HC Deb 01 March 1983 vol 38 c102W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give at the latest and most convenient stated date the total costs to public funds since May 1979 of the daily attendance and other expense allowances paid to Members of the House of Lords.

Mr. Hayhoe

Members of the House of Lords do not receive an attendance allowance. The peers expenses allowance is designed to reimburse, within specified limits, expenditure actually incurred as a consequence of attending sittings of the House or of its Committees.

Expenditure on peers expenses, including travel expenses, from the House of Lords Vote in each of the last three complete financial years for which figures are available is as follows:

1979–80 1980–81 1981–82
£ £ £
751,500 1,326,500 1,405,000