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The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1989

S.I. 1989/2416 · Made 19 December 1989

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PARLIAMENT

Made 19th December 1989

Coming into force 1st January 1990

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1989

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 1(4) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

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Footnotes

f1

1975 c. 27

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and revocation
  2. 2Increase of Ministerial salaries
  3. 3Increase of salaries of Opposition Leaders and Whips
  4. 4Increase of the Speaker’s salary
  5. Signature
  6. Schedule 1: MINISTERIAL SALARIES
  7. IPart I
  8. IIPart II
  9. IIIPart III
  10. IVPart IV
  11. Schedule 2OPPOSITION LEADERS AND WHIPS
  12. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and revocation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1989.

(2)

This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1990.

(3)

The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1988f1 is hereby revoked.

2Increase 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.

3Increase 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.

4Increase 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 £36,850.

Signature

G I de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

I

OfficeSalary
£
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury …46,750
Chancellor of the Exchequer …} 44,591
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 …

  1. (a)

    Lord President of the Council;

  2. (b)

    Lord Privy Seal;

  3. (c)

    Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster;

  4. (d)

    Paymaster General;

  5. (e)

    Chief Secretary to the Treasury;

  6. (f)

    Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury;

  7. (g)

    Minister of State.

II

OfficeSalary
£
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 …

} 24,850-39,641
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

OfficeSalary
£
Attorney General …37,320
Lord Advocate …44,661
Solicitor General …30,600
Solicitor General for Scotland …39,109

IV

OfficeSalary
£
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms …39,641
Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household …24,850
Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury …33,241
Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard …33,241
Lord in Waiting …29,971
Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household …} 15,990
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household …
Junior Lord of the Treasury …
Assistant Whip, House of Commons …

Schedule 2OPPOSITION LEADERS AND WHIPS

PositionSalary
£
In the House of Commons—
  • Leader of the Opposition …

32,200
  • Chief Opposition Whip …

24,850
  • Assistant Opposition Whip …

15,990
In the House of Lords—
  • Leader of the Opposition …

33,241
  • Chief Opposition Whip …

29,971

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, to the Speaker of the House of Commons and to other paid office holders. The amounts specified in this Order are the maximum salaries payable. The actual salaries in payment may therefore be below these levels.