§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the annual cost was of ministerial salaries in his Department in(a) 1997–98 and (b) 2001–02. [60938]
§ Mr. BlunkettThe level of ministerial salaries are recommended by the Senior Salaries Review Body.
During the period May 1997 to March 1998, in this Department there was one Cabinet Minister, at an annual salary of £43,991; two Ministers of State, at an annual salary of £31,125; and three Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, one in the Lords at an annual salary of £43,632 and two in the Commons at an annual salary of £23,623.
From June 2001, there was one Cabinet Minister, at an annual salary of £68,157; three Ministers of State, two in the Commons at an annual salary of £35,356 and one in the Lords at an annual salary of £68,283; and three Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State, at an annual salary of £26,835.