en Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975

Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
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
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Text of statute as originally enacted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.

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

Salary		Office	Claimed salary (April 2020)
MP	Not MP	Office	MP	Peer
£76,762		Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury	£75,440	N/A
£68,827		Chancellor of the Exchequer	£67,505	N/A
£68,827	£101,038	Lord Chancellor	£67,505	N/A
		Secretary of State	£67,505	N/A
		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	£67,505	£104,360
£33,002	£78,891	Non-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 act	N/A	N/A
		Financial Secretary to the Treasury	£31,680	N/A
£23,697	£68,710	Parliamentary Secretary (other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury)	£22,375	£70,969

Law Officers
Salary		Office	Claimed salary (April 2020)
MP	Not MP	Office	MP	Peer
£95,772	£105,699	Attorney General for England and Wales	£94,450	N/A
£59,248	£91,755	Solicitor General for England and Wales	£57,962	N/A
£59,248	£91,755	Advocate General for Scotland	N/A	£94,772

Government whips

House of Commons
Salary	Office	Claimed salary (April 2020)
£68,827	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (if the office holder is a member of the cabinet)	£31,680
£33,002	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (if the office holder is not a member of the cabinet)	£31,680
£33,002	Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household	£31,680
£19,239	Comptroller 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
Salary	Office	Claimed 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
£63,537	Lord in Waiting	£65,625

Opposition leaders and whips

Salary		Office
MP	Not MP	Office
£63,098	£68,710	Leader of the Opposition
£33,002	£63,537	Chief Opposition Whip
£19,239	N/A	Assistant Opposition Whip

Speakers in the House of Commons and the House of Lords

Salary	Office
£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]

Offices	Limit
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury	21
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 Treasury	50
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 Treasury	83
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]

Office	Limit
Assistant Opposition Whip, House of Commons	2

Notes

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Office explicitly capable of having multiple concurrent salaried holders.

References

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

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[4] 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.

[:0-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Office explicitly capable of having multiple concurrent salaried holders.

[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.

[:0-3] "Salaries of Members of Her Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2020-21" (PDF). Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

[5] Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, sch 1 s 2.

[7] Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, sch 2 s 2.

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