Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many (a) staff and (b) consultants in his Department are paid more than the Prime Minister pro-rata.

The Department for Exiting the European Union can confirm that 1 member of staff is paid more than the Prime Minister on a pro-rata basis. A central list of all individuals within Government earning a total pay package of £150,000 and above is published on data.gov.uk website. Details of DExEU Board members pay is available in the Remuneration Report in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which is made publicly available at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2016-17.

The Department does not have access to the salaries consultants are paid by their respective companies.