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House of Lords: Staff

Answer

The table below shows the percentage change in the number of staff employed by the House of Lords Administration between 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2025. This provides a snapshot of the number of people employed on these two dates, including any short-term appointments. The overall staff headcount in the Administration increased by 16% between these two dates with increases in eight offices and reductions in five.

Changes in the organisational structures such as teams moving between offices can make office-level comparisons more difficult. Figures are also not available for Parliamentary Knowledge and Information, which was created on 1 April 2024. The Parliamentary Commercial Directorate (PCD) was part of the Finance Office in 2020 and will become a joint department on 1 October 2025; if PCD is excluded from these 2025 figures, the overall increase in staffing since 2020 is 3%.

House of Lords Administration Office	Change in Staffing Headcount between 2020 and 2025
Archives Relocation Programme/ Parliamentary Archives	-20%	-8
Black Rod's Office	-4%	-1
Catering and Retail Services	7%	11
Clerk of the Parliament's Office/Lord Speaker's Office*	16%	7
Committee Office	25%	18
Communications	32%	6
Finance Department	-24%	-10
Parliamentary Commerical Directorate
Parliamentary Knowledge and Information
Hansard	-14%	-9
Human Resources Office	46%	11
Journal Office	33%	8
Legislation Office	47%	9
Library	13%	6
Property & Office Services	-11%	-6
Total	16%

*The Lord Speaker's Office became a standalone office in 2022.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL10512

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Staff House of Lords

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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