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1661788

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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 Chamber: Asbestos
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 information the Commission holds on how much asbestos is located in pipes leading into the House of Commons Chamber.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	200362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer // answer text <p>The House of Commons Commission has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered // answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1484310

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Parliament: Educational Visits
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, if the Commission will undertake a review into the travel subsidy regime for schools to undertake educational visits to Parliament, in the context of disparities between the level of subsidy received by schools in Norfolk and Suffolk.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	26749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The Commission notes that the Finance Committee has recently requested a briefing on the specific issues raised and the request for a review. The Commission will write to the Member after the matter has been considered and any recommendations made.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 11/07/2022 17:18:26 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1197130

registered interest
date	19/05/2020
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	Hybrid Proceedings: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to the public purse has been to date of implementing hybrid proceedings in Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	49036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2020 answer text <p>The House of Commons Commission is responsible for the hybrid proceedings in the Commons. The costs set out below therefore relate only to work associated with the Commons, not Parliament as a whole. The figures show combined implementation/other one-off costs and running costs as at 31 May 2020, and cover committed spend up to that date, not just actual expenditure.</p><p><br>VIRTUAL CHAMBER REVENUE COSTS:</p><p>Chamber set up – £31,200</p><p>Broadcasting hub set up – £12,734</p><p>Specialist operating team – £176,000</p><p>Technical infrastructure hire – £334,000</p><p>Remote broadcasting provision for Ministers and other key Members – £70,000</p><p>Additional internet bandwidth – £6,000</p><p>Sub-total excluding VAT = £629,934</p><p>(<em>all supplier costs concerned, excluding any capital costs, are VAT recoverable</em>)</p><p><br>VIRTUAL CHAMBER CAPITAL COSTS:</p><p>Broadcasting equipment – £123,994</p><p>Hansard recording equipment – £58,306</p><p> </p><p>Sub-total excluding VAT = £182,300</p><p>Sub-total including VAT = £218,760</p><p> </p><p><br>REMOTE VOTING, BALLOTING AND ANNUNCIATOR COSTS:</p><p>Remote voting (development, hosting) – £40,000 approx.</p><p>Commons Balloting – £12,500</p><p>Remote annunciator (“UKParliamentNow”) – £33,464 (<em>Commons share only</em>)</p><p> </p><p>Sub-total including VAT = £85,964</p><p> </p><p><br>VIRTUAL COMMITTEES REVENUE COSTS:</p><p> </p><p>Implementation = £24,327 ex VAT (£29,192 including VAT)</p><p> </p><p><br>VIRTUAL COMMITTEES CAPITAL COSTS:</p><p> </p><p>Implementation = £330,824 ex VAT (£396,988 including VAT)</p><p> </p><p><br>ONLINE BY-ELECTION FOR SELECT COMMITTEE CHAIRS</p><p> </p><p>£3,780 including VAT.</p><p> </p><p>TOTAL REVENUE INCLUDING NON-RECOVERABLE VAT = £745,090</p><p> </p><p>TOTAL CAPITAL INCLUDING VAT = £615,748</p><p> </p><p>GRAND TOTAL = £1,360,838</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 03/06/2020 21:42:35 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

1176839

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question 2472, what the budget was for information and communications technology equipment for the Parliamentary estate in each year from 2010 to 2019.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The expenditure on equipment by the Parliamentary Digital Service and its predecessor, the Parliamentary ICT Department, has been used rather than the budget to show what has actually been incurred on equipment purchases.</p><p>Information is not available prior to 2012/13 at the level requested and may not include all expenditure by the House of Lords. Figures for 2019/20 are to date.</p><p><br><strong>Total spend</strong></p><p>2012/13 £858k</p><p>2013/14 £1,372k</p><p>2014/15 £1,458k</p><p>2015/16 £4,808k</p><p>2016/17 £6,106k</p><p>2017/18 £4,892k</p><p>2018/19 £7,876k</p><p>2019/20 £2,270k</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 13/02/2020 08:05:34 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1052355

