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453804

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2016
	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	House of Commons: Catering
	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 the Commission's policy is on the allocation of service charges paid by card to (a) permanent and (b) contracted canteen and hospitality staff working on the parliamentary estate.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	27612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Service charges paid by debit and credit cards are passed on to catering staff employed by the House of Commons in addition to their wages through the House of Commons payroll system. They are shared equally amongst staff working on a particular day in a given venue.</p><p>Agency (contracted) workers do not receive service charge amounts as there is no mechanism for these to be paid to the individual as the agencies are paid separately to the House of Commons payroll system.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 29/02/2016 16:03:43 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

443824

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2016
	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	House of Commons: UK Membership of EU
	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 contingency arrangements the House of Commons Commission has made for the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the upcoming EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	21947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The House of Commons Commission has made no contingency arrangements in the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the upcoming EU referendum.</p><br /> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 18/01/2016 12:45:22 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

674478

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2017
	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: Staff
	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, how many House staff are nationals of an EU country other than the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	60497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>For the purpose of security clearance all staff have to declare a nationality. The Pass Office database shows that the House of Commons including bi-cameral departments holds security clearance and passes for a total of 2,653 staff. 153 of these have declared a nationality of an EU country other than the UK. This equates to 5.77%.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 23/01/2017 10:36:53 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

655708

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2016
	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	Parliamentary Estate: Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what discussions the Commission has had on providing hon. Members' staff based on the parliamentary estate and visitors with facilities to donate toiletries and non-perishable food to a food bank at the Palace of Westminster; whether plans are in place to provide such donation points; what facilities there are to donate surplus food from the parliamentary estate to foodbanks and other charities; and how much food was sent from the parliamentary estate to landfill in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	56880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The Commission has had no discussions on providing facilities on the parliamentary estate for hon. Members’ staff and visitors to donate toiletries, and non-perishable food to a food bank.</p><p>We are unable to provide the proportions for the treatment of unused and uneaten food waste across the parliamentary estate as we do not separately record the amount of such waste entering the general waste stream.</p><p>All catering food waste segregated at the kitchens and food preparation areas is recovered or recycled; and no general office or catering waste from Parliament is sent to landfill.</p><p>The majority of food waste generated by the House of Commons is not fit for human consumption. A very minimal amount of edible food will end up as waste due to the controls in place to prevent this. Even if a minimal amount of edible food could be recovered, it is also a legal requirement that this food meets strict hygiene standards even upon donation, which cannot be guaranteed once it leaves the premises.</p><p>Working closely with the Maintenance and Environment teams, Catering Services have removed approximately 152 tonnes of organic waste from the general waste stream from August 2015 to July 2016. This is an increase of 30% from the first full year of the scheme.</p><p>There are no plans for HoC Catering Services to look at alternative ways of recycling food, i.e. as donations.</p><p>Westminster Chapel, telephone number 020 7834 1731, hosts the nearest food bank: The Westminster Foodbank, Westminster Chapel, Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6BS. Its opening hours and information about its work can be found at <a href="http://www.westminsterchapel.org.uk/ministries/foodbank/" target="_blank">http://www.westminsterchapel.org.uk/ministries/foodbank/</a>. The website has a comprehensive list of food items acceptable for donation.</p><p>Local charity shops may accept toiletries which are sealed, or clearly new and unused, but it would be advisable to check with them first.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 11/01/2017 12:30:27 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 26474 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

637958

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	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	Parliamentary Digital Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House of Commons Commission will undertake a value for money review of the effectiveness of the Parliamentary Digital Service.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	53378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>In January of this year the Director of the Digital Service commissioned Deloitte to conduct an independent efficiency review of the Digital Service 10 months after its formation. The top level finding of the review was that: “Parliamentary Digital Service (PDS) is not failing in terms of efficiency for the budget it is allocated and systems it operates, however, it is failing to meet its potential.”</p><p>The review identified eight key themes to improve efficiency and effectiveness: benefits &amp; outcomes, culture, governance, asset management, talent, infrastructure, contracts and strategy. The Digital Service has fully accepted that these are areas for improvement and senior Digital Service staff are taking ownership of these areas.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 23/11/2016 11:56:18 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

657954

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	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	Palace of Westminster: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will make it its policy to replace the temporary galvanised hand-operated barriers positioned outside Carriage Gates with barriers in keeping with a Grade 1 listed building; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	57451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The temporary galvanised barriers outside Carriage Gates will be replaced via the New Palace Yard security enhancement project. The detailed design for the permanent replacement will be developed once an outline business case has been approved in early February 2017. It is envisaged that a solution sympathetic to the existing local architecture will be adopted. This will be subject to obtaining the necessary consents and permissions from Westminster City Council. We plan to start these works by the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 20/12/2016 13:01:36 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

