To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, how many Church Commissioners' staff oversee contracts which have been awarded to external providers.

The Church Commissioners external contracts are managed either in partnership with the other National Church Institutions through shared office services schemes or by the Corporation of Church House, who manage the building.

Those that fall specifically within the remit of the Church Commissioners are largely located within the Investments Department, who have five members of staff who oversee external contracts within the property investment team and seven members of staff in the investments team.