# The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1995 S.I. 1995/2984 · made 23 November 1995 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 (other than Part II of Schedule 1) are the maximum 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 23rd November 1995 Coming into force 1st January 1996 At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of November 1995 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 1995. (2) This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1996. (3) The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1994 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, 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 £46,156. ## Signature N. H. Nicholls Clerk of the Privy Council ## Schedule 1: MINISTERIAL SALARIES ## I Office Salary £ Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury… 58,557 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— (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. 57,161 ## 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… Maximum 50,328 Minimum 31,125 ## III Office Salary £ Attorney General… 46,745 Lord Advocate… 57,241 Solicitor General… 38,329 Solicitor General for Scotland… 48,985 ## IV Office Salary £ Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms… 50,328 Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury… 42,361 Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard 42,361 Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household… 31,125 Lord in Waiting… 38,313 Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household… Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household… Junior Lord of the Treasury… Assistant Whip, House of Commons… 20,029 ## Schedule 2 OPPOSITION LEADERS AND WHIPS Position Salary £ In the House of Commons— Leader of the Opposition… 40,332 Chief Opposition Whip… 31,125 Assistant Opposition Whip… 20,029 In the House of Lords— Leader of the Opposition… 42,361 Chief Opposition Whip… 38,313 ## 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 (other than Part II of Schedule 1) are the maximum salaries payable. The actual salaries in payment may therefore be below these levels. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2984 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/ministerial-and-other-salaries-order-1995 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.