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1182690

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/03/2020
	date	04/03/2020
	date tabled	04/03/2020
	ddp created	04/03/2020 20:00:39
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	ddp modified	04/03/2020 20:12:12 10/03/2020 19:00:05
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Staff
	house id	1
	identifier	25179
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	10/03/2020 18:28:05
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, which nationalities are represented among House of Commons staff.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 25179
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	25179
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Excluding staff in the Parliamentary Digital Service, the nationalities represented among House of Commons staff are in the Table attached.</p> question first answered 10/03/2020 18:28:05 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
	creator	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1277736

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/01/2021
	date	18/01/2021
	date tabled	18/01/2021
	ddp created	18/01/2021 22:58:50
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	ddp modified	18/01/2021 23:16:21 26/01/2021 19:11:09
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	identifier	138925
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	26/01/2021 18:39:32
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment has been made of trends in the level of sickness-related absence of staff working on the Parliamentary estate since March 2020.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 138925
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	138925
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Levels of sickness absence are regularly reviewed and discussed weekly in the Covid operations group and in the weekly Trade Union meetings.</p><p>Sickness data is recorded for staff where they are unavailable to work due to illness. As the estate has seen different levels of required staff attendance over the last 12 months, comparison between periods is of limited use.</p><p>Absence rates have been reviewed against those from other areas of the public sector. Increases in absence can be identified in March 2020, December 2020 and January 2021.</p><p>The absence rates in the House have remained at comparable levels to previous years and below the wider public sector.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Description</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>APR</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>MAY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JUN</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JUL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AUG</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SEPT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>OCT</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>NOV</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DEC</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average working days lost per employee</p></td><td><p>5.09</p></td><td><p>4.94</p></td><td><p>4.71</p></td><td><p>4.66</p></td><td><p>4.58</p></td><td><p>4.43</p></td><td><p>4.33</p></td><td><p>4.23</p></td><td><p>5.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% long term sick</p></td><td><p>58.55%</p></td><td><p>59.24%</p></td><td><p>59.09%</p></td><td><p>61.33%</p></td><td><p>62.01%</p></td><td><p>62.10%</p></td><td><p>63.68%</p></td><td><p>66.06%</p></td><td><p>52.61%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p>Please note the data is based on a rolling 12-month period, so the data for December 2020 is from 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020.</p><p>The average working days lost per employee is the number of working days lost in the rolling 12-month period divided by the staff headcount.</p><p>The % long term sick is the percentage of sickness absences which were part of a period of absence of over 28 calendar days in the rolling 12-month period.</p> question first answered 26/01/2021 18:39:32 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
	creator	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1278378

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/01/2021
	date	19/01/2021
	date tabled	19/01/2021
	ddp created	19/01/2021 21:20:49
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	ddp modified	26/01/2021 18:14:06 27/01/2021 13:58:02
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	identifier	140174
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	26/01/2021 17:42:39
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what advice has been received since November 2020 from Public Health England on the risks of people continuing to work on the Parliamentary estate contracting covid-19; and if he will publish that advice.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 140174
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	140174
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Public Health England has supported the House in responding to Covid-19 throughout the past 12 months. Its advice, in conjunction with the working safely guidance which is available to all workplaces, has been incorporated into the <em>Working safely on the Parliamentary estate during the coronavirus outbreak risk assessment</em>. This document has been updated to reflect any changes any in the situation, with the most recent published on 14 January. The assessment is available for anyone to view on the Parliamentary website:</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/contentassets/d23db9b1eb174243ae97bda14ca82613/hop-v4-hop-covid-risk-assessment--issued.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/contentassets/d23db9b1eb174243ae97bda14ca82613/hop-v4-hop-covid-risk-assessment--issued.pdf</a></p> question first answered 26/01/2021 17:42:39 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
	creator	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1278380

