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	registered interest
	date	12/01/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Restaurants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees why new chairs have been placed in the River Restaurant; how much they cost; whether estimates were obtained for the cost of chairs with and without the Portcullis; what happened to the old chairs; and what was the salvage value of the old chairs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL4092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The chairs recently placed in the River Restaurant were previously in storage and so there was no cost in this financial year. The new chairs provide greater back support than the benches formerly used. Those benches have been placed into storage; no estimate has been made of their salvage value.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Sewel question first answered 22/01/2015 11:51:35 answering member 2124 label Biography information for Lord Sewel
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

418791

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what costs were incurred in the recruitment of the House of Lords Executive Chef.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL2226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The recruitment exercise for an executive chef is ongoing. We have paid £346.61 to publicise the vacancy in relevant forums. Other anticipated costs include a £350 fee for an external recruitment panel member and the marginal cost of ingredients for a cooking test. Other costs are not envisaged, although we do reimburse reasonable candidate travel expenses.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 18/09/2015 13:19:10 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

422798

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees, further to the Written Answer by the Chairman of Committees on 18 September (HL2226), what costs were incurred in recruiting the last House of Lords Executive Chef, and for how long that postholder was employed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL2845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The last Executive Chef was employed by the House for just over a year. We paid £360to publicise the permanent vacancy in relevant forums. Reasonable travel expenses of several candidates were reimbursed at £83.40. An external consultant already engaged by Catering and Retail Services assisted with the selection process - a reasonable estimate of the cost of his time is £278. There were also marginal costs for the refreshment for the panel and ingredients to support a work-based skills test. The successful candidate had previously been employed on a fixed-term contract for which we paid an agency fee of £3,600.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 29/10/2015 15:51:26 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

424142

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Catering and Retail Services (HL): Redundancy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees how many members of staff in Catering and Retail Services are being made redundant.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL3053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>There have been no redundancies in House of Lords Catering and Retail Services this year. Three sous chefs left via a voluntary exit scheme following a restructuring of back of house services.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 09/11/2015 15:21:18 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

431551

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Catering and Retail Services (HL): Termination of Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees on what basis the last Deputy Head of Catering and Retail Services left the employment of the administration.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL3814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>It is not appropriate for me to answer questions on individual employment matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 01/12/2015 17:45:32 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

448164

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees which members of House of Lords' staff are entitled to free food or refreshments in the House's facilities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL5554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>Catering and Retail Services staff are provided with meals without charge during shifts, in accordance with arrangements made by the Head of Catering and Retail Services. This is standard practice in the hospitality industry.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 10/02/2016 16:25:25 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

448165

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	Catering and Retail Services (HL)
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees what is the new role of the previous manager of Catering and Retail Services; what are his responsibilities; and to whom he reports.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL5555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>The postholder has been transferred to lead the Catering and Retail Services Change Programme on a full time basis until programme closure and then to embed its success into the Department’s business as usual activities. He reports to the Director of Facilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 10/02/2016 17:40:49 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

452292

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2016
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees, further to his Written Answer on 10 February (HL5554), whether partners and spouses of Catering and Retail Services staff are also entitled to receive meals without charge.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL6193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>Partners and spouses are not entitled to receive meals without charge.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 23/02/2016 17:46:17 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

476471

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2016
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Facilities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees who sanctioned the change of use of the Peers' TV Room and whether it is envisaged that an alternative facility will be made available to members.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL7048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>The Accommodation Steering Group (comprising the Chairman of Committees, Government Chief Whip, Opposition Accommodation Whip, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip and Convenor of the Crossbench Peers) decided in July that that the Peers’ TV Room (on the Committee Corridor) should be converted into additional hot-desk space, initially for use by new Members. That decision was reported to the Administration and Works Committee, and was recorded in Red Benches and the Committee’s published minutes.</p><p>There are no plans to provide an alternative facility. I feel sure that Noble Lords will agree that limited space must be used efficiently to enable the House and its members to carry out their parliamentary functions effectively.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 23/03/2016 17:33:40 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

510319

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	answering body	The Lord Chairman of Committees
	answering dept id	200
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Chairman of Committees (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Facilities
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Chairman of Committees, further to his Written Answer on 23 March (HL7048) about the change of use of the Peers' TV Room, what happened to the armchairs that used to be in that room.
	tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
	uin	HL7525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The chairs are in existing storage facilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 25/04/2016 12:39:29 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer