Baroness Neville-Rolfe corrected a written answer on Ministers: Pay
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (Conservative, Life peer) asked written question HL699 on 29 November 2023. Baroness Neville-Rolfe answered on 6 December 2023 for the Cabinet Office, and Baroness Neville-Rolfe corrected the answer on 7 December 2023. The corrected text no longer gives the figure £70,969. Altogether 5 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe of 28 November (HL 277), whether they will now answer the question put, namely to list the ministers and whips in the House of Lords alongside their respective salaries and allowances.
Original and corrected answer
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| The ministers and whips in the House of Lords and their respective claimed salaries for financial year 2023-2024 are as follows: Minister | Salary The Rt Hon the Lord Cameron | £104,360 The Rt Hon the Lord True | £104,360 Baroness Neville-Rolfe | Unpaid Baroness Vere of Norbiton | £70,969 Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | Unpaid The Rt Hon the Lord Benyon | Unpaid Lord Sharpe of Epsom | £70,969 The Earl of Minto | Unpaid Lord Bellamy KC | Unpaid Viscount Camrose | Unpaid Baroness Scott of Bybrook | £70,969 Baroness Penn | £70,969 Lord Markham | Unpaid Robbie Douglas-Miller | Unpaid The Rt Hon the Earl Howe | Unpaid Lord Johnson | Unpaid Lord Offord of Garvel | Lord Callanan | £70,969 Viscount Younger of Leckie | £70,969 Baroness Barran | Unpaid Lord Davies of Gower | £70,969 Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay | £70,969 Lord Caine | £65,625 Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC | £94,772 The Rt Hon the Baroness Williams of Trafford | £81,485 The Earl of Courtown | £70,969 Lord Gascoigne | £65,625 Lord Harlech | £65,625 Lord Evans of Rainow | £65,625 Lord Roborough | Unpaid | In line with the Ministerial and Other Pensions Act 1991, Lords ministers are able to claim the Lords Office-Holders Allowance (LOHA). There are two rates for LOHA: Lords ministers living in London can claim £4,435 for the financial year 2023-2024, and Lords ministers living outside of London can claim £36,366 per year. Lords ministers who are unpaid may choose between claiming either LOHA or the Lords Daily Allowance. Lords ministers who receive a salary are not permitted to claim the Lords Daily Allowance. | The ministers and whips in the House of Lords and their respective claimed salaries for financial year 2023-2024 are as follows: Minister | Salary The Rt Hon the Lord Cameron | £104,360 The Rt Hon the Lord True | £104,360 Baroness Neville-Rolfe | Unpaid Baroness Vere of Norbiton | £70,969 Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon | Unpaid The Rt Hon the Lord Benyon | Unpaid Lord Sharpe of Epsom | £70,969 The Earl of Minto | Unpaid Lord Bellamy KC | Unpaid Viscount Camrose | Unpaid Baroness Scott of Bybrook | £70,969 Baroness Penn | £70,969 Lord Markham | Unpaid Robbie Douglas-Miller | Unpaid The Rt Hon the Earl Howe | Unpaid Lord Johnson | Unpaid Lord Offord of Garvel | Unpaid Lord Callanan | £70,969 Viscount Younger of Leckie | £70,969 Baroness Barran | Unpaid Lord Davies of Gower | £70,969 Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay | £70,969 Lord Caine | £65,625 Lord Stewart of Dirleton KC | £94,772 The Rt Hon the Baroness Williams of Trafford | £81,485 The Earl of Courtown | £70,969 Lord Gascoigne | £65,625 Lord Harlech | £65,625 Lord Evans of Rainow | £65,625 Lord Roborough | Unpaid Baroness Swinburne | Unpaid In line with the Ministerial and Other Pensions Act 1991, Lords ministers are able to claim the Lords Office-Holders Allowance (LOHA). There are two rates for LOHA: Lords ministers living in London can claim £4,435 for the financial year 2023-2024, and Lords ministers living outside of London can claim £36,366 per year. Lords ministers who are unpaid may choose between claiming either LOHA or the Lords Daily Allowance. Lords ministers who receive a salary are not permitted to claim the Lords Daily Allowance. |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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