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	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) Ministers of State, and (2) Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, in the House of Lords are presently unpaid.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL1666
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>There are three unpaid Ministers of State and three unpaid Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State in the House of Lords. A full list of ministers by department is already in the public domain on the <a target="_blank" href="http://gov.uk/">gov.uk</a> website: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers">https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 27/07/2015 09:38:43 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

347242

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Ministers did not receive Ministerial salaries in each Parliament since 1985.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>There are currently three unpaid Ministers in the House of Commons and seven unpaid Ministers in the House of Lords. During the 2010 – 2015 Parliament a total of six Ministers in the House of Commons and twenty Ministers in the House of Lords held unpaid roles. There are currently no plans to amend the limits on the number of Ministerial salaries set by legislation.</p><p>The table below lists the number of unpaid Ministers across the Parliaments since 1985:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliaments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of unpaid Ministers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Jan 1986 – 11 June 1987</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987 - 92</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992 - 97</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997 - 2001</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001 - 2005</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005 - 2010</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2015</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 May 2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the <em>Tables of Ministerial Offices</em> from which these numbers are taken have changed in format over the time concerned and there may be gaps looking back over a 30 year period. Therefore, the figures provided from some of the earlier Parliaments are an approximation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL107 question first answered 11/06/2015 15:47:49 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

347243

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Ministers in each House are unpaid; how this compares with the 2010–15 Parliament; and whether they plan to legislate for all Ministers to receive salaries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>There are currently three unpaid Ministers in the House of Commons and seven unpaid Ministers in the House of Lords. During the 2010 – 2015 Parliament a total of six Ministers in the House of Commons and twenty Ministers in the House of Lords held unpaid roles. There are currently no plans to amend the limits on the number of Ministerial salaries set by legislation.</p><p>The table below lists the number of unpaid Ministers across the Parliaments since 1985:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliaments</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of unpaid Ministers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Jan 1986 – 11 June 1987</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987 - 92</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992 - 97</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997 - 2001</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001 - 2005</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005 - 2010</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 - 2015</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 May 2015</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the <em>Tables of Ministerial Offices</em> from which these numbers are taken have changed in format over the time concerned and there may be gaps looking back over a 30 year period. Therefore, the figures provided from some of the earlier Parliaments are an approximation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bridges of Headley grouped question UIN HL106 question first answered 11/06/2015 15:47:49 answering member 4535 label Biography information for Lord Bridges of Headley
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

685389

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many current Ministers in (1) the House of Lords, and (2) the House of Commons, are unpaid; why there is a difference in the proportions of those who are paid and unpaid in each House; and whether the relative personal financial needs of potential Ministers is considered before decisions are taken over which Ministers are paid.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL5293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>There are currently three House of Commons Ministers and eight House of Lords Ministers who are unpaid.</p><p>Ministerial appointments are at the discretion of the Prime Minister within the legislative limits set out in The Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 and The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham question first answered 24/02/2017 12:44:41 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1362699

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord True on 20 October (HL3106), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, what criteria are used in deciding which Ministers are not in receipt of a ministerial salary.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL3353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The recommendation of Ministerial appointments to the Sovereign is a matter for the Prime Minister, taking into account such factors as the Prime Minister sees fit. The main determinant will be whether or not there are salaries available within the limits set out in the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975.</p> answering member printed Lord True question first answered 27/10/2021 16:45:40 answering member 4200 label Biography information for Lord True
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1718947

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many ministers in each House receive a government ministerial salary, and how many receive none; and what the total extra cost of paying all ministers the relevant current rate would be.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL4728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The payment of ministerial salaries is governed by the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act (MOSA) 1975. To answer these questions, we have treated ministers who hold more than one office (“joint ministers”) but are paid only for one as paid ministers, and therefore have counted only those ministers who do not receive a salary under MOSA.</p><p>There are currently 108 ministers who receive a government salary. The current number of ministers in total is 125, meaning that 17 are unpaid, 3 in the House of Commons and 14 in the House of Lords.</p><p>If the 17 unpaid ministers were to claim a ministerial salary on the same basis as those who receive a salary the additional sum payable would be £1,146,358 per annum, excluding pension contributions. We have counted the Party Chair, the Rt Hon Richard Holden MP in these calculations, as he is unpaid by the government. He is, however, by convention paid by the party.</p><p>Primary legislation would be required to increase the number of ministers entitled to receive a salary to include the 17 ministers who are currently unpaid. Secondary legislation in the form of an Order in Council under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 may be used to increase the rate at which ministerial salaries are payable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4729 question first answered 23/05/2024 16:05:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1718948

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether secondary legislation could be used to increase the number of ministers that can be paid in order that all ministers receive the relevant current rate, and if not how might this be done.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL4729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The payment of ministerial salaries is governed by the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act (MOSA) 1975. To answer these questions, we have treated ministers who hold more than one office (“joint ministers”) but are paid only for one as paid ministers, and therefore have counted only those ministers who do not receive a salary under MOSA.</p><p>There are currently 108 ministers who receive a government salary. The current number of ministers in total is 125, meaning that 17 are unpaid, 3 in the House of Commons and 14 in the House of Lords.</p><p>If the 17 unpaid ministers were to claim a ministerial salary on the same basis as those who receive a salary the additional sum payable would be £1,146,358 per annum, excluding pension contributions. We have counted the Party Chair, the Rt Hon Richard Holden MP in these calculations, as he is unpaid by the government. He is, however, by convention paid by the party.</p><p>Primary legislation would be required to increase the number of ministers entitled to receive a salary to include the 17 ministers who are currently unpaid. Secondary legislation in the form of an Order in Council under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 may be used to increase the rate at which ministerial salaries are payable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL4728 question first answered 23/05/2024 16:05:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1722187

