House of Lords Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Attendance allowance=== Via a new financial support system introduced in 2010, members of the House of Lords can opt to receive an attendance allowance per sitting day of currently £342 (as of 2023; initially it was £300 in 2010), plus limited travel expenses. Peers can choose to receive a reduced attendance allowance of £171 per day instead, or none at all.<ref>{{cite web|title = Guide to Financial Support for Members|url = https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/lords-finance-office/2022-23/members-guide-april-2023-web-version.pdf|website = UK Parliament|access-date = 27 May 2023|date = April 2023}}</ref> Prior to 2010, peers from outside London could claim an overnight allowance of £174.<ref name=telegraph-20150729>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11769736/Peer-claims-300-a-day-in-expenses-to-walk-200-yards-to-work-at-House-of-Lords.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11769736/Peer-claims-300-a-day-in-expenses-to-walk-200-yards-to-work-at-House-of-Lords.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Peer claims £300 a day in expenses to walk 200 yards to work at House of Lords |first=Michael |last=Wilkinson |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=29 July 2015 |access-date=4 April 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page