
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1996.
(2) This Order shall come into force on 24th July 1996.
(3) The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1995 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, specified in relation to that office—
(a) in the second column of that Schedule, for the interim period, and
(b) in the third column of that Schedule, thereafter.
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—
(a) in the second column of that Schedule, for the interim period, and
(b) in the third column of that Schedule, thereafter.
4 
For the amount specified in section 1(2) of the 1975 Act as the annual amount by which the salary of the Lord Chancellor is to exceed that of the Lord Chief Justice there shall be substituted £2,500.
5 
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—
(a) for the interim period, £46,156, and
(b) thereafter, £60,000.
6 
In this Order, “the interim period” means the period starting with 24th July 1996 and ending with the day of the poll in the first parliamentary general election after that date.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1
Article 2.
PART I

Office Salary from 24th July to next Parliament Salary from next Parliament
 £ £
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 58,557 100,000
Chancellor of the ExchequerSecretary of StateMinister of Agriculture, Fisheries and FoodAny 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. 58,876 77,963
PART II

Office Salary from 24th July to next Parliament Salary from next Parliament
 £ £

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
3 
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Maximum 51,838Minimum 31,125 Maximum 51,838Minimum 31,125
PART III

Office Salary from 24th July to next Parliament Salary from next Parliament
 £ £
Attorney General 46,745 63,756
Lord Advocate 58,958 78,072
Solicitor General 38,329 52,278
Solicitor General for Scotland 50,455 66,811
PART IV

Office Salary from 24th July to next Parliament Salary from next Parliament
 £ £
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms 51,838 51,838
Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury 43,632 43,632
Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard 43,632 43,632
Treasurer of Her Majesty’s Household 31,125 31,125
Lord in Waiting 39,462 39,462
Comptroller of Her Majesty’s HouseholdVice-Chamberlain of Her Majesty’s HouseholdJunior Lord of the TreasuryAssistant Whip, House of Commons 20,029 20,029
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3.


Position Salary from 24th July to next Parliament Salary from next Parliament
 £ £
In the House of Commons–
 Leader of the Opposition 40,332 55,000

 Chief Opposition Whip 31,125 31,125

 Assistant Opposition Whip 20,029 20,029
In the House of Lords–
 Leader of the Opposition 43,632 43,632

 Chief Opposition Whip 39,462 39,462