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce legislation to end the anomaly whereby many Ministers, particularly in the Lords, are unpaid; and which Ministers are currently unpaid.
	tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
	uin	HL111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The number of salaries available to the Government to pay ministers is set by the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act (MOSA) 1975. The limit on salaries, which applies across both Houses, is 109.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has no current plans to introduce new legislation in this area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As of 22 July, the unpaid ministers currently serving in the Government are as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><ul><li><p>Ministers of State: Ellie Reeves MP (n.b. she is paid by the Labour Party), Lord Timpson, Lord Hanson, Lord Hunt</p></li><li><p>Parliamentary Secretaries: Hamish Falconer MP, Mary Creagh MP, Baroness Sherlock</p></li><li><p>Lords’ Whips: Lord Leong, Baroness Twycross, Baroness Blake</p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Twycross question first answered 01/08/2024 11:52:33 answering member 4966 label Biography information for Baroness Twycross
	tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1696347

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether there is a cap on the combined total for ministerial salaries in any financial year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
	uin	HL3293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The number of ministerial salaries available to the government at any one time is 109. This is a statutory limit governed by the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975.</p><p>It is routinely the case that some ministers will be asked to serve in an unpaid capacity given the statutory limitations on the number of available salaries. A list of ministers who are currently serving in an unpaid capacity are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>Richard Holden MP, Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio) in the Cabinet Office (receives a salary from the Conservative Party)</p></li><li><p>The Rt Hon John Glen MP, Minister of State and Paymaster General, Cabinet Office</p></li><li><p>The Lord Johnson of Lainston CBE, Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade.</p></li><li><p>The Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office.</p></li><li><p>The Earl of Minto, Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence.</p></li><li><p>The Rt Hon. the Earl Howe, Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords.</p></li><li><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Benyon, Minister of State, jointly at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p></li><li><p>Andrew Griffith MP, Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</p></li><li><p>The Baroness Barran MBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education and Government Equalities Spokesperson in the Lords.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Douglas-Miller OBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Markham CBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice</p></li><li><p>The Viscount Camrose, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Offord of Garvel CVO, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Trade.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Cameron of Lochiel, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Scotland Office.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Roborough, Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The list of all government ministers on GOV.UK is updated following each reshuffle. The current government list is on gov.uk at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers</a>.</p><p>It would be a significant undertaking to calculate the exact number of unpaid ministers since 2015, especially given some ministers have dual roles (where they are paid in one role but not in another) such as if they hold more than one ministerial position. We can estimate however that over the last decade, this number has been approximately 10-20 at any given time.</p><p>It is ultimately for the Prime Minister to decide how to organise the executive and which ministers are paid a salary. While the Cabinet Office provides advice to the Prime Minister on the number of salaries available, the department does not decide the allocation of salaries.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Ministers are continuing to voluntarily waive part of their salaries, foregoing any pay increase to their Ministerial salaries. This means ministers in the Commons’ salaries have not increased since 2010; and ministers in the House of Lords have received frozen salaries since 2019. Further information is published on GOV.UK at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-salary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-salary-data</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3294 HL3295 HL3296 question first answered 28/03/2024 12:59:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

1696348

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2024
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many times since 2015 ministers have been asked to forego a ministerial salary; and what were the reasons for those requests.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
	uin	HL3294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>The number of ministerial salaries available to the government at any one time is 109. This is a statutory limit governed by the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975.</p><p>It is routinely the case that some ministers will be asked to serve in an unpaid capacity given the statutory limitations on the number of available salaries. A list of ministers who are currently serving in an unpaid capacity are as follows:</p><ul><li><p>Richard Holden MP, Minister of State (Minister without Portfolio) in the Cabinet Office (receives a salary from the Conservative Party)</p></li><li><p>The Rt Hon John Glen MP, Minister of State and Paymaster General, Cabinet Office</p></li><li><p>The Lord Johnson of Lainston CBE, Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade.</p></li><li><p>The Baroness Neville-Rolfe DBE CMG, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office.</p></li><li><p>The Earl of Minto, Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence.</p></li><li><p>The Rt Hon. the Earl Howe, Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the House of Lords.</p></li><li><p>The Rt Hon. the Lord Benyon, Minister of State, jointly at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p></li><li><p>Andrew Griffith MP, Minister of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</p></li><li><p>The Baroness Barran MBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education and Government Equalities Spokesperson in the Lords.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Douglas-Miller OBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Markham CBE, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Bellamy KC, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice</p></li><li><p>The Viscount Camrose, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Offord of Garvel CVO, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Trade.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Cameron of Lochiel, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Scotland Office.</p></li><li><p>The Lord Roborough, Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)</p></li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The list of all government ministers on GOV.UK is updated following each reshuffle. The current government list is on gov.uk at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers</a>.</p><p>It would be a significant undertaking to calculate the exact number of unpaid ministers since 2015, especially given some ministers have dual roles (where they are paid in one role but not in another) such as if they hold more than one ministerial position. We can estimate however that over the last decade, this number has been approximately 10-20 at any given time.</p><p>It is ultimately for the Prime Minister to decide how to organise the executive and which ministers are paid a salary. While the Cabinet Office provides advice to the Prime Minister on the number of salaries available, the department does not decide the allocation of salaries.</p><p><strong><br></strong>Ministers are continuing to voluntarily waive part of their salaries, foregoing any pay increase to their Ministerial salaries. This means ministers in the Commons’ salaries have not increased since 2010; and ministers in the House of Lords have received frozen salaries since 2019. Further information is published on GOV.UK at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-salary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-salary-data</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL3293 HL3295 HL3296 question first answered 28/03/2024 12:59:24 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3703 label Biography information for Baroness Royall of Blaisdon