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The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (Amendment) Order 2011

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2011/1689
Year2011

2011 No. 1689

Parliament

The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (Amendment) Order 2011

Made 13th July 2011

Coming into force 14th July 2011

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of July 2011

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

In accordance with section 1B of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 19751, a draft of this Order was laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Accordingly, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1B of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:-

Citation and commencement
S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (Amendment) Order 2011 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975
S-2 Amendment of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975

Amendment of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975

2. The Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 is amended in accordance with articles 3 to 7 of this Order.

Speakers’ salaries
S-3 Speakers’ salaries

Speakers’ salaries

3. In section 1—

(a) in subsection (3)2, for the annual amount specified as the salary of the Speaker of the House of Commons, substitute £75,766; and

(b) in subsection (3A)3, for the annual amount specified as the salary of the Speaker of the House of Lords, substitute £101,038.

Alteration of salaries
S-4 Alteration of salaries

Alteration of salaries

4. In section 1A4—

(a) in subsection (1) for the words from “year” to “minimum annual amount,” substitute “relevant period, the annual amount”;

(b) after subsection (1) insert—

S-1A

“1A “Relevant period” means—

(a)

(a) the period beginning with the day after the day on which the relevant Parliament is dissolved and ending with the following 31st March (“the first relevant period”), and

(b)

(b) each successive period of 12 months.

S-1B

1B The “relevant Parliament” means the Parliament in which subsection (1A) comes into force.”;

(c) in subsection (2) for “year” substitute “period”; and

(d) after subsection (2) insert—

S-2A

“2A If the first relevant period does not begin on 1st April, in relation to that period the reference in subsection (2) to 1st April of the period concerned is to be read as a reference to 1st April before the beginning of the first relevant period.”

Ministerial salaries

Ministerial salaries

S-5 For Parts I to IV of Schedule 1 , substitute the provisions...

5. For Parts I to IV of Schedule 15, substitute the provisions in Schedule 1 to this Order.

S-6 In paragraph 1 of Part V of Schedule 1— in sub-paragraph (1) ...

6. In paragraph 1 of Part V of Schedule 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)6omit the words from the first “or” to the end; and

(b) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

S-3

“3 For the purposes of this Schedule a person is a member of the House of Commons for the period beginning with the day after the day of the poll for the parliamentary election at which the person is elected, and ending with—

(a) if the person is a member immediately before Parliament is dissolved, the day of the poll for the parliamentary general election which follows the dissolution;

(b) otherwise, the day on which the person ceases to be a member.”

Opposition Leaders’ and Whips’ salaries
S-7 Opposition Leaders’ and Whips’ salaries

Opposition Leaders’ and Whips’ salaries

7. For Part I of Schedule 2 7, substitute the provisions in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1

Article 5

Ministerial Salaries

“PART I

Office

Salary

£

Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury

76,762

Chancellor of the Exchequer

68,827

Salary if the holder is a member of the House of Commons

Salary if the holder is not a member of the House of Commons

£

£

Secretary of State

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

68,827

101,038

PART II

Office

Salary if the holder is a member of the House of Commons

Salary if the holder is not a member of the House of Commons

£

£

(1) Any of the offices listed at (a) to (g) of 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 who is not eligible for a salary under any other provision of this Act

(3) Financial Secretary to the Treasury

33,002

78, 891

PART III

Office

Salary if the holder is a member of the House of Commons

Salary if the holder is not a member of the House of Commons

£

£

Attorney General

95,772

105,699

Solicitor General

59,248

91,755

Advocate General for Scotland

59,248

91,755

PART IV

Office

Salary if the holder is a member of the House of Commons

Salary if the holder is not a member of the House of Commons

£

£

Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

23,697

68,710

Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household

33,002

Comptroller of Her Majesty’s Household

Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s Household

Junior Lord of the Treasury

Assistant Whip, House of Commons

19,239

Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms

78,891

Captain of the Queen’s

Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard

68,710

Lord in Waiting

63,537”

SCHEDULE 2

Article 7

Opposition Leaders’ and Whips’ salaries

“PART I

Position

Salary

£

In the House of Commons—

Leader of the Opposition

63,098

Chief Opposition Whip

33,002

Assistant Opposition Whips

19,239

In the House of Lords—

Leader of the Opposition

68,710

Chief Opposition Whip

63,537”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision for changes in the salaries payable under section 1(1), (3) and (3A) of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”). The salaries covered by section 1(1), (3) and (3A) are those of Ministers, Opposition...

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