A Bill to Make provision about the maximum number of salaries that may be paid under the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975 in respect of certain Ministerial offices.
1 The Bill increases the total number of salaries payable to Ministers of the Crown from 109 to 120. It does so by amending the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975 (MOSA), which provides for ministerial salaries to be charged on and payable out of money provided by Parliament.
2 Specifically, the Bill amends paragraph 2 of Part 5 of Schedule 1 to MOSA, which provides for salaries for three categories of ministerial rank. Those categories are defined in Parts 1, 2, and 4 of Schedule 1 to MOSA. Those ranks are:
3 Secretary of State rank, which provides for salaries for the Prime Minister, โฆ