
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 is hereby revoked.
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.
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.
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

SCHEDULE 1
Article 2
PART I

Office Salary £
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 46,109
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Secretary of State
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 41,997
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

Office Salary £

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

Office Salary £
Attorney General 36,679
Lord Advocate 42,067
Solicitor General 29,959
Solicitor General for Scotland 36,515
PART IV

Office Salary £
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
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3


Position Salary £
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