§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 18 October,Official Report, column 14, concerning ministerial salary payments, if he will list each occasion in the last 10 years when payments have been made, giving the amounts in each instance.
§ Mr. DorrellThe Parliamentary Pensions Act 1984 introduced severance payments for Ministers and other 747W paid office holders in the House of Lords, subject to the conditions set out in the Act. The Ministerial and Other Salaries Order 1991 extended the provision to Commons Ministers and other paid office holders in each House.
Although no composite list is kept, we have identified from our records the following occasions on which severance payments have been authorised since 31 July 1984. In each case, the severance payment would have been equal to three months of the relevant ministerial salary, as provided for by the Act.
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
Date and Ministerial Post
11 September 1984
- Minister of State for the Environment
26 March 1985
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Environment
3 September 1985
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
11 September 1986
- Minister of State, Environment
- Minister of State, Scottish Office
15 June 1987
- Minister of State, Foreign Office
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Trade and Industry
23 July 1989
- Secretary of State, Trade and Industry
- Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
24 July 1989
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Energy
25 July 1989
- Lord in Waiting
26 July 1989
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office
22 July 1990
- Minister of State, Industry
6 September 1990
- Minister of State, Scottish Office
3 December 1990
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office
22 May 1991
- Chief Whip, House of Lords
31 December 1991
- Deputy Chief Whip, House of Lords
11 April 1992
- Secretary of State, Defence
- Secretary of State, Home Office
- Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office
- Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords
14 April 1992
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- Minister of State, Defence
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Education and Science
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Energy
- Minister of State, Environment
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Health
- Minister of State, Home Office
- Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office
- Minister for the Arts
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Trade and Industry
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Transport
- Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- Economic Secretary to the Treasury
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Welsh Office
27 April 1992
- Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office
5 May
- Chairman of Committees, House of Lords
- Principal Deputy Chairman of Committees, House of Lords
- Deputy Speaker, House of Commons
25 September 1992
- Secretary of State, National Heritage
11 December 1992
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Education
26 May 1993
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
27 May 1993
- Minister of State, Defence
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Trade and Industry
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Office of Public Service and Science
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Transport
6 June 1993
- Minister of State, FCO
24 June 1993
- Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office
16 September 1993
- Chief Whip, House of Lords
Note: Payments to ex-Ministers are made not less than three weeks after the effective date.