§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the annual cost was of ministerial salaries in his Department in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 2001–02. [60939]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe level of ministerial salaries are recommended by the Senior Salaries Review Body. From May 1997, in the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions there were two Cabinet Ministers, at an annual salary of £43,991; three Ministers of State, at an annual salary of £31,125; and four Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, at an annual salary of £23,623. From June 2001, in the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions there was one Cabinet Minister, at an annual salary of £68,157; three Ministers of State, at an annual salary of £35,356 and three Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, at an annual salary of £26,835.