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Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 2253

PARLIAMENT

The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1988

Made

21st December 1988

Coming into force

1st January 1989

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of December 1988

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(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation, commencement and revocation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1988.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1989.

(3)The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1987(2) is hereby revoked.

Increase of Ministerial salaries

2. 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.

Increase of salaries of Opposition Leaders and Whips

3. 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.

Increase of the Speaker's salary

4. 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 £36,209.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1MINISTERIAL SALARIES

PART I

OfficeSalary £
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury ... ... ... ...46,109
Chancellor of the Exchequer ... ... ... ...
Secretary of State ... ... ... ...
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food41,997
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.

PART 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 ... ... ... ...

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 ... ... ... ...

24,209-37,047

3. Financial Secretary to the Treasury ... ... ... ...

PART III

OfficeSalary £
Attorney General ... ... ... ...36,679
Lord Advocate ... ... ... ...42,067
Solicitor General ... ... ... ...29,959
Solicitor General for Scotland ... ... ... ...36,515

PART IV

OfficeSalary £
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ... ... ... ...37,047
Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household ... ... ... ...24,209
Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury ... ... ... ...30,647
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard ... ... ... ...30,647
Lord in Waiting ... ... ... ...27,377
Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household ... ... ... ...
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household ... ... ... ...15,349
Junior Lord of the Treasury ... ... ... ...
Assistant Whip, House of Commons ... ... ... ...

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2OPPOSITION LEADERS AND WHIPS

PositionSalary £
In the House of Commons-
Leader of the Opposition ... ... ... ...31,559
Chief Opposition Whip ... ... ... ...24,209
Assistant Opposition Whip ... ... ... ...15,349
In the House of Lords-
Leader of the Opposition ... ... ... ...30,647
Chief Opposition Whip ... ... ... ...27,377

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.


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