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/01/2021
	date	19/01/2021
	date tabled	19/01/2021
	ddp created	19/01/2021 21:20:55
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	ddp modified	19/01/2021 21:38:51 26/01/2021 18:15:13
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	identifier	140175
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	26/01/2021 17:44:08
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recommendations have been received from Public Health England since November 2020 on the circumstances in which the suspension of work on the Parliamentary estate would be advisable owing to the increased risk of infection from covid-19.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 140175
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	140175
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Public Health England has confirmed that the measures put in place to ensure the House remains Covid secure are appropriate to manage the risk of infection. As the risks are being managed, Public Health England has issued no advice around where suspension of work on the estate may be necessary.</p> question first answered 26/01/2021 17:44:08 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
	creator	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1170507

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/01/2020
	date	13/01/2020
	date tabled	13/01/2020
	ddp created	13/01/2020 22:55:29
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	ddp modified	13/01/2020 23:05:24 19/02/2020 09:12:01
	hansard heading	Big Ben: Festivals and Special Occasions
	house id	1
	identifier	2442
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	16/01/2020 20:09:42
	question first ministerially corrected	19/02/2020 08:40:44
	question text	To ask the hon. Member representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost was of Big Ben chiming on (a) Remembrance Sunday 2019 and (b) New Year's Eve 2019.
	session	2019/20
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 2442
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2442
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The costs associated with striking Big Ben on Remembrance Sunday and New Year's Eve in 2019 were £14.2k including VAT <ins class="ministerial">in total.</ins> <del class="ministerial">on each occasion.</del></p><p>The striking of Big Ben on these occasions was coordinated around the planned works so as to minimise the impact on the project costs and to ensure it did not result in any delay. If the project team are required to strike the bell with less notice, the costs would substantially increase due to the unexpected impact on the project schedule.</p> question first answered 16/01/2020 20:09:42 answering member 103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford
	creator	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1023988

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/12/2018
	date	12/12/2018
	date tabled	12/12/2018
	ddp created	12/12/2018 18:58:04
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	ddp modified	12/12/2018 19:07:45 18/12/2018 18:59:01
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Charitable Donations
	house id	1
	identifier	201712
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	18/12/2018 18:27:20
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2018 to Question 149683, what estimate has been provided by the Royal British Legion of the amount of money raised from the change collection boxes at cash tills in catering outlets on the Parliamentary Estate since November 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Norwich South
	tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 201712
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	201712
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>We do not currently have an estimate from the Royal British Legion of the amount of money raised from the change collection boxes in catering outlets since November 2018. We expect to have this information by February 2019.</p> question first answered 18/12/2018 18:27:20 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	creator	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1027578

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/01/2019
	date	18/12/2018
	date tabled	18/12/2018
	ddp created	18/12/2018 20:26:27
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	ddp modified	18/12/2018 20:37:17 17/01/2019 20:16:02
	hansard heading	House of Commons: Hearing Impaired
	house id	1
	identifier	203233
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/01/2019 19:44:18
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the loop system in the House of Commons for people with hearing difficulties.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 203233
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	203233
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Since January 2018, Parliament’s Sound and Vision Contractor, NEP Bow Tie TV, have been conducting monthly checks with the support of the In-House Services Team on 69 assistive listening systems throughout the main rooms on the Parliamentary Estate to the current BS/IEC standards (BS8594 and 601884IEC). Prior to January 2018, these checks were carried out on an annual basis. A report is supplied each month to the contract owner, the Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit, and the In-House Services Team and Diversity and Inclusion teams.</p><p>Independent audits are also conducted by Action on Hearing Loss.</p><p>In addition to monthly checks, a comprehensive, annual &quot;Commissioning&quot; test is carried out by NEP Bow Tie TV. This checks for Background Noise; Field Strength; Frequency Response; Live Listening; Live Signal; System Noise; Overspill; and Venue Accessibility.</p><p>Where high quality sound systems are installed, such as in the Chamber and in committee rooms, audio quality is generally good. However, a report by Wave Science Technology has highlighted that further improvements could be achieved in meeting rooms. The recommendations from the external audio consultant relating to assistive listening will be considered in January as part of an on-going review of audio/video provision in committee and other meeting rooms. This work has been undertaken by Parliament’s AV Programme which has been delivering other improvements to audio video systems across the Estate.</p> question first answered 17/01/2019 19:44:18 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	creator	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1037255

