Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975

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Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975
Act of Parliament
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Long title An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the salaries of Ministers and Opposition Leaders and Chief Whips and to other matters connected therewith.
Citation 1975 c. 27
Territorial extent  United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent 8 May 1975
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 (c. 27) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that governs the salaries of ministerial and certain other political offices in the UK.

Contents

In 2003, a joint public bill committee deemed the act one of "the fundamental parts of constitutional law..." [1]

Salaries

The act also sets out the salaries of government ministers, government whips, opposition leaders and whips and the speakers of the two houses of Parliament, as set out below: [2] [3] [Note 1]

Government ministers

SalaryOfficeClaimed salary
(April 2020)
MPNot MPMPPeer
£76,762 Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury £75,440N/A
£68,827 Chancellor of the Exchequer £67,505N/A
£68,827£101,038 Lord Chancellor £67,505N/A
Secretary of State £67,505N/A
Cabinet members who hold the offices of: £67,505£104,360
£33,002£78,891Non-cabinet members who hold the offices of:
  • Lord President of the Council,
  • Lord Privy Seal,
  • Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
  • Paymaster General,
  • Chief Secretary to the Treasury or
  • Minister of State
£31,680£81,485
Ministers in charge of government departments who are not a member of the cabinet and who are not eligible for a salary under any other part of the actN/AN/A
Financial Secretary to the Treasury £31,680N/A
£23,697£68,710Parliamentary Secretary (other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)£22,375£70,969
Law Officers
SalaryOfficeClaimed salary
(April 2020)
MPNot MPMPPeer
£95,772£105,699 Attorney General for England and Wales £94,450N/A
£59,248£91,755 Solicitor General for England and Wales £57,962N/A
Advocate General for Scotland N/A£94,772

Government whips

House of Commons
SalaryOfficeClaimed salary
(April 2020)
£68,827 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (if the office holder is a member of the cabinet)£31,680
£33,002Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (if the office holder is not a member of the cabinet)
Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household£31,680
£19,239Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household£17,917
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household£17,917
Junior Lord of the Treasury£17,917
Assistant Whip, House of Commons£17,917
House of Lords
SalaryOfficeClaimed salary
(April 2020)
£78,891 Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms £81,485
£68,710 Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard £70,969
£63,537Lord in Waiting£65,625

Opposition leaders and whips

SalaryOffice
MPNot MP
£63,098£68,710 Leader of the Opposition
£33,002£63,537Chief Opposition Whip
£19,239N/AAssistant Opposition Whip

Speakers in the House of Commons and the House of Lords

SalaryOffice
£75,776 Speaker of the House of Commons
£101,038 Lord Speaker

Limits

The act explicitly imposes numerical limits over one on the following ministerial salaries: [4]

OfficesLimit
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury21
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Secretary of State [Note 2]
Lord President of the Council (if a member of the Cabinet)
Lord Privy Seal (if a member of the Cabinet)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (if a member of the Cabinet)
Paymaster General (if a member of the Cabinet)
Chief Secretary to the Treasury (if a member of the Cabinet)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (if a member of the Cabinet)
Minister of State [Note 2] (if a member of the Cabinet)
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury50
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Secretary of State [Note 2]
Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Paymaster General
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Minister of State [Note 2]
Ministers in charge of government departments who are not a member of the cabinet and who are not eligible for a salary under any other part of the act
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury83
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Secretary of State [Note 2]
Lord President of the Council
Lord Privy Seal
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Paymaster General
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Minister of State [Note 2]
Ministers in charge of government departments who are not a member of the cabinet and who are not eligible for a salary under any other part of the act
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary [Note 2]
Junior Lord of the Treasury [Note 2] 5
Assistant Whip, House of Commons [Note 2] 7
Lord in Waiting [Note 2] 5

The act also explicitly imposes the following limit over one: [5]

OfficeLimit
Assistant Opposition Whip, House of Commons2

See also

Notes

  1. Some salaries set out in the act are different depending on whether the office holder is a Member of Parliament or not. Office holders who are MPs also receive a salary by virtue of that role. Such salaries are designated in the tables below under the headers of "MP" and "Peer", respectively.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Office explicitly capable of having multiple concurrent salaried holders.

References

  1. Joint Committee on the Draft Civil Contingencies Bill (28 November 2003). "Draft Civil Contingencies Bill" (PDF). Parliament . pp. 48–9. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  2. Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, ss 1(2), 1(3), 1(3A), sch 1 and sch 2.
  3. "Salaries of Members of Her Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2020-21" (PDF). Government of the United Kingdom . Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  4. Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, sch 1 s 2.
  5. Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, sch 2 s 2.