§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual cost was of ministerial salaries in her Department in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 2001–02. [60940]
§ Mr. Stephen TwiggThe level of ministerial salaries are recommended by the Senior Salaries Review Body. From May 1997, in this Department's predecessor, the Department for Education and Employment, there was one Cabinet Minister, at an annual salary of £43,991; three Ministers of State, two in the Commons paid at an annual salary of £31,125, and one in the Lords paid at an annual salary of £51,838; and three Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of States, at an annual salary of £23,623. From June 2001, there was one Cabinet Minister, at an annual salary of £68,157; two Ministers of State, at an annual salary of £35,356; and three Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, two in the Commons paid at an annual salary of £26,835 and one in the Lords paid at an annual salary of £60,961.