The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1987 No. 1836


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1987 No. 1836

PARLIAMENT

The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1987

Made

21st October 1987

Coming into force

1st January 1988

At the Court of Saint James, the 21st day of October 1987

Present,

The Counsellors of State in Council

Whereas Her Majesty in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 17th day of September 1987, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:

And whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:

Now, therefore, His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew Duke of York and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, being authorised thereto by the said letters Patent, and in pursuance of section 1(4) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975(1), and by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf 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 1987.

(2) This Order shall come into force on 1st January 1988.

(3) The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1983(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 £35,887.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1MINISTERIAL SALARIES

PART I

OfficeSalary
£
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury45,787
Chancellor of the Exchequer} 40,438
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.

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} 23,887 - 34,688
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

PART III

OfficeSalary
£
Attorney General36,357
Lord Advocate40,508
Solicitor General29,637
Solicitor General for Scotland34,956

PART IV

OfficeSalary
£
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms34,688
Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household23,887
Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury28,688
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard28,688
Lord in Waiting25,618
Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household} 14,827
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household
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

31,237
  • Chief Opposition Whip

23,887
  • Assistant Opposition Whip

14,827

In the House of Lords -

  • Leader of the Opposition

28,688
  • Chief Opposition Whip

25,618

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 and to the Speaker of the House of Commons. The amounts specified in Schedule 1 to this Order are the maximum salaries payable. The actual salaries in payment may therefore be below these levels.

(2)

S.I. 1983/1128.


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