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Ministerial And Other Salaries

Volume 955: debated on Thursday 3 August 1978

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asked the Lord President of the Council whether, in view of the fact that the sums mentioned in the Ministerial and Other Salaries Order are maxima and not the actual sums payable, he will list in the Official Report the actual rates of salary now in payment in both Houses to each Minister, each office holder, salaried members of the Opposition, and to Mr. Speaker and the Lord Chancellor.

The information is given in the following table:

MINISTERS AND OFFICE-HOLDERS' SALARIES EFFECTIVE FROM 31ST JULY 1978
Ministers
£
Prime Minister22,000
Lord Chancellor22,228
Lord Privy Seal14,528
Other Cabinet Ministers14,300
Senior Ministers not in the Cabinet and Ministers of State:
Commons8,250 to 10,450
Lords8,822 to 10,678
Parliamentary Secretaries:
Commons6,050
Lords6,622
Law Officers
Attorney-General15,950
Solicitor-General12,100
Lord Advocate12,100
Solicitor-General for Scotland9,097
Government Whips—Commons
Treasurer of Her Majesty's House hold5,500
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household4,400
Comptroller of Her Majesty's House hold4,400
Lords Commissioners and Assistant Whips4,400
Government Whips—Lords
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen of Arms7,722
Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard6,072
Lords-in-Waiting5,522
OFFICE-HOLDERS
Commons
Mr. Speaker14,300
Leader of the Opposition10,450
Opposition Chief Whip8,250
Opposition Whip4,400
Lords
Leader of the Opposition4,403
Opposition Chief Whip3,248
Note: The Round 1 increase of £312, which was payable only to Junior Ministers in the House of Lords, would have had to have been disclaimed in cases where total earnings from all sources exceeded £8,500 to accord with the pay guidelines.