Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether ministerial pay will be frozen in 2026-27, and the financial years immediately following.
The Ministerial element of Ministers' pay will be voluntarily frozen in 2026-27 at 2008-09 levels. I have voluntarily kept both the MSP and Ministerial elements of his pay frozen at 2008-09 levels. In declining to accept their full salary entitlement since 1 April 2009, Ministers will have collectively made approximately £2.39 million available for public spending from their own pay packets up to 31 March 2026.
Decisions on the Ministerial pay freeze for after the Scottish Parliament election on 7 May 2026 will be for the First Minister of the next administration.