# The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1991 S.I. 1991/2886 · made 19 December 1991 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 maxiumum salaries payable. The actual salaries in payment may therefore be below these levels. Made under: Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 ## Introductory text PARLIAMENT Made 19th December 1991 Coming into force 1st January 1992 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1991 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 1991. (2) This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1992. (3) The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1990 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 and 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 £41,781. ## 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 53,007 Chancellor of the Exchequer 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— 50,558 (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 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 28,175 —44,945 ## III Office Salary £ Attorney General 42,314 Lord Advocate 50,638 Solicitor General 34,695 Solicitor General for Scotland 44,342 ## IV Office Salary £ Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 44,945 Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household 28,175 Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 37,689 Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard 37,689 Lord in Waiting 33,982 Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household Junior Lord of the Treasury Assistant Whip, House of Commons 18,130 ## Schedule 2 OPPOSITION LEADERS AND WHIPS Position Salary £ In the House of Commons— Leader of the Opposition 36,509 Chief Opposition Whip 28,175 Assistant Opposition Whip 18,130 In the House of Lords— Leader of the Opposition 37,689 Chief Opposition Whip 33,982 ## 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 maxiumum salaries payable. The actual salaries in payment may therefore be below these levels. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2886 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ministerial-and-other-salaries-order-1991 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.