# The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1987 S.I. 1987/1836 · made 21 October 1987 This Order increases salaries payable under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 to Ministers, to salaried Members of the Opposition and to the Speaker of the House of Commons. The amounts specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are the maximum salaries payable. The actual salaries in payment may therefore be below these levels. Made under: Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/ministerial-and-other-salaries-order-1987/pdf/uksi_19871836_en.pdf ## Introductory text PARLIAMENT Made 21st October 1987 Coming into force 1st January 1988 At the Court of Saint James, the 21st day of October 1987 Present, The Counsellors of State in Council Whereas Her Majesty in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 17th day of September 1987, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty’s absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty’s behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty’s approval for anything for which Her Majesty’s approval in Council is required: And whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament: Now, therefore, His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew Duke of York and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, being authorised thereto by the said letters Patent, and in pursuance of section 1(4) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, do on Her Majesty’s behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: ## 1 Citation, commencement and revocation (1) This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1987. (2) This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1988. (3) The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1983 is hereby revoked. ## 2 Increase of Ministerial salaries For the annual amount, or the maximum or minimum annual amount, of salary specified in Parts I, II, III and IV of Schedule 1 to the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) in relation to each of the offices specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order there shall be substituted the amount, or the maximum or minimum amount, of salary specified in relation to that office in the second column of that Schedule. ## 3 Increase of salaries of Opposition Leaders and Whips For the annual amount of salary specified in Part I 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 shall be substituted the amount specified in relation to that position in the second column of that Schedule. ## 4 Increase of the Speaker’s salary For the annual amount specified in section 1(3) of the 1975 Act as the salary of the Speaker of the House of Commons there shall be substituted £35,887. ## Signature G. I. de Deney Clerk of the Privy Council ## Schedule 1: MINISTERIAL SALARIES ## I Office Salary £ Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 45,787 Chancellor of the Exchequer } 40,438 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. ## II Office Salary £ 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 } 23,887 — 34,688 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 whose office is not specified elsewhere in this Schedule 3. Financial Secretary to the Treasury ## III Office Salary £ Attorney General 36,357 Lord Advocate 40,508 Solicitor General 29,637 Solicitor General for Scotland 34,956 ## IV Office Salary £ Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 34,688 Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household 23,887 Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 28,688 Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard 28,688 Lord in Waiting 25,618 Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household } 14,827 Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household Junior Lord of the Treasury Assistant Whip, House of Commons ## Schedule 2 OPPOSITION LEADERS AND WHIPS Position Salary £ In the House of Commons — Leader of the Opposition 31,237 Chief Opposition Whip 23,887 Assistant Opposition Whip 14,827 In the House of Lords — Leader of the Opposition 28,688 Chief Opposition Whip 25,618 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Order) This Order increases salaries payable under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 to Ministers, to salaried Members of the Opposition and to the Speaker of the House of Commons. The amounts specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are the maximum salaries payable. The actual salaries in payment may therefore be below these levels. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1836 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ministerial-and-other-salaries-order-1987 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.