Lord David Steel, who costs the taxpayer nearly £600 a day
SOME facts and figures about the House of Lords from SNP MP Tommy Sheppard’s analysis:
- Number of peers: 781
- Number of “Scotland’s peers” identified by SNP research paper: 87
- Scotland’s peers by party: Labour 33%, Tory 30%, Crossbench 21%, Lib Dem 15%, Ukip 1%, SNP 0%
- Scotland’s peers who support Scottish independence: 0%
- Scottish peers who support remaining in the UK: 100%
- Female Scottish peers: 14%
- Female Scottish MPs: 29%
- Percentage of Scotland’s population who are female: 51%
- Percentage of Scotland’s peers who are over 65: 70%
- Percentage of Scotland’s population aged over 65: 22%
- Percentage of Scotland’s peers who are aged between 16 and 44: 1%
- Percentage of Scotland’s population aged between 16 and 44: 44%
- Percentage of Scotland’s peers who were privately schooled: 60%
- Percentage of Scotland’s population who were private educated: 0.054%
- Total expenses bill of Scotland’s peers 2017/2018: £2,939,035
- Most expensive of Scotland’s peers: David Steel, total expenses £58,492; £591 per day
Click the link below to read our full report on the House of Lords.
READ MORE: SNP report exposes disconnect between House of Lords and Scotland
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