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	10/01/2019
	date	07/01/2019
	date tabled	07/01/2019
	ddp created	07/01/2019 23:04:08
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	ddp modified	07/01/2019 23:14:47 17/01/2019 16:48:02
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	identifier	205847
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	11/01/2019 17:52:12
	question first ministerially corrected	17/01/2019 16:16:14
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reasons the Commission has restricted the sale of alcohol in parliamentary cafeterias selling food; and how that policy is intended to promote responsible alcohol consumption.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
	tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 205847
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205847
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The House of Commons Commission has agreed a number of actions to promote responsible alcohol consumption on the Parliamentary Estate.</del> <ins class="ministerial">On 19 March 2018, the House of Commons Commission endorsed the recommendations of the Administration Committee to help to promote responsible drinking in Commons catering venues. The Commission also agreed to return to this matter on a six-monthly basis. The Commission did so on 29 October 2018, also giving due weight to the reference to access to alcohol within the Dame Laura Cox report on bullying and harassment. On 17 December 2018 the Commission agreed a number of actions to promote responsible alcohol consumption on the Parliamentary Estate.</ins> These include<ins class="ministerial">d</ins> increasing the range of non-alcoholic drinks and lower strength beers available, training and supporting staff to refuse to serve customers when necessary, expanding and encouraging alcohol-free areas including all six House of Commons cafeterias (Bellamy's, Courtyard Café, Debate, Jubilee Café, Members' Tea Room, Terrace Cafeteria), discouraging Members and staff from drinking in offices after bars are shut, and not running promotional advertisements.</p> question first answered 11/01/2019 17:52:12 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	creator	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

1038459

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/01/2019
	date	09/01/2019
	date tabled	09/01/2019
	ddp created	09/01/2019 21:29:18
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	ddp modified	10/01/2019 10:45:07 17/01/2019 20:21:05
	hansard heading	House of Commons Annunciator System: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	identifier	206748
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/01/2019 19:50:30
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans he has to make the information displayed on the House of Commons Annunciator available to hon. Members and their staff via a smartphone app.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 206748
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206748
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The annunciator system was replaced with a new system on 14 December 2018. The replacement provides an improved platform from which to implement further service enhancements. In parallel in 2018 we prototyped some tools to explore how we might provide the annunciator plus additional extended information in a mobile app. A key learning was that to provide Members with a smartphone app with the timeliness and accuracy of the annunciator service required further feasibility work. Funding for this feasibility work is available in the new financial year and also for some user research with Members to confirm what other new features related to the Annunciator would be of most benefit. No explicit timing for this work has yet been defined but it is hoped to have completed the feasibility review by the autumn.</p> question first answered 17/01/2019 19:50:30 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	creator	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1038473

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/01/2019
	date	09/01/2019
	date tabled	09/01/2019
	ddp created	09/01/2019 21:29:49
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	ddp modified	10/01/2019 10:45:09 17/01/2019 20:30:02
	hansard heading	House of Commons Annunciator System
	house id	1
	identifier	206749
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/01/2019 19:58:21
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the display and software for the House of Commons Annunciator was last updated; and what plans the Commission has to modernise that software.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 206749
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206749
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The annunciator system was replaced with a new system on 14 December 2018. This replacement implemented a new Annunciator graphics system that includes but was not limited to the following features:</p><ul><li>resilient hardware platform</li><li>software and hardware solution to generate high-definition Commons and Lords graphics</li><li>software application to support the creation of graphics templates</li><li>software application to maintain a local cache of selected data obtained from the Members’ Names Data Platform for inclusion in the graphics service</li><li>software application to support the provision of a live graphics service</li><li>separate systems for the Commons, Lords and Security teams that are connected using a video signal flow</li><li>software solution with the capability to support the development of additional functionality<p><p></li></ul><p /> <p>The Parliamentary Digital Service has some funding in the Digital Portfolio in the next financial year to extend the annunciator service based on the new software platform. This funding will be informed by some user research amongst Members to confirm what features would be of most benefit.</p><p /> question first answered 17/01/2019 19:58:21 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	creator	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight