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1583967

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2023
	answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept id	213
	answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what is the total expenditure on Restoration and Renewal to date; and whether he can provide a breakdown on how it has been allocated.
	tabling member printed	Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
	uin	HL5392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body and Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority were established in April and May 2020 respectively. From their establishment until the end of March 2022, those bodies spent £216.5m on the Restoration and Renewal Programme (this includes £5m of costs in April 2020 before the Delivery Authority was formally incorporated). A breakdown is provided in the table below.</p><p>The total forecast spend for the current financial year (2022-23) is £80m for the Delivery Authority and £7m for the Sponsor Body/R&amp;R Client Team (the Client Team having taken over the sponsor function for the programme from the Sponsor Body on 1 January 2023).</p><p>Both the Sponsor Body and Delivery Authority routinely published information on costs, for instance in quarterly reports, annual reports, and memoranda provided to the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission. This transparency will continue under the R&amp;R Client Team.</p><p><strong>Expenditure on the Restoration and Renewal Programme</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br> <strong>Spend area</strong></p></td><td><p><br> <strong>Total spend in 2020-21 and 2021-22 (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Sponsor Body costs</p></td><td><p><br> 26.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Palace of Westminster Design</p></td><td><p><br> 56.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> House of Lords Decant</p></td><td><p><br> 9.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Heritage Collections Decant</p></td><td><p><br> 2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Programme Management</p></td><td><p><br> 40.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Delivery Authority Corporate Functions</p></td><td><p><br> 23.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Data and Digital</p></td><td><p><br> 55.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Non-cash adjustments and central provisions</p></td><td><p><br> 2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Total</p></td><td><p><br> 216.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures do not include House of Lords staff costs or costs of parliamentary scrutiny of R&amp;R through committees or in the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/02/2023 16:48:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1141 label Biography information for Lord Forsyth of Drumlean

1672031

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept id	213
	answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, following the professional and technical advice received by both Houses that a partial decant is both more risky and expensive than a full decant, why a partial decant is still being considered as an option for Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
	tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
	uin	HL458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>In July 2023 the Restoration and Renewal (R&amp;R) Client Board endorsed the R&amp;R Programme Board’s recommended shortlist of R&amp;R delivery options. This included a “full decant” option where both Houses move out of the Palace at the same time (with the Commons prioritised for earlier return) and an option whereby the House of Commons would maintain a “continued presence” in varying locations in the Palace during the works and the House of Lords would move out of the Palace. The Client Board has also requested that a fallback option of enhanced maintenance and improvement forms part of further detailed design work on these options to inform a decision on the preferred way forward in due course, currently expected in 2025.</p><p>The Client Board considered it important that more than one option should be subject to further detailed design work and analysis in order to meet the spirit of the new mandate for R&amp;R agreed by both Houses last year and to reflect that members of both Houses have differing views about how the programme can best be delivered.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/11/2023 17:55:12 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1693107

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2024
	answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept id	213
	answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what has been the cost of the Restoration and Renewal programme to date; and whether there are any plans to scale-back future costs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
	uin	HL2963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The total cost of the R&amp;R Programme, from 2020-21 until the end of 2022-23, is £297m. This includes the costs of the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body and Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority which were established in April and May 2020 respectively (including £5m of costs in April 2020 before the Delivery Authority was formally incorporated). It also includes the costs of Restoration and Renewal Client Team, which took over the sponsor function for the programme from the Sponsor Body in January 2023.</p><p>The total forecast spend for the current financial year (2023-24) is £83m, which includes the costs of the Delivery Authority and the R&amp;R Client Team.</p><p>The Delivery Authority’s Main Estimate for 2024-25 is currently subject to parliamentary scrutiny and approval. As well as parliamentary approval being required for the initial budget provision, the Delivery Authority’s expenditure is subject to regular scrutiny and challenge throughout the financial year including by the R&amp;R Client Team and House finance teams, Delivery Authority Board, R&amp;R Programme Board, R&amp;R Client Board and Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission.</p><p>The Delivery Authority’s funding is based on what is required to deliver the key activities tasked to it by the R&amp;R Client Team. The Delivery Authority seeks to ensure that its expenditure remains taut and proportionate for the activities required to deliver the Programme and constantly re-assesses its resources, scaling up or down as appropriate. The R&amp;R Programme routinely publishes information on costs, for instance in quarterly reports, annual reports, and memoranda provided to the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/03/2024 13:26:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1314698

