# The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1990 S.I. 1990/2596 · made 19 December 1990 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. Made under: Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/ministerial-and-other-salaries-order-1990/pdf/uksi_19902596_en.pdf ## Introductory text PARLIAMENT Made 19th December 1990 Coming into force 1st January 1991 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1990 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 1975, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to 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 1990. (2) This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1991. (3) The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1989 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 £39,982. ## 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 50,724 Chancellor of the Exchequer 48,381 Secretary of State 48,381 Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 48,381 Any of the following offices for so long as the holder is a member of the Cabinet 48,381 (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 26,962—43,010 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 26,962—43,010 3 Financial Secretary to the Treasury 26,962—43,010 ## III Office Salary £ Attorney General 40,492 Lord Advocate 48,457 Solicitor General 33,201 Solicitor General for Scotland 42,433 ## IV Office Salary £ Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 43,010 Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household 26,962 Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 36,066 Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard 36,066 Lord in Waiting 32,519 Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household 17,349 Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household 17,349 Junior Lord of the Treasury 17,349 Assistant Whip, House of Commons 17,349 ## Schedule 2 OPPOSITION LEADERS AND WHIPS Position Salary £ In the House of Commons— Leader of the Opposition 34,937 Chief Opposition Whip 26,962 Assistant Opposition Whip 17,349 In the House of Lords— Leader of the Opposition 36,066 Chief Opposition Whip 32,519 ## 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. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2596 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ministerial-and-other-salaries-order-1990 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.