Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975

Section 1.

SCHEDULE 1 Ministerial Salaries

PART I

Office	Salary
	£
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury	20,000
Chancellor of the Exchequer	} 13,000
Secretary of State
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Any of the following offices for so long as the holder is a member of the Cabinet:— (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	} 7,500-9,500
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
3. Financial Secretary to the Treasury

PART III

Attorney General	14,500
Lord Advocate	11,000
Solicitor General	11,000
Solicitor General for Scotland	7,750

PART IV

Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms	6,500
Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	5,500
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard	} 5,000
Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household
Lord in Waiting	4,500
Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household	} 4,000
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household
Junior Lord of the Treasury
Assistant Whip, House of Commons

PART V

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.

2 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.