Silent minority: 15 peers claimed £585k while not speaking in a single Lords debate

Peers can claim an allowance of £361 for every day they turn up in the House of Lords. Composite: Guardian Design/Reuters

Fifteen members of the House of Lords did not say a word in the chamber, sit on a committee or hold any government post during the last parliament, while claiming more than £500,000 in allowances between them.

Analysis by the Guardian has revealed the extent to which some members of the UK’s upper chamber do little or no parliamentary work.