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: European Parliament
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment he has made of the value to the House of Lords of the office space in the European Parliament building set aside for House staff; whether he is aware that the UK and Norway are the only two countries that are not members of the EU that are afforded such accommodation; what plans there are to post a member of House staff to Brussels on a permanent basis; and if there are no such plans, whether he intends to inform the European Parliament that the office is no longer required.
	tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
	uin	HL204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>On 31 January 2020, the date the United Kingdom ceased to be a Member State of the European Union, the UK Parliament ceased to be an EU ‘national Parliament’, except for certain limited purposes set out in Article 128(2) of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>Up until this point designated staff of the House of Lords and House of Commons, as representatives of an EU ‘national Parliament’, were granted access to the European Parliament, along with office accommodation and other benefits. As the noble Lord points out, Norway has since 2012 been the only non-EU Member State to be granted comparable access thus far.</p><p>Despite the UK’s changed status after 31 January 2020, the European Parliament continued to afford access to House staff for the duration of the transition period, and on 22 December 2020 the Secretary General of the European Parliament offered “continued hosting” for the two Houses’ representatives after the end of the transition period, subject to “appropriate practical arrangements in the light of the evolving relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom”.</p><p>To date, no such practical arrangements have been required, given the guidance agreed by the House of Lords Commission in March 2020, which strongly discouraged overseas travel. Since that date there has been no committee or staff travel to Brussels, and the House’s representative has therefore undertaken the role remotely, using digital tools.</p><p>The House of Lords Commission continues to review the guidance on overseas travel, taking account of Government advice and the wider public health situation, and decisions on staff travel to Brussels will be taken as and when the guidance is updated.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL205 question first answered 24/05/2021 16:35:02 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1314699

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: European Parliament
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker on how many occasions this year the office allocated to the House of Lords in the European Parliament building in Brussels has been visited by a member of House staff; and what plans there are for using that office in the near future.
	tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
	uin	HL205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>On 31 January 2020, the date the United Kingdom ceased to be a Member State of the European Union, the UK Parliament ceased to be an EU ‘national Parliament’, except for certain limited purposes set out in Article 128(2) of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>Up until this point designated staff of the House of Lords and House of Commons, as representatives of an EU ‘national Parliament’, were granted access to the European Parliament, along with office accommodation and other benefits. As the noble Lord points out, Norway has since 2012 been the only non-EU Member State to be granted comparable access thus far.</p><p>Despite the UK’s changed status after 31 January 2020, the European Parliament continued to afford access to House staff for the duration of the transition period, and on 22 December 2020 the Secretary General of the European Parliament offered “continued hosting” for the two Houses’ representatives after the end of the transition period, subject to “appropriate practical arrangements in the light of the evolving relations between the European Union and the United Kingdom”.</p><p>To date, no such practical arrangements have been required, given the guidance agreed by the House of Lords Commission in March 2020, which strongly discouraged overseas travel. Since that date there has been no committee or staff travel to Brussels, and the House’s representative has therefore undertaken the role remotely, using digital tools.</p><p>The House of Lords Commission continues to review the guidance on overseas travel, taking account of Government advice and the wider public health situation, and decisions on staff travel to Brussels will be taken as and when the guidance is updated.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble grouped question UIN HL204 question first answered 24/05/2021 16:35:03 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1314988

