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1144461

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2019
	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	Sleeping Rough: Westminster Station
	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 Commission has taken steps to support rough sleepers moved on from Westminster tube station since the installation of the new security door to the Parliamentary Estate.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	286298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2019 answer text <p>We continue to engage with partners on addressing the difficult issue of rough sleeping in and around the station constructively and sympathetically. We are working closely with Westminster City Council to ensure that the people who sleep in the station are offered the support that they need.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/09/2019 18:16:14 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

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

767631

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	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: Broadband
	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 the average broadband download speed is on the Parliamentary estate.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	106531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Estate provides users with a number of different broadband solutions with varying bandwidth based on usage and capacity requirements. These are listed below:</p><ul><li>Parliament’s main secure private network (PN) resilient internet connection = 2Gbps bandwidth</li><li>The secure ‘internet direct’ resilient wireless service = 400Mbps bandwidth</li><li>Broadband over a phone line = 5–7Mbps bandwidth</li></ul><p><br>The Digital Service takes action where possible to improve the broadband download speed across the Parliamentary Estate. However, due to the age and condition of the Palace of Westminster it is difficult to improve both the wiring that is available and to supplement the wireless connectivity.</p><p>The average download speeds on these services will vary as it depends on a number of factors such as the capability of the user’s device, the connection type (wired/wireless), the size of download, the current bandwidth utilisation on any given day and the volume of users/devices connected, as these internet services and bandwidths are shared with all users across the Parliamentary estate. Due to these factors, the Digital Service does not hold data relating to the average download speed.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 12/10/2017 13:02:06 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

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

678682

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2017
	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	Members: Harassment
	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 recent assessment the Commission has made of the level of online abuse of female hon. Members.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	61644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>Members are encouraged to report all social media abuse and threats to the Parliamentary Liaison and Investigation Team (PLAIT), based in Westminster. This police unit provides support to individual Members about security concerns and co-ordinates the response with local forces.</p><p>The House has a policy of not commenting publicly on specific security matters. However, the Parliamentary Security Director is happy to meet the right hon. Member to discuss the level of online abuse of female hon. Members.</p><p>The Parliamentary Security Department, in conjunction with the police digital crime unit and social media companies, have run workshops for Members on this issue and provides general security advice on social media harassment.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 30/01/2017 12:05:54 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

708582

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2017
	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: Educational Visits
	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 proportion of school-aged children visiting Parliament through Parliament's Education Service were home-schooled in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	66707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The proportion of home-schooled children visiting Parliament through Parliament's Education Service in each <em>academic</em> year since 2010 were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Total schools visiting</p></td><td><p>Total number of school visitors</p></td><td><p>Total home education groups visiting</p></td><td><p>Total number of home schooled visitors</p></td><td><p>Home schooled visitors as a % of all school visitors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>864</p></td><td><p>34,478</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>0.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,043</p></td><td><p>40,424</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>0.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,216</p></td><td><p>46,137</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>0.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,305</p></td><td><p>46,597</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0.02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,302</p></td><td><p>43,386</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>0.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2,223</p></td><td><p>81,977</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>0.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2,541</p></td><td><p>93,366</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>0.42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,494</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>386,385</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,863</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.48</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The proportion of home-schooled children visiting Parliament through Parliament's Education Service in each <em>financial</em> year since 2010 were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total schools visiting</p></td><td><p>Total number of school visitors</p></td><td><p>Total home education groups visiting</p></td><td><p>Total number of home education group visitors</p></td><td><p>Home educated visitors as a % of all school visitors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>34,258</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>0.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>997</p></td><td><p>39,818</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>0.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,126</p></td><td><p>44,389</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>0.48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,244</p></td><td><p>46,491</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>0.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,282</p></td><td><p>43,763</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>0.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1,781</p></td><td><p>65,775</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>679</p></td><td><p>1.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2,495</p></td><td><p>94,409</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>0.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,761</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>386,903</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,907</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0.49</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures represent the number of individuals visiting, rather than the overall number of sessions each school has booked (each school can book up to four sessions in an academic year).</p><p>The totals for 2016/17 are based upon actual visits up until 03/03/2017. Figures for the remainder of the academic / financial year are based upon bookings received.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 09/03/2017 11:08:44 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

769016

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2017
	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	Big Ben: 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, what material has been used in the scaffolding for the renovation work on the Elizabeth Tower; and what the country of origin was of that material.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	107189
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>A modular scaffolding system is being used for the refurbishment of the Elizabeth Tower. A UK sub-contractor is erecting the modular system, which is made from high tensile galvanised steel supplied from Germany, through a UK-based company.</p><p>The modular scaffolding system is supported by a steelwork gantry. The steelwork for the gantry has been procured through a UK manufacturer (Sir Robert McAlpine’s sub-contractor). The origin of the majority of the steel is British, but due to the quantity and size of the components required it has been necessary to source some steel from overseas suppliers, including in Brazil and the United Arab Emirates.</p><p>All of the steelwork structures have been assembled in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 18/10/2017 17:05:46 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1147722

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	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: 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, whether a (a) temporary or (b) permanent House of Commons security pass has ever been refused on the grounds that the applicant had been found to be in contempt of Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	293592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>In the past 10 years, there have been no cases where a temporary or permanent House of Commons security pass has been refused on the grounds that the applicant had been found to be in contempt of Parliament.</p><p>Parliament decides on matters of contempt, including sanctions, on a case-by-case basis, on the advice of the Committee of Privileges.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 07/10/2019 18:46:21 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

917650

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	House of Commons: 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 pay rise has been awarded to staff in the Catering Services of the House of Commons for financial year 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	150216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>In common with all House of Commons staff, all staff in Catering Services received an interim pay award of a 1% increase in salary with effect from 1 April 2018. This interim pay award was an early pay award for 2018–19 and its conditions included moving the pay date from 1 September to 1 April for each year from 1 April 2019. We are in negotiations with the unions for a second increase with effect from 1 September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 12/06/2018 11:26:15 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock