Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his letter placed in the Library of the House on 7 July concerning staffing the Peers’ Entrance, which operations he used as comparators in stating that “It is normal within an operation the size of the Parliamentary Security Department to be able to temporarily reassign resources”.

My letter, dated 7 July 2025, reflected the information presented to me based on the professional judgement and experience of Parliament’s security advisors of the importance of maintaining a flexible security posture. This flexibility has allowed for the temporary reassignment of security staff to the Peers’ Entrance from our existing numbers, at no additional cost to the taxpayer.