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by Lord McFall of Alcluith on 23 January 2018 (HL4602), what is the estimated cost to the public purse for the repair and maintenance of the Palace of Westminster in each year from 2022/23 to 2026/27; and what is the estimated risk of a catastrophic failure within the Palace during that period.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The forecast cost of repair and maintenance of the Palace of Westminster in each year from 2022/23 to 2024/25, as per the most recent Medium Term Financial Plans, is set out in the table below. This includes the forecast spend on both maintenance and major projects on the Palace. There is not yet a reliable forecast for repair and maintenance beyond the 2024/25 financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planned preventative &amp; Reactive maintenance</p></td><td><p>£7,821,724</p></td><td><p>£8,156,641</p></td><td><p>£8,134,727</p></td><td><p>£8,218,493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Minor projects</p></td><td><p>£2,212,473</p></td><td><p>£2,212,473</p></td><td><p>£2,212,473</p></td><td><p>£2,212,473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintenance team</p></td><td><p>£5,013,950</p></td><td><p>£5,013,950</p></td><td><p>£5,013,950</p></td><td><p>£5,013,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Maintenance and Minor </strong> <strong>projects</strong></p></td><td><p>£15,048,146</p></td><td><p>£15,383,063</p></td><td><p>£15,361,149</p></td><td><p>£15,444,916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Major projects</strong></p></td><td><p>£102,393,805</p></td><td><p>£140,357,071</p></td><td><p>£98,586,481</p></td><td><p>£23,504,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£117,441,951</p></td><td><p>£155,740,134</p></td><td><p>£113,947,630</p></td><td><p>£38,949,749</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The risks of failure relating to the physical condition of the Palace of Westminster are reviewed and mitigated as part of the operation and maintenance of the Parliamentary Estate. These risks include fire, hitting uncharted underground services, unexploded ordnance, and failure of legally required services, all of which have mitigation plans in place to reduce the risk of failure. The table below shows the current assessment of the likelihood of the top five risk events in relation to catastrophic failure.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Top 5 Risk Events in relation to Catastrophic Failure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Likelihood</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire during construction work</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Collapsing structures</p></td><td><p>Very Low</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uncharted underground services</p></td><td><p>Very Low</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unexploded ordnance (UXO) or other hazardous materials</p></td><td><p>Very Low</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Failure of legally required services (e.g. water)</p></td><td><p>Medium</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: </strong>In-House Services and Strategic Estates Health and Safety &amp; maintenance team risk registers</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/05/2021 16:29:16 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

1316946

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what plans there are to resume physical-only proceedings in (1) the Chamber, and (2) select committees, once the majority of members and Administration staff have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The House of Lords Commission, which has responsibility for setting the strategic direction in this area, met on 25 May and had a preliminary discussion of these matters. The Commission discussion was informed by the debate on hybrid proceedings held in the Chamber on 20 May and was followed by a meeting of the Procedure and Privileges Committee, on 26 May, at which an initial consideration of procedural implications was undertaken. Proposals and options will be developed ahead of further anticipated deliberation at June meetings of the House of Lords Commission, Procedure and Privileges Committee and Liaison Committee. Decisions will continue to be informed by the latest Government guidance and advice from Public Health England. Finally, and most importantly, the House will be invited to consider motions in due course to agree Chamber and Grand Committee procedures moving forwards.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/05/2021 15:13:09 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1316955

	registered interest
	date	20/05/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords Chamber: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what plans there are for members to return to normal rules of debate for those who are physically present in the Chamber.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The House of Lords Commission, which has responsibility for setting the strategic direction in this area, met on 25 May and had a preliminary discussion of these matters. The Commission discussion was informed by the debate on hybrid proceedings held in the Chamber on 20 May and was followed by a meeting of the Procedure and Privileges Committee, on 26 May, at which an initial consideration of procedural implications was undertaken. Proposals and options will be developed ahead of further anticipated deliberation at June meetings of the House of Lords Commission and Procedure and Privileges Committee. Decisions will continue to be informed by the latest Government guidance and advice from Public Health England. Finally, and most importantly, the House will be invited to consider motions in due course to agree procedures, including those relating to the rules of debate, moving forwards.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 27/05/2021 15:14:36 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1329118

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Peers: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost to the taxpayer of producing the film made for use in the Valuing Everyone training sessions for Members of the House of Lords.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The video made for use in Valuing Everyone training sessions for Members of the Lords cost £6,000.</p><p>In feedback following an earlier version of the training sessions, the course providers were explicitly asked by Members to make the video scenario more directly reminiscent of situations that have arisen in the Lords, rather than the previous and more generic video about a female employee and her manager which was used when the sessions were attended by a mixture of MPs and Peers.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/06/2021 16:52:17 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1329119

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2021
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Peers: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many Members of the House of Lords have so far completed the Valuing Everyone training sessions; how many of these Members submitted feedback on the sessions; and of these responses, how many overall were (1) favourable, and (2) unfavourable.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>As at 9 June, 763 Members of the House of Lords have completed Valuing Everyone training. Of these, 492 completed an evaluation form. In response to the question ‘Would you recommend the course to others?’, 460 Members out of 485 (95%) answered ‘yes’. In response to the question ‘Please rate your level of confidence calling out unacceptable behaviour AFTER the course’, 447 Members out of 485 (92%) answered ‘very good’ or ‘good’.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 10/06/2021 16:54:12 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford