article_snippet: £10,000 a year is taking cheeseparing to ridiculous lengths.
highlights_snippet: A staggering £22,600 for ‘fork restoration’ – understood to include straightening ‘fork restoration’ – after MPs attack ‘fork restoration’ – food too aggressively.
  
highlights_snippet: £8,500 for restoring spoons.
  
highlights_snippet: £8,300 to sharpen knives –
highlights_snippet: £21,200 for ‘in-house burnishing including chemicals’ – cleaning and polishing in layman’s terms.
  
highlights_snippet: £11,800 for ‘par stock levelling’ – thought to be a polite reference to replacing missing or stolen items.