| Short Title: | Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to the salaries of Ministers and Opposition Leaders and Chief Whips and to other matters connected therewith. |
| Year: | 1975 |
| Statute Book Chapter: | 1975 c. 27 |
| Territorial Extent: | United Kingdom |
| Royal Assent: | 8 May 1975 |
| Status: | Amended |
| Original Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/27/enacted |
| Revised Text: | http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/27 |
The Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 (c. 27) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that governs the salaries of ministerial and certain other political offices in the UK.
In 2003, a joint public bill committee deemed the act one of "the fundamental parts of constitutional law..."[1]
The act also sets out the salaries of government ministers, government whips, opposition leaders and whips and the speakers of the two houses of Parliament, as set out below:[2] [3] [4]
| Salary | Office | Claimed salary (April 2020) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MP | Not MP | MP | Peer | ||
| £76,762 | Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury | £75,440 | N/A | ||
| £68,827 | Chancellor of the Exchequer | £67,505 | N/A | ||
| £68,827 | £101,038 | Lord Chancellor | £67,505 | N/A | |
| Secretary of State | £67,505 | N/A | |||
| Cabinet members who hold the offices of: | £67,505 | £104,360 | |||
| £33,002 | £78,891 | Non-cabinet members who hold the offices of:
| £31,680 | £81,485 | |
| Ministers in charge of government departments who are not a member of the cabinet and who are not eligible for a salary under any other part of the act | N/A | N/A | |||
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | £31,680 | N/A | |||
| £23,697 | £68,710 | Parliamentary Secretary (other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury) | £22,375 | £70,969 | |
| Office | Claimed salary (April 2020) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MP | Not MP | MP | Peer | |
| £95,772 | £105,699 | Attorney General for England and Wales | £94,450 | N/A |
| £59,248 | £91,755 | Solicitor General for England and Wales | £57,962 | N/A |
| Advocate General for Scotland | N/A | £94,772 | ||
| £68,827 | Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (if the office holder is a member of the cabinet) | £31,680 |
| £33,002 | Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (if the office holder is not a member of the cabinet) | |
| Treasurer of Her Majesty's Household | £31,680 | |
| £19,239 | Comptroller of Her Majesty's Household | £17,917 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household | £17,917 | |
| Junior Lord of the Treasury | £17,917 | |
| Assistant Whip, House of Commons | £17,917 |
| £78,891 | Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms | £81,485 | |
| £68,710 | Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard | £70,969 | |
| £63,537 | Lord in Waiting | £65,625 |
| Salary | Office | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MP | Not MP | ||
| £63,098 | £68,710 | Leader of the Opposition | |
| £33,002 | £63,537 | Chief Opposition Whip | |
| £19,239 | N/A | Assistant Opposition Whip | |
| Salary | Office | |
|---|---|---|
| £75,776 | Speaker of the House of Commons | |
| £101,038 | Lord Speaker |
The act explicitly imposes numerical limits over one on the following ministerial salaries:[5]
| Offices | Limit | |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury | 21 | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | ||
| Secretary of State[6] | ||
| Lord President of the Council (if a member of the Cabinet) | ||
| Lord Privy Seal (if a member of the Cabinet) | ||
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (if a member of the Cabinet) | ||
| Paymaster General (if a member of the Cabinet) | ||
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury (if a member of the Cabinet) | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (if a member of the Cabinet) | ||
| Minister of State (if a member of the Cabinet) | ||
| Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury | 50 | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | ||
| Secretary of State | ||
| Lord President of the Council | ||
| Lord Privy Seal | ||
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | ||
| Paymaster General | ||
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | ||
| Minister of State | ||
| Ministers in charge of government departments who are not a member of the cabinet and who are not eligible for a salary under any other part of the act | ||
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | ||
| Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury | 83 | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | ||
| Secretary of State | ||
| Lord President of the Council | ||
| Lord Privy Seal | ||
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | ||
| Paymaster General | ||
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | ||
| Minister of State | ||
| Ministers in charge of government departments who are not a member of the cabinet and who are not eligible for a salary under any other part of the act | ||
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary | ||
| Junior Lord of the Treasury | 5 | |
| Assistant Whip, House of Commons | 7 | |
| Lord in Waiting | 5 |