The Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/2037
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and effect

(1) This Order may be cited as the Ministerial and other Salaries Order 1999.

(2) This Order shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(3) The changes in salary and maximum salary provided for in articles 2 and 3 of this Order shall apply in respect of any period of a year beginning on or after 1st April 1999.

Section 2 Increase in certain Ministerial salaries

(1) In Part II of Schedule 1 to the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act ”)–

(a) in paragraph 1 for “(a) to (g)” there shall be substituted “(a) to (f)”, and

(b) after paragraph 3 there shall be added–

(4) Minister of State for so long as the holder is not a member of the Cabinet:

Maximum 64,426

Minimum 31,125

(2) For the annual amount of salary specified in Part IV of Schedule 1 to the 1975 Act in relation to each of the offices specified below there shall be substituted the amount specified below in relation to that office–

(a) Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, £64,426,

(b) Parliamentary Secretary other than Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury, £55,631,

(c) Captain of the Queen’s Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard, £55,631 and

(d) Lord in Waiting, £51,161.

Section 3 Increase in salaries of Opposition Leader and Whip

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 below there shall be substituted the amount specified below in relation to that position–

(a) Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords, £55,631, and

(b) Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Lords, £51,161.