Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker whether the House of Lords Administration plan to reduce staff headcount in line with the planned reduction in Civil Service jobs by 2030.

The House of Lords Commission agreed in May 2025 to the Administration's recommendation not to increase in real terms its resource budget from 2026-27 for three years, subject to the need to maintain the ability of the House and its Members to carry out their parliamentary duties, and any exceptional external factors. There is no specific staaff headcount reduction target within that.