§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civil servants in his Department are paid more than the various Ministers within it.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe following table gives the number of Home Office staff with a flat-rate salary, or a minimum salary if paid on a salary scale, which exceeds the salaries, including any parliamentary salary, paid to Home Office Ministers:
Minister No. of Staff Secretary of State 1 Minister of State (Mr. Alexander Lyon, M.P.) 56 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Dr. Shirley Summerskill, M.P.) *125 Minister of State (Lord Harris of Greenwich) †251 Notes:
* A further 197 staff have salary scales which straddle the Ministers' salary.
†A further 151 staff have salary scales which straddle the Minister's salary.
It would not be possible without disproportionate cost to ascertain how many in these categories are currently paid more than the Minister.