Scotland Office written question – answered at on 13 July 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what his salary and the salaries of the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland and the Advocate General for Scotland were in 2014-15; and what those salaries are in the current financial year.
The salaries for the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland and the Advocate General for Scotland for 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 are shown below:
2014-2015 | 2015-2016 | |
Secretary of State for Scotland | £68,827 – Entitled £67,505 – Claimed | £69,254 – Entitled £67,505 – Claimed |
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland | £23,844 – Entitled £22,375 – Claimed | £69,136 – Entitled £68,710 – Claimed |
Advocate General for Scotland | £92,324 – Entitled £91,755 – Claimed. | £92,324 – Entitled £91,755 – Claimed. |
The Prime Minister has determined that Ministers in the new Government should receive salaries set at the same rate as that claimed by equivalent Ministers in the previous Government. The Secretary of State for Scotland, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland and the Advocate General for Scotland in 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 agreed to a reduction to the salaries which they are entitled to under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975.
Details regarding Scotland Office Ministerial salaries can be found in the Offices’ annual report and accounts, which are published on GOV.UK. The Offices’ annual report for 2014-2015 will be laid in the House of Commons shortly. The figures provided in the Offices’ annual report and accounts will also include the Lords Office-Holder Allowance where it has been claimed.
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