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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: Heating
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, if the Commission will make an assessment of the merits of supplementary heating in the Library Corridor so that the officers of the House standing there are kept warm.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	215109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The welfare of our staff is of course our principal concern. Whilst the issue of supplementary heating has not been raised by any of the Doorkeepers through the usual management channels, I can confirm that the situation has already been assessed and a simple solution, involving the closing of a fire door, has been identified, which will be implemented immediately, subject to consultation with the fire safety team. In addition, the high level windows in library corridor, which had been contributing to a cold draught in the corridor, have now all been closed.<br></p><p>The Doorkeepers are on post for a maximum of 30 minutes at a time, and the post is rotated daily between a team of 11 Doorkeepers, so the team should find that the proposed solution will deliver immediate benefits to their working environment.<br></p><p>The Library Corridor is not presently heated. It is lined on both sides with bookcases which means there is nowhere to install any radiators, and the pipework to do so currently does not exist.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 13/02/2019 19:03:18 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

822919

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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: Catering
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, what plans the Commission has to increase the range of food available for both vegetarians and vegans in catering facilities in the House.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	122602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Catering services provide a wide choice of dishes to cater for vegans and vegetarians throughout the estate. Menus are changed on a regular basis to provide variety and to reflect seasonality. There has also been an increase in the number of choices for vegans and vegetarians across our venues in recent years.</p><p>We gather customer suggestions and feedback through regular surveys and through our customer feedback email address. This assists us with our menu planning and to improve our offers and dishes on our menus where possible.</p><p>There are no specific plans to increase the range of food available to vegans and vegetarians. In 2017, all cafeterias supported National Vegetarian Week (15 to 19 May) and World Vegan Month (in November) where we promote and further offer a selection of dishes to our customers. Catering services will continue to promote these in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/01/2018 11:25:38 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

451550

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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	BBC Parliament: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will discuss with the BBC Parliament channel improving the provision of (a) subtitles and (b) an in-vision interpreter for hearing impaired people.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	26466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The audience share for BBC Parliament is below the Ofcom threshold for Access Service provision. However, we have committed to subtitling 100% of live Commons on the channel by 2019. We will reach this figure by increasing the amount of subtitling by 5% each year and this year will subtitle 85% of live Commons sittings.</p><p>The year to date figure for the total provision of subtitling on BBC Parliament against the total broadcast hours of the channel is 12.05%.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 23/02/2016 17:36:16 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

424630

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	Acts: Publishing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what alternative media for printing Acts of Parliament the Commission has considered.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	13883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The House of Lords is responsible for the printing of two record copies of each Act, both printed on vellum in accordance with the Resolutions agreed by both Houses in February 1849. The Commission does not incur any expenditure on the printing of these copies, and has therefore undertaken no inquiry into, or consultation on, the proposal from the Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords to move to the use of archival paper. It has also therefore not sought to assess alternative options, nor undertaken any analysis of relative storage or care costs of vellum as opposed to archival paper. The House of Lords agreed in 1999 to vary its resolution and that vellum should cease to be used. The predecessor Administration Committee had considered arguments in support of a similar proposal from the House of Lords in June 1999. That Committee recommended in a report (<a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmselect/cmadmin/539/53903.htm" target="_blank"><em>Record Copies of Acts</em>, HC 539</a>) to the House that the proposal to end the use of vellum be accepted. However, following a debate on 1 November 1999, on a motion that the Commons agree with the Lords in their resolution, the proposal was rejected by the Commons. [Deb HC: 1 November 1999, Col 32ff].</p><p>In his letter to the Administration Committee of 17 September, printed with the Committee’s Report (<a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmadmin/521/521.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Record Copies of Acts</em>, HC 521</a>), the Chairman of Committees stated that the average annual cost of printing vellums is around £100,000 a year. I understand that the current estimate of the savings arising from a switch to archival paper are about 80%, amounting to around £800,000 of savings to public funds over the next ten years. These arise from the greater ease of printing on paper rather than vellum, as well as the raw material costs. The exact level of savings to public funds will depend on the number of Acts passed, and number of pages per Act, per year, and the precise specification and contractual arrangements agreed for future printing. The Commission has made no assessment of the breakdown of savings arising.</p><p>The Chairman of Committees records in his letter the view that high quality archival paper would maintain durability and print quality. I understand that the National Archives has already informed Parliament that it does not require a vellum copy, and that it takes the view that archival quality paper is sufficient to maintain the public record. It also maintains a comprehensive database of legislation, both “as originally enacted” and “as amended”, on <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk</a>. Private Acts have been printed on archival paper since 1956. There are internationally recognised ISO standards for archival paper, and for archival quality ink and printing processes.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 13880 13881 13882 13884 13885 13957 13958 14164 question first answered 09/11/2015 11:47:59 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson