2001 No. 3502

PARLIAMENT

The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 2001

Made

Coming into force

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 31st day of October 2001

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1B(1) and (3)(b) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 19751, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

Citation and commencement1

1

This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 2001.

2

This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Increase of Ministerial salaries in the House of Lords2

For the annual amount, or the maximum and minimum annual amounts, of salary specified in Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 1 to the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) in relation to each office specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order there is substituted, in the case of a holder of the office who is a member of the House of Lords—

a

for the interim period, the amount specified in relation to the office in the second column of Schedule 1 to this Order;

b

from 1st April 2002, that amount increased by £2,000 together with any increase in accordance with section 1A of the 1975 Act.

Increase of salaries of Opposition Leaders and Whips in the House of Lords3

For the annual amount of salary specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act in relation to each of the positions specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Order there is substituted—

a

for the interim period, the amount specified in relation to the position in the second column of Schedule 2 to this Order;

b

from 1st April 2002, that amount increased by £2,000 together with any increase in accordance with section 1A of the 1975 Act.

Interpretation: the interim period4

In this Order “the interim period” means the period starting with 20th June 2001 and ending with 31st March 2002.

A. K. GallowayClerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2

Office

£

Lord Privy Seal, for so long as the holder is a member of the Cabinet

90,562

Attorney General

94,829

Minister of State, for so long as the holder is not a member of the Cabinet

70,283

Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms

70,283

Parliamentary Secretary, other than the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

60,961

Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard

60,961

Lord in Waiting

56,224

SCHEDULE 2

Article 3

Position

£

Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords

60,961

Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Lords

56,224

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases salaries payable under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, as amended, to certain Ministers and Members of the Opposition in the House of Lords. The amounts specified in this Order are the maximum salaries payable. The actual salaries may therefore be less.