457087

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2016
	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	House of Commons: Catering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many contracted canteen and hospitality staff worked on the parliamentary estate in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	29566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of Contracted (Agency) staff is difficult to calculate due to the number of different agencies used and the often short term, varied work they are engaged to do. The number of contracted (agency) staff compared to the number of permanent staff is relatively low and accounts for less than 10% of the workforce costs with most contracted (agency) staff covering <em>ad hoc</em> operational requirements.</p><p>The percentage of workforce costs that represent agency staff for the years 2009 to 2015 were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2.84% of staff costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2.17% of staff costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>4.11% of staff costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>4.34% of staff costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6.00 % of staff costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>8.11% of staff costs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Along with growing guaranteed hours staff, contracted (Agency) staff have helped with the flexibility of the business needs since the directorate restructured to a smaller core team in 2011 and 2013 and in response to a growing banqueting and events business through income generation initiatives. As a result total staff costs have been much better controlled by being able to have a flexible resource which resources up to peaks in demand rather than having too many staff during quieter periods.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 09/03/2016 15:38:41 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 49623 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

479232

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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	House of Commons: Politically Exposed Persons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate the House of Commons Commission has made of the number of senior House officials who will potentially fall under the provisions of the 4th EU Money Laundering Directive, 2015/849.
	tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
	tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
	uin	31343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>The Commission has made no estimate of the numbers, if any, of senior House officials who might be held to fall within the definition of “politically exposed persons” for the purposes of the 4th EU Money Laundering Directive, nor would there be any reason for it to do so. Several senior House officials will themselves be aware of the provisions of the Directive as a result of their parliamentary work.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 22/03/2016 16:54:29 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

659629

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2016
	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	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many staff have been (a) recruited and (b) redeployed to work on the Palace of Westminster restoration and renewal programme; and in what salary bands (i) those recruited and (ii) those redeployed are employed.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Simon Hart
	uin	57888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The Restoration and Renewal Programme currently employs 29 staff. Of these, 17 have been competitively recruited to the Programme from within the House of Commons or House of Lords Service, seven have been recruited externally, three are agency staff and two are on loan, from the Corporate Services Team and the Parliamentary Digital Service. Most Programme staff are on temporary contracts; permanent staff of the two Houses would return to their previous Teams if their contracts were not renewed or extended.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Pay band </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Internal </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>External </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS1A</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>B2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>C</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup>Includes two agency staff</p><p><sup>2</sup>Includes one agency staff and two staff on loan</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 20/12/2016 13:51:18 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

457773

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2016
	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	House of Commons: Productivity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to (a) improve the productivity of House staff and (b) promote the efficient use of the parliamentary estate.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	29862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Over the last Parliament the productivity of the House was increased through a cost reduction programme which saved 17% in real terms by 2014/15 against the 2010/11 Administration (Resource) Estimate of £231 million and by expanding the number and range of services provided.</p><p>The Executive Committee has instigated an efficiency review with a target of a 10% reduction of controllable resource spend over the life of this Parliament, which equates to £15.5m. One way this is to be achieved is by utilising the estate more effectively.</p><p>Following the recommendations of the Committee on Governance of the House of Commons, a restructure of services and approach is being undertaken. This is focused not just on running costs but on achieving more effective project management, facilitating improved delivery of projects. The Commission is, with the House of Lords, also examining the opportunities for further joint working between the Houses.</p><p>The House Service has a continuous improvement programme to review work processes and streamline ways of working to improve efficiency, quality of service and productivity. This includes better use of digital technology. In addition, the House People Strategy provides for a number of methods to enable staff to develop their capability and improve productivity. All staff are encouraged to review their job competence, using a diagnostic tool, to identify where their competence needs to improve. A learning programme offers all staff a range of opportunities to develop that competence. Our individual performance review process provides the means for individuals to work with their manager to ensure objectives are met and to improve their work performance. Finally staff are able to work flexibly to respond to the demands of the job.</p><p>Plans to restore and renew the Palace of Westminster could create opportunities to make better and more productive use of space. The Commission awaits the report of the Joint Committee on the future of the Palace; the Northern Estate Programme will target the optimisation of the existing buildings within its scope: seeking to improve the efficiency of the estate overall, support new ways of working, reduce running costs, and improve access and security for Members and their staff.</p><p>The current House of Commons accommodation policy states that House staff currently occupy buildings on the parliamentary estate primarily in open plan workspace to increase the capacity and flexibility of space and (where appropriate) promote better working. Workplace studies are routinely used when reviewing business requirements to ensure that available accommodation is optimised to support users in the most efficient manner feasible within the constraints of the existing buildings.</p><p>The Houses’ Digital strategy aims to improve efficiency and effectiveness through the delivery of highly available, secure and easy to use technology. The technology will support flexible and mobile working which will contribute to better use of the Estate and Parliamentary resources more generally. For example the wider adoption of laptops to promote flexible working is currently under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 22/03/2016 16:50:59 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith