§ Lord Monkswellasked Her Majesty's Government:
What have been, at five year intervals from 1945, the total allowable expenses for daily subsistence and incidental travel based on 100 per cent. attendance on sitting days by a Back-Bench Member of the House of Lords expressed as a percentage of national average earnings. [HL314]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyFigures for national average earnings are only available from 1970. Reimbursement of Peers' expenses was introduced in 1957. The current daily subsistence and incidental travel allowance was introduced in 1979, as well as separate allowances for secretarial support and overnight subsistence.
The table shows; the number of sitting days in the House of Lords; the maximum total of allowable expenses for daily subsistence and incidental travel based on 100 per cent. attendance; annual national average earnings; and the expenses figure expressed as a percentage of national average earnings allowance since 1970.
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Year Number of days sat Yearly expenses (£) Average1 earnings (£) Percentage of average earnings 1960 117 368.55 — — 1965 119 562.87 — — 1970 96 624 1,357 46.0 1975 151 1,896.50 2,808 67.5 1980 158 1,558 5,730 27.2 1985 152 2,772 8,892 31.2 1990 152 3,732 13,681 27.3 1995 145 4,677 17,488 26.7 1997 127 4,246.50 19,115 22.2 1Average gross weekly earnings of full-time employees (from the New Earnings Survey carried out each April) multiplied by 52.