Question

To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of staff employed in the House of Commons that are in receipt of universal credit; and if he will make a statement.

As universal credit is paid directly to claimants, no data is held on the number or proportion of staff employed by the House of Commons who are in receipt of it.