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<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>
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