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1503500

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plays a role in the (a) award and (b) monitoring of the contract with ADT for the security of hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	45066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The House of Commons Commission has high level oversight of financial management and procurement but delegates the procurement and management of individual contracts to the relevant House officials.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The contract for Members Security Services was awarded in September 2021 following a robust procurement process managed in strict accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015. MPs’ interests were represented during the evaluation process by members of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) and the Director of the Member Services Team.</p><p> </p><p>The contract is currently managed by the Members’ Security Support Service (MSSS) in the Parliamentary Security Department. MSSS monitors the contract through regular review meetings with the contractor company, at which colleagues from IPSA and PPCS (Parliamentary Procurement &amp; Commercial Service) are in attendance.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/09/2022 11:26:32 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1504379

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the House authorities are taking to reduce (a) temperature settings on the estate and (b) energy use via other means.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	45709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>(a) Where possible Parliament follows Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) guidelines for temperature standards in offices to ensure a comfortable working environment. When rooms have temperature controls for the user, there is a small threshold of which temperature can be raised or lowered to ensure rooms are not over cooled/heated.</p><p>There are many differing levels of temperature control across the parliamentary estate, with some areas having no temperature control at all.</p><p>We review the setpoints for heating and cooling regularly.</p><p>(b) Parliamentary authorities take energy efficiency very seriously as part of its commitment to reducing its environmental impacts. Parliament has reduced its electricity consumption by 16.8% and gas consumption by 25.3% since 2008/09.</p><p>The Building Management System has been upgraded recently to enable better control of the building services, such as resetting manual temperature changes every night to a CIBSE recommended setpoint.</p><p>The Environmental Sustainability Team monitor and report performance energy and water use monthly, and report annually in the sustainability section of the Commission Annual Report.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/09/2022 11:31:04 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1491131

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much the corporate officer of the House of Commons has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	40943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The House has spent the following amounts on external consultants in each of the last five financial years:</p><p>FY 2017/18 - £1,024,000<br>FY 2018/19 - £1,360,000<br>FY 2019/20 - £2,530,000<br>FY 2020/21 - £3,701,000<br>FY 2021/22 - £3,232,000</p><p>The Clerk has implemented a policy governing the use of consultants including requirements for justification of the use of consultants and maximum daily rates.</p><p>The total spend on consultancy per year is consistent with analysis provided in the published House of Commons Administration Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>The information has been compiled in the table attached showing the relevant and requested data over the last five financial years.</p><p>a) Amount paid to each consultancy contracted is provided in ‘Amount paid’ columns for each year</p><p>b) Name of each consultancy contracted is provided in ‘Consultants’ column</p><p>c) Specific matters on which they were consulted is provided in ‘Consultation matters’ columns for each year.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 05/09/2022 16:52:09 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker attachment 1 file name Amount-spent-on-consultancies-in-past-five-years.xlsx title Amount spent on consultancies
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1489622

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Palace of Westminster: Public Statues
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many statues and busts of (a) former hon. Members and (b) other people of note were on display in the Palace of Westminster as at July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	37510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>There are 184 statues and busts from the Parliamentary Art Collection on display within the Commons areas of the Palace of Westminster. Of this number, 62 portray former Members, and 122 portray other people of note.</p><p>Within the Lords areas, there are 216 statues and busts on display. 42 of those portray former Members, 174 other people of note.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 21/07/2022 09:48:48 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1489625

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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	Palace of Westminster: Public Statues
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost was of (a) maintaining, (b) repairing and (c) cleaning statues and busts of (a) former hon. Members and (b) other people of note on display in the Palace of Westminster in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	37511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>Maintenance, repair and cleaning work has continued consistently across the last five years. Collections care and maintenance is a bicameral function and the Commons share across all statues and busts in the Palace is as follows. A small proportion of these costs relates to work not in the Palace or on other objects.</p><p><strong>2017<br></strong>Maintenance and cleaning: £5240<br>Repair: £1066</p><p><strong>2018<br></strong>Maintenance and cleaning: £6497<br>Repair: £2120</p><p><strong>2019<br></strong>Maintenance and cleaning: £5604<br>Repair: £689</p><p><strong>2020<br></strong>Maintenance and cleaning: £3240<br>Repair: £555</p><p><strong>2021<br></strong>Maintenance and cleaning: £6966<br>Repair: £2308</p><p><strong>2022<br></strong>Maintenance and cleaning: £1080<br>Repair: £225</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 21/07/2022 12:05:28 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1486884

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
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' Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Committee on Standards' report entitled, Review of the Code of Conduct: proposals for consultation, published on 29 November 2021 and its report entitled, New Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules: promoting appropriate values, attitudes and behaviour in Parliament, published on 24 May 2022, what steps the Commission is taking to help ensure that the Register of Members' Financial Interests is published in more searchable and analysable formats.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	31913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>Following the report from the Committee on Standards, Parliamentary Digital Service and the Registry Office established a project team to develop and deliver fully searchable registers and a new online interface for Members to register their interests. The initial phases of the project have been completed. The project board that oversees this work will now make proposals to the House authorities on the delivery of this work.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 11/07/2022 17:13:41 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1486885

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
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: Conduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Committee on Standards' report entitled, Review of the Code of Conduct: proposals for consultation, published on 29 November 2021, what steps the Commission is taking to action the recommendation that a more in-depth training session on the code of conduct should be offered within six months of a Member of Parliament first being elected.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	31914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>All new Members returned at a General Election receive one-to-one meetings with members of the Registry Office at which the Code of Conduct is explained alongside their responsibilities in relation to the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Members elected at by-elections have similar meetings with Members of the Registry Office. The Committee on Standards has said that it intends to hold an inquiry on raising awareness of the Code of Conduct and the Register. That inquiry will consider the provision of adequate and appropriate training. Members are always advised to seek the advice of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and the Registry Office should they have any questions on the Code of Conduct and the Guide to the Rules.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 11/07/2022 17:16:02 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1484310

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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 hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will undertake a review into the travel subsidy regime for schools to undertake educational visits to Parliament, in the context of disparities between the level of subsidy received by schools in Norfolk and Suffolk.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	26749