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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

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

755948

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Parliament: Apprentices
	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 Answers of 21 April 2017 to Questions 70502 and 70503, on apprentices: Parliament, whether the House of Commons has declared a levy payment since May 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	7074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The House of Commons has made levy payments to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) since April 2017, in the region of £37,000–£38,000 per month. All levy payments are up to date. This figure includes the House of Lords share of staff costs which are incurred on a shared basis between the two Houses.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 13/09/2017 11:29:16 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

830406

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2018
	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	Parliamentary Estate: Waste Management
	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, which wastes are sent for incineration by the Parliamentary authorities; and whether the Commission has made an assessment of alternative sources of disposal for such wastes.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	124972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>Parliament’s ‘general waste’ stream is sent for incineration at an ‘energy from waste’ facility. General waste bins in offices are clearly marked and are for food, food contaminated packaging, crisps packets, tea bags, coffee grounds, disposable coffee cups and take away meal containers.</p><p>The House authorities and their waste contractor carry out audits of the general waste stream to identify opportunities to move general wastes up the waste hierarchy, by avoiding the generation of wastes in the first instance, and to identify ways to increase recycling where possible.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 30/01/2018 15:36:55 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1061274

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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: Apprentices
	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, which training providers the House of Commons works with to train apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The House of Commons is participating in National Apprenticeship Week. This will include the production of a short film of former and current apprentices in conjunction with Amazing Apprenticeships. The film will be shown nationally in schools and Further Education colleges to promote apprenticeships in general and at Parliament.</p><p>Lifetime Training have been appointed as our Lead provider, together with Newham College. We also use Kaplan training who are managed by Lifetime.</p><p>In addition, we work alongside Amazing Apprenticeships who work with over 3,500 schools and colleges nationally.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 221755 221757 question first answered 28/02/2019 12:07:45 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

682386

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	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 Commission: Security
	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, which persons not employed by the House of Commons Commission hold security passes entitling them to enter the House of Commons Commission's premises.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	62537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2017 answer text <p>Persons not employed by the House of Commons Commission who hold security passes entitling them to enter the House of Commons estate are:</p><ul><li>Members of the House of Commons and their spouses/partners</li><li>Members of the House of Lords and their spouses/partners</li><li>Staff of Members of both Houses, political party staff sponsored by Members and staff of party research units</li><li>Staff of the House of Lords</li><li>Contractors</li><li>Members of the Metropolitan Police contracted by Parliament</li><li>Government officials</li><li>Specialist staff of parliamentary bodies</li><li>Specialist Advisers</li><li>Roll A Agents &amp; specified legal advisers used by the House</li><li>Media</li><li>Union representatives for House staff</li><li>Former Members of both Houses</li><li>Retired senior parliamentary officials</li><li>Residents of the Parliamentary Estate</li></ul> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 14/02/2017 14:31:27 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1061275

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	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: Apprentices
	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, which external organisations the House of Commons is working with to provide apprenticeship opportunities.
	tabling member constituency	Harlow
	tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
	uin	221757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The House of Commons is participating in National Apprenticeship Week. This will include the production of a short film of former and current apprentices in conjunction with Amazing Apprenticeships. The film will be shown nationally in schools and Further Education colleges to promote apprenticeships in general and at Parliament.</p><p>Lifetime Training have been appointed as our Lead provider, together with Newham College. We also use Kaplan training who are managed by Lifetime.</p><p>In addition, we work alongside Amazing Apprenticeships who work with over 3,500 schools and colleges nationally.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake grouped question UIN 221755 221756 question first answered 28/02/2019 12:07:45 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

