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date	11/01/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the Commission's policy is on the use of non-disclosure agreements as part of employment severance agreements.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	101660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>The House of Commons does not include a non-disclosure clause as standard in severance (settlement) agreements with employees. The House hasn’t included them as standard since 2015, and has not used any since 2018, but there is not a blanket policy in place preventing the House from using one in appropriate circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 19/01/2022 16:04:16 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 43498 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1401813

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many House of Commons employment severance agreements included the use of a non-disclosure agreement in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	101661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The House’s approach to the use of NDA clauses follows the 2015 Cabinet Office Guidance on Settlement Agreements, Special Severance Payments and Confidentiality Clauses on Termination of Employment. Since January 2015, it was decided that NDA clauses should no longer be included as a matter of course. Each case is considered on its merits.</p><p>The figures for each of the last five years are:</p><p>2021 – nil</p><p>2020 – nil</p><p>2019 – nil</p><p>2018 – 2 agreements with NDAs</p><p>2017 – 6 agreements with NDAs</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 17/01/2022 14:29:32 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 43499 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1401814

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what provisions there are in House of Commons employment contracts to protect the confidentiality of work done in the House of Commons, including in the event that employment ceases.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	101662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2022 answer text <p>All employees of the House are required to sign a confidentially statement at the start of their employment. The confidentiality statement not only refers to handling personal information but also Classified and Official Secret information too. There is also a statement about confidentiality in the staff handbook and, at the end of employment, a reminder of the confidentiality statement is included in the letter given to departing staff.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 19/01/2022 19:31:36 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1401817

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Dismissal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the Commission's policy is on the use of non-disclosure agreements in employment severance agreements by organisations supplying goods and services.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	101663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>No such policy exists nor is one in active contemplation. The use of non-disclosure agreements in severance agreements is widespread and lawful.</p><p>In entering into contracts with other organisations, we do not want to restrict their freedom of action in dealing with their own staff in line with their own terms and conditions and in accordance with the law. This is important in ensuring that our contracts are not onerous to manage for either party.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 17/01/2022 18:08:01 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 43500 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

1378886

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many confirmed positive covid-19 tests there have been among Parliamentary pass holders who work on the Parliamentary estate for each of the last 10 weeks; and what estimate the House Authorities have made of the number of Parliamentary pass holders who were working on the Parliamentary estate for each of the last 10 weeks.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	75837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>Following further review of cases linked to the estate, UKHSA have identified 143 positive cases occurring between the 4th October–16th November. However, due to delays in reporting, additional cases may yet be identified that tested positive between 12th November and 16th November.</p><p>This review identified that over 50% of positive cases had not been reported by members of the Parliamentary community to the Parliamentary test and trace team.</p><p>Data recorded by the House is held solely for the purpose of supporting test and trace and is only recorded for 21 days where an individual notifies us.</p><p>Details on weekly cases are held for the last five weeks only following the UKHSA review. The maximum number of passholders working on the estate for any day in the relevant week are included for the equivalent periods.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Week</p></td><td><p>Positive Cases</p></td><td><p>Maximum daily number of passholders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5/11 – 11/11</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>4018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29/10 – 4/11</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>4364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22/10 – 28/10</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>4398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/10 – 21/10</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>4504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/10 – 14/10</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>3158</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/10 – 07/10</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24/09 – 30/09</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/09 – 23/09</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3644</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/09 – 16/09</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03/09 – 09/09</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4261</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 19/11/2021 16:32:49 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

997882

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	House of Commons: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the letter from the Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission to the Clerk of the House of 19 March 2018 on Newsnight report into bullying and harassment, if the Commission will publish the response to that letter; and what information was provided to the Equality and Human Rights Commission in response to the questions listed at the end of that letter.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	185545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Clerk of the House replied to the letter from the Equality and Human Rights Commission on 23 March 2018. A copy of that reply has already been sent to the Women and Equalities Committee and has been placed in the Library.</p><p>The letter from the Equality and Human Rights Commission listed a number of matters they wished to discuss at a meeting. These were discussed at a meeting on 23 April 2018.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 05/11/2018 10:46:15 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller