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910272

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	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: Redundancy Pay
	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 estimate the Commission has made of cost to the public purse of redundancy payments over and above the statutory contractual requirement for house staff since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	147443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Redundancy payments for employees of the House of Commons Commission are paid in line with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme rules. These offer an enhanced redundancy payment compared to the statutory requirement but provide specific rules that the House and other “Schedule 1” employers who are part of the Civil Service Pension Arrangements must follow when calculating redundancy payments. House of Commons employees have a contractual entitlement to redundancy payment on these terms and no redundancy payments have been made over and above the Civil Service requirements since 2009. That includes Speaker’s Office staff who are employees of the Commission.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 147444 question first answered 06/06/2018 10:49:47 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

910273

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	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: Redundancy Pay
	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 estimate the Commission has made of the cost to the public purse of redundancy payments over and above the statutory contractual requirement for house staff working in the Speaker's office since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	147444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Redundancy payments for employees of the House of Commons Commission are paid in line with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme rules. These offer an enhanced redundancy payment compared to the statutory requirement but provide specific rules that the House and other “Schedule 1” employers who are part of the Civil Service Pension Arrangements must follow when calculating redundancy payments. House of Commons employees have a contractual entitlement to redundancy payment on these terms and no redundancy payments have been made over and above the Civil Service requirements since 2009. That includes Speaker’s Office staff who are employees of the Commission.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 147443 question first answered 06/06/2018 10:49:47 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

919926

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2018
	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	Angus Sinclair
	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, whether the redundancy payment paid to Angus Sinclair was in line with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme rules.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	151424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The exit payment made to Angus Sinclair was in line with the Civil Service Compensation Scheme rules. The House of Commons was not a member of the Civil Service pension arrangements until 2014, but prior to this date it had a ‘by-analogy’ scheme that followed the same rules.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 18/06/2018 16:29:05 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

456699

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	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	Members: Computers
	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, how many all-in-one computers have been issued to hon. Members and their offices since May 2015; and how many such computers have had to be recalled due to a fault.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	29326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>1,071 all-in-one computers have been issued since May 2015. 14 have been recalled due to a fault.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 09/03/2016 16:40:04 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

535287

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	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	Members: 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, what recent assessment the Commission has made of the security arrangements for screening mail received by hon. Members of each House of Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	42380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>A procurement process for a new contract for screening mail received by hon. Members is currently underway. A full review of the security arrangements and contract specification forms part of that process. This review is based on advice from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) as well as on a national standard specification for mail screening (PAS 97:2015).</p><p>Following an incident, the Parliamentary Security Department has recently revised and reissued guidance to Members and staff on what to do following receipt of a suspicious letter or package.</p><p>We do not comment in public on details of security arrangements. The Deputy Director of Security (Delivery) would be happy to discuss these arrangements in more detail with the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 19/07/2016 16:04:26 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

910261

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	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	Parliamentary Tours
	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 ongoing discussions in the Administration Committee on the future of Blue Badge guided tours of the House, what the Commission's policy is on pausing the recruitment of in-house staff pending a final decision on the guiding service.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	147401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The House of Commons Commission has no plans to pause the recruitment of in-house tour guides because the final decision on the new guiding service was taken several months ago. It has been endorsed by the House of Commons Administration Committee and the Commission. Recruitment of 28 new members of House of Commons staff to take the majority of tours in Parliament will be completed this month.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 06/06/2018 10:47:16 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

90177

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what the total expenditure on essential maintenance of the Palace of Westminster was in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; what the Commons contribution was in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the likely increase in such costs in the next two financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Moray
	tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
	uin	207731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>The total expenditure on essential maintenance of the Palace of Westminster and the Commons contribution was as follows:</p><p>2009–10 £8.9m, Commons share £5.5m<br>2010–11 £9.6m, Commons share £6.0m.</p><p>Essential maintenance has been interpreted to include planned and reactive day-to-day maintenance plus resource project works in excess of £25,000. It excludes staff costs and capital projects such as cast iron roofs repairs and the Medium Term Mechanical &amp; Electrical project.</p><p>Whilst the Medium Term Financial Plan, which covers the next two financial years has not yet been agreed, essential maintenance is expected to be in line with previous years subject to inflation.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 05/09/2014 10:29:43 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

76433

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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 Procedure: Publications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will take steps to make the latest edition of Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice available free of charge online.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	204435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Erskine May's <em>Parliamentary Practice</em> is published by Butterworths under an exclusive licence granted by the Trustees of the May Memorial Fund, registered charity 306057, who own the copyright to the work. I understand that the Trustees are considering under what financial arrangements it might be practicable to make a digital version of Erskine May available online.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 14/07/2014 15:48:23 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

844123

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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	Parliamentary Estate: Plastics
	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 introduce a charge of 25p for disposable cups on the parliamentary estate; what assessment the Commission has made of the potential merits of the recommendations made in the reports of the Environmental Audit Committee on plastic bottles and coffee cups, HC339 and HC 657, published on 22 December 2017 and 5 January 2018 respectively; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	128463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>Following recommendations made to all public sector bodies in the Environmental Audit Committee’s Report, <em>‘Plastic Bottles: Turning back the plastic tide’</em>, the House Service is currently reviewing the sustainability and environmental management of single use disposable plastics in the House of Commons.</p><p>A paper is to be submitted for discussion at the Administration Committee in March 2018 outlining the initiatives that can be taken forward to reduce the consumption of single use disposable plastics on the estate and increase recycling rates of all waste materials. I will ensure that the hon. Member’s suggestion is conveyed to the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 23/02/2018 13:05:27 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

897958

	registered interest
	date	04/05/2018
	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	Parliamentary Estate: Plastics
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2018 to Question 128463, on Parliamentary Estate: Plastics, what the outcome was of the Administration Committee’s consideration of the proposed 25p charge for disposable cups on the parliamentary estate; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	141344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Administration Committee discussed a range of initiatives proposed to reduce the consumption of single use disposable plastics on 26 March 2018, including the introduction of the 25p charge for disposable cups on the Parliamentary Estate.</p><p>The Committee endorsed all the proposed measures including the introduction of the 25p charge, which will be implemented before the House returns from the summer recess later this year. They were agreed by the Commission on 14 May.</p><p>A comprehensive statement outlining the strategy being implemented to tackle single-use avoidable plastics over the next 12 months was published on 15 May:</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/commons/media-relations-group/news/parliaments-ambitious-plastic-plans-unveiled-/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/offices/commons/media-relations-group/news/parliaments-ambitious-plastic-plans-unveiled-/</a></p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 16/05/2018 09:30:06 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas