Draft Order in Council laid before Parliament under section 1B of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
2011 No.
The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (Amendment) Order 2011
Made
Coming into force
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the *** day *** of ***
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
In accordance with section 1B of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 19751, a draft of this Order was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Accordingly, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1B of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:-
Citation and commencement1
This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (Amendment) Order 2011 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Amendment of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 19752
The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 7 of this Order.
Speakers’ salaries3
In section 1—
a
in subsection (3)2, for the annual amount specified as the salary of the Speaker of the House of Commons, substitute £75,766; and
b
in subsection (3A)3, for the annual amount specified as the salary of the Speaker of the House of Lords, substitute £101,038.
Alteration of salaries4
In section 1A4—
a
in subsection (1) for the words from “year” to “minimum annual amount,” substitute “relevant period, the annual amount”;
b
after subsection (1) insert—
1A
“Relevant period” means—
a
the period beginning with the day after the day on which the relevant Parliament is dissolved and ending with the following 31st March (“the first relevant period”), and
b
each successive period of 12 months.
1B
The “relevant Parliament” means the Parliament in which subsection (1A) comes into force.
c
in subsection (2) for “year” substitute “period”; and
d
after subsection (2) insert—
2A
If the first relevant period does not begin on 1st April, in relation to that period the reference in subsection (2) to 1st April of the period concerned is to be read as a reference to 1st April before the beginning of the first relevant period.
Ministerial salaries
5
For Parts I to IV of Schedule 15, substitute the provisions in Schedule 1 to this Order.
6
In paragraph 1 of Part V of Schedule 1—
a
in sub-paragraph (1)6 omit the words from the first “or” to the end; and
b
after sub-paragraph (2) insert—
3
For the purposes of this Schedule a person is a member of the House of Commons for the period beginning with the day after the day of the poll for the parliamentary election at which the person is elected, and ending with—
a
if the person is a member immediately before Parliament is dissolved, the day of the poll for the parliamentary general election which follows the dissolution;
b
otherwise, the day on which the person ceases to be a member.
Opposition Leaders’ and Whips’ salaries7
For Part I of Schedule 2 7, substitute the provisions in Schedule 2 to this Order.
SCHEDULE 1Ministerial Salaries
PART I
Office
Salary
£
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
76,762
Chancellor of the Exchequer
68,827
Salary if the holder is a member of the House of Commons
£
Salary if the holder is not a member of the House of Commons
£
Secretary of State
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
68,827
101,038
PART II
Office
Salary if the holder is a member of the House of Commons
£
Salary if the holder is not a member of the House of Commons
£
1. Any of the offices listed at (a) to (g) of Part I above for so long as the holder is not a member of the Cabinet
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
33,002
78, 891
PART III
Office
Salary if the holder is a member of the House of Commons
£
Salary if the holder is not a member of the House of Commons
£
Attorney General
95,772
105,699
Solicitor General
59,248
91,755
Advocate General for Scotland
59,248
91,755
PART IV
Office
Salary if the holder is a member of the House of Commons
£
Salary if the holder is not a member of the House of Commons
£
Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
23,697
68,710
Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household
33,002
Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household
Junior Lord of the Treasury
Assistant Whip, House of Commons
19,239
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms
78,891
Captain of the Queen’s
Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard
68,710
Lord in Waiting
63,537
SCHEDULE 2Opposition Leaders’ and Whips’ salaries
PART I
Position
Salary
£
In the House of Commons—Leader of the Opposition
Chief Opposition Whip
Assistant Opposition Whips
63,098
33,002
19,239
In the House of Lords—
Leader of the Opposition
Chief Opposition Whip
68,710
63,537
(This note is not part of the Order)