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Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1U.K. Ministerial Salaries

OfficeSalary
£
Part I
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury[F150,724]
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Secretary of State[F148,381]
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Any of the following offices for so long as the holder is a member of the Cabinet:—[F148,381]
(a) Lord President of the Council;
(b) Lord Privy Seal;
(c) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster;
(d) Paymaster General;
(e) Chief Secretary to the Treasury;
(f) Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury;
(g) Minister of State.
Part II
1. Any of the offices listed at (a) to (g) in Part I above for so long as the holder is not a member of the Cabinet[F126,962–43,010]
2. Minister in charge of a public department of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom who is not a member of the Cabinet, and who is not eligible for a salary under any other provision of this Act[F126,962–43,010]
3. Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Part III
Attorney General[F140,492]
Lord Advocate[F148,457]
Solicitor General[F133,201]
Solicitor General for Scotland

[F142,433]

Part IV

Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms[F143,010]
Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury[F136,066]
Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard[F136,066]
Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household[F126,962]
Lord in Waiting[F132,519]
Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household[F117,349]
Junior Lord of the Treasury
Assistant Whip, House of Commons

Textual Amendments

F1Amounts substituted by S.I. 1990/2596, art. 2, Sch 1

Part VU.K.

1(1)The salary to be paid to the holder of any office mentioned above in this Schedule shall be of the annual amount stated in relation to that office in column 2 or, as the case may be, of such annual amount not more than the upper figure or less than the lower figure so stated as the First Lord of the Treasury may determine.

(2)The date on which the holder of any office listed at (a) to (g) in Part I above becomes or ceases to be a member of the Cabinet shall be notified in the London Gazette, and any such notification (whether before or after the passing of this Act) shall be conclusive evidence for the purposes of this Schedule.

2U.K.In the case of the following offices a salary may be paid to more than one holder of the office at the same time, subject to the limitations expressed below, that is to say—

(a)Secretary of State, so long as not more than 21 salaries are paid at the same time in accordance with Part I above;

(b)Minister of State, so long as not more than 50 salaries are paid at the same time in accordance with Parts I and II above;

(c)Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, so long as not more than 83 salaries are paid at the same time in accordance with Parts I and II above taken together with salaries to any Parliamentary Secretary in accordance with Part IV above;

(d)Junior Lord of the Treasury, so long as not more than 5 salaries are paid at the same time;

(e)Assistant Whip, House of Commons, so long as not more than 7 salaries are paid at the same time;

(f)Lord in Waiting, so long as not more than 5 salaries are paid at the same time.

SCHEDULE 2U.K. Opposition Leaders and Whips

Part IU.K.

PositionSalary
£
In the House of Commons—
Leader of the Opposition[F234,937]
Chief Opposition Whip[F226,962]
Assistant Opposition Whips[F217,349]
In the House of Lords—
Leader of the Opposition[F236,066]
Chief Opposition Whip[F232,519]

Textual Amendments

F2Amounts substituted by S.I. 1990/2596, art. 3, Sch. 2

Part IIU.K.

1The salary to be paid to any of the persons mentioned above in this Schedule shall be of the annual amount stated in relation to that person in column 2.

2U.K.In the case of the Assistant Opposition Whips in the House of Commons, salaries may be paid to not more than 2 at the same time.

3U.K.No salary shall be payable in accordance with this Schedule to a person who is in receipt of a pension under section 26(1) (past Prime Ministers) of the M1Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1972.

Marginal Citations

Section 5(3)

X1SCHEDULE 3U.K. REPEALS

Editorial Information

X1The text of Sch. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

ChapterShort TitleExtent of Repeal
1972 c. 3.The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1972.The whole Act.
1974 c. 21.The Ministers of the Crown Act 1974.Section 1.

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