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Value for Money?

The Cabinet Office has now released the details of the highest earning civil servants, those with a salary of more than £150,000

More MoD staff appear in this this list than any other department, accounting for 16% of the total number and £14% of the £29.3 million annual salary and allowance bill. Defence is about 6.5% of total government spending.

Name	Job Title	Grade	Annual pay rate - inc benefits
Sir Jock Stirrup	Chief of the Defence Staff	Air Chief Marshal	£240,000 - £244,999
Sir Mark Stanhope	First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval staff	Admiral	£175,000 - £179,999
Sir Kevin O'Donoghue	Chief of Defence Materiel	General	£175,000 - £179,999
Peter Ruddock	Saudi Arabia Project Team	Air Marshal	£175,000 - £179,999
Sir David Richards	Chief of the General Staff	General	£165,000 - £169,999
Sir Stephen Dalton	Chief of the Air Staff	Air Chief Marshal	£165,000 - £169,999
Sir Nicholas Houghton	Vice Chief of the Defence Staff	General	£165,000 - £169,999
Sir John McColl	Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe	General	£165,000 - £169,999
Sir Trevor Soar	Commander-In-Chief Fleet	Admiral	£160,000 - £164,999
Sir Peter Wall	Commander-in-Chief Land Forces	General	£160,000 - £164,999
Andrew Tyler	Chief Operating Officer Defence Equipment and Support	Director General	£200,000 - £204,999
Andrew Manley	DG Defence Commercial	Director General	£195,000 - £199,999
Sir Bill Jeffrey	Permanent Under Secretary	Permanent Secretary	£175,000 - £179,999
Jon Thompson	DG Finance	Director General	£175,000 - £179,999
John Hirst	Chief Executive Met Office	Director	£170,000 - £174,999
Mike Robinson	Chief Executive UK Hydrographic Office	Director	£170,000 - £174,999
Les Mosco	Director Commercial Defence Equipment and Support	Director	£165,000 - £169,999
Susanna Mason	Director Industrial Relationships	Director	£160,000 - £164,999
Ursula Brennan	2nd Permanent Under Secretary	Permanent Secretary	£155,000 - £159,999
Archie Hughes	Chief Executive Defence Support Group	Director	£155,000 - £159,999
Stephen Love	Chief Executive/Chief Constable MoD Police and Guarding Agency	Director	£155,000 - £159,999
Bruce Houlder QC	Director Service Prosecutions	Director	£150,000 - £154,999
Ian Rushby	Non-Executive Director Defence Board and Chair Audit Committee	Non-Executive	£40k
David Allen	Non-Executive Director Defence Board and Chair Audit Committee	Non-Executive	£40k
Sir Richard Mottram	Non-Executive Chair DSTL	Non-Executive	£40k
Sandra Rogers	Non-Executive Chair UKHO	Non-Executive	£40k
Jamie Pike	Non-Executive Chair DSG	Non-Executive	£40k
Robert Napier	Non-Executive Chair Met Office	Non-Executive	£40k

The non execs work between 30 and 40 days per year

Plus of course, the ministers themselves;

Dr Liam Fox – Secretary of State for Defence
Nick Harvey – Minister for the Armed Forces
Gerald Howarth – Minister for International Security Strategy
Andrew Robathan – Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans
Lord Astor of Hever – Under Secretary of State for Defence (spokesman in Lords)
Peter Luff – Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology