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Ministers: Pay

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 25 November 2025UIN 89466

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to increase Ministerial pay in the next four years.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The entitlement of government ministers to receive a salary is set out in the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975. Ministerial salaries currently remain frozen.

In addition, the government has introduced reforms to ministerial severance pay. Ministers will be expected to forgo their severance pay if they serve in office for fewer than six months, or if they leave office following a serious breach of the Ministerial Code.

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