828189

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	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: Cleaning Services
	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, which company has been contracted to carry out cleaning work on the ceiling of Westminster Hall; and what archaeological supervision has been provided to supervise that cleaning work.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	124149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Work is currently underway in Westminster Hall to complete phase three of the conservation programme. This includes: the refurbishment of the lantern; removing the extensive dust deposits from the roof timbers; minor repairs to the interior of the roof to stabilize decorative elements and tracery; fire protection improvements; and new lighting.</p><p>The principal contractor for the programme is Mitie, who have in turn subcontracted the refurbishment of the lantern, cleaning of dust deposits and the minor repairs to the heritage and conservation specialists, DBR Limited. The programme of work is supervised by heritage architects Donald Insall Associates.</p><p>There is a large body of academic material on the Hall already available, with principal studies conducted between 1854 and 2016. Both information from this, together with extensive condition surveys, have been used as the basis for the specification for the current work and any further survey in this regard would be of no evident value to Parliament. It should be noted that the roof is an example of ‘standing archaeology’ – that is, it will be accessible for the foreseeable future as it has been in the past. The obligation to record the repairs and to deposit the records in the archives will be undertaken by the consultant conservation architect (Donald Insall Associates), specialist conservators, the in-house Architecture &amp; Heritage team and Historic England. This information will be made available to interested parties and therefore no further archaeological supervision is necessary.</p><p>I have sent the hon. Lady a copy of the list of references to studies of the roof, and placed a copy in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/01/2018 14:54:36 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake attachment 1 file name References-to-studies-of-Westminster-Hall-Roof.pdf title References to studies of Westminster Hall Roof
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

834748

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	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	Members
	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 there are any plans to alter the in-House guiding system offered to Members; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	126177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>During 2017 a review of the operating model for guided tours at Parliament was undertaken. This was because the contract with the current supplier of guides for paid-for tours (Blue Badge Guides) comes to an end in October 2018. Blue Badge Guides are not the only option on offer to the public, so therefore a holistic review of all guided tours at Parliament was undertaken. The review sought to make improvements to the current model, and to ensure Parliament gets value for taxpayers’ money across all its tour guiding activities. This includes democratic access (Member tours), currently delivered by in-house guides, and paid for tours on Saturdays and during recess periods.</p><p>The review recommended a change to the current model. At present, different types of tour are taken by separate guide pools, all on different rates of pay and with variable contractual relationships with Parliament. The new model will create a core team of House employed, full-time and part-time tour guides who are able to deliver all tours, including both income generating commercial tours and constituents’ tours booked through Members. These will be good quality jobs, and ensure that visitors have an excellent experience. Blue Badge Guides could apply for the posts in the new House Service.</p><p>This recommendation was approved by managers in both Houses and subsequently endorsed by the Administration Committee on 27 November 2017 and the House of Commons Commission on 18 December 2017. The House of Lords Services Committee endorsed the recommendation following their meeting on 23 November 2017.</p><p>The benefits that will be realised through the adoption of the new model are:</p><ul><li>The opportunity to build a dedicated team of specialists who will be ambassadors for Parliament.</li><li>The operating model will provide substantive full and part time roles for new and existing staff who will be able to access the full employment benefits of working at the Houses of Parliament – rather than outsourcing at a significantly higher cost. Furthermore, the use of casual contracts will cease.</li><li>Visitor Services will introduce new recruitment strategies to increase the diversity of the guide pool. Visitor Services are looking into options such as apprenticeships to offer further employment opportunities.</li><li>The new model represents better value for money by both achieving efficiencies (cost and operational) and enabling opportunities for further public engagement through a richer programme of talks, tours and events with a dedicated Parliamentary team.</li><li>There will be more opportunity to quality assure all types of tour to the same high standard – commercial and democratic – with greater management control, ensuring content is distinct by tour type and audience in order to deepen public engagement with Parliament.</li><li>The above benefits will be realised whilst achieving a modest financial saving in comparison to the current model. This saving will be reinvested to increase Parliament’s public engagement in Westminster and in constituencies.</li></ul><p><br>The new model operating model will come into effect by the end of October 2018.</p><p>The above applies to the operating model only, it does not affect the booking process for tours.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 13/02/2018 11:45:31 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1105525

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	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 Chamber: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 studies commissioned from the architects Feilden and Mawson investigating the feasibility of a temporary House of Commons chamber in (a) the courtyard of Richmond House and (b) the courtyard of the Foreign Office are publicly available.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	237595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>A pre-feasibility study was produced by Feilden and Mawson in 2015, to support the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster in making a recommendation on the preferred delivery option for the Restoration &amp; Renewal Programme. The study considered several options for decant, including Richmond House and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office building.</p><p>Additional studies of other potential decant options were commissioned by the Joint Committee during the course of its inquiry.</p><p>These studies contain information about the Houses’ security requirements, as well as other information which may be commercially sensitive, and for that reason they are not publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 04/04/2019 10:35:07 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh