Cabinet Reshuffle: The Government

----------------------------------------------------------------- THE CABINET ----------------------------------------------------------------- Prime Minister John Major, age 51, salary pounds 78,292 Lord Chancellor Lord Mackay of Clashfern, 67, pounds 120,179 Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd, 64, pounds 64,749 Chancellor of the Exchequer Kenneth Clarke, 54, pounds 64,749 Home Secretary Michael Howard, 53, pounds 64,749 President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine, 61, pounds 64,749 Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind, 58, pounds 64,749 Lord President of the Council Tony Newton, 56, pounds 64,749 Environment Secretary John Gummer, 54, pounds 64,749 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster David Hunt, 52, pounds 64,749 Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley, 50, pounds 64,749 Agriculture Minister William Waldegrave, 47, pounds 64,749 Scottish Secretary Ian Lang, 54, pounds 64,749 Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew, 64, pounds 64,749 Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley, 46, pounds 64,749 Education Secretary Gillian Shephard, 54, pounds 64,749 Employment Secretary Michael Portillo, 41, pounds 64,749 Welsh Secretary John Redwood, 43, pounds 64,749 Transport Secretary Dr Brian Mawhinney, 53, pounds 64,749 National Heritage Secretary Stephen Dorrell, 42, pounds 64,749 Lord Privy Seal Viscount Cranborne, 47, pounds 52,260 Chief Secretary to the Treasury Jonathan Aitken, 51, pounds 64,749 Minister without Portfolio and Tory chairman Jeremy Hanley, 48, retains MP's salary of pounds 31,687 but draws no ministerial salary.

MINISTERS OF STATE AGRICULTURE: Michael Jack, 47, pounds 52,520 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Angela Browning, 47, pounds 45,815; Earl Howe, 43, pounds 38,894 DEFENCE: Roger Freeman, 52, pounds 52,520; Nicholas Soames, 46, pounds 52,520 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Lord Henley, 40, pounds 38,894 EDUCATION: Eric Forth, 49, pounds 52,520 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Tim Boswell, 51, pounds 45,815; Robin Squire, 50, pounds 45,815 EMPLOYMENT: Ann Widdecombe, 46, pounds 52,520 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: James Paice, 45, pounds 45,815; Phillip Oppenheim, 38, pounds 45,815 ENVIRONMENT: David Curry, 50, pounds 52,520; Robert Atkins, 48, pounds 52,520; Viscount Ullswater, 52, pounds 46,333 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Robert Jones, 43, pounds 45,815; Sir Paul Beresford, 47, pounds 45,815 FOREIGN OFFICE: Baroness Chalker, 52, pounds 46,333; Alastair Goodlad, 51, pounds 52,520; Douglas Hogg, 49, pounds 52,520; David Davis, 45, pounds 52,520 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Antony Baldry, 44, pounds 45,815

HEALTH: Gerald Malone, 44, pounds 52,520 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Tom Sackville, 43, pounds 45,815; John Bowis, 48, pounds 45,815; Baroness Cumberlege, 51, pounds 38,894 HOME OFFICE: David Maclean, 41, pounds 52,520; Baroness Blatch, 56, pounds 46,333; Michael Forsyth, 39, pounds 52,520 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Nicholas Baker, 55, pounds 45,815 LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT: Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: John Taylor, 52, pounds 45,815 NATIONAL HERITAGE: Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Viscount Astor, 42, pounds 38,894; Iain Sproat, 55, pounds 45,815 NORTHERN IRELAND: Sir John Wheeler, 54, pounds 52,520; Michael Ancram, 49, pounds 52,520 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Baroness Denton of Wakefield, 58, pounds 38,894; Timothy Smith, 46, pounds 45,815 OFFICE OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND SCIENCE: Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Robert Hughes, 43, pounds 45,815

SCOTTISH OFFICE: Lord Fraser of Carmyllie, 49, pounds 46,333 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, 51, pounds 45,815; Allan Stewart, 52, pounds 45,815; Sir Hector Monro, 71, pounds 45,815 SOCIAL SECURITY: William Hague, 33, pounds 52,520; Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish, 55, pounds 46,333 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: James Arbuthnot, 41, pounds 45,815; Roger Evans, 47, pounds 45,815; Alistair Burt, 39, pounds 45,815 TRADE AND INDUSTRY: Tim Eggar, 42, pounds 52,520; Richard Needham, 52, pounds 52,520; Earl Ferrers, 65, pounds 46,333 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Ian Taylor, 49, pounds 45,815; Charles Wardle, 54, pounds 45,815; Neil Hamilton, 45, pounds 45,815 TRANSPORT: John Watts, 47, pounds 52,520 Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Viscount Goschen, 28, pounds 38,894; Steven Norris, 49, pounds 45,815 TREASURY: Financial Secretary Sir George Young, 53, pounds 52,520 Paymaster General David Heathcoat-Amory, 45, pounds 52,520 Economic Secretary Anthony Nelson, 46, pounds 52,520 WELSH OFFICE: Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State: Roderick Richards, 47, pounds 45,815; Gwilym Jones, 68, pounds 45,815 LAW OFFICERS: Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell, 55, pounds 67,310 Lord Advocate Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, 49, pounds 46,333 Solicitor General Sir Derek Spencer, 58, pounds 59,216 -----------------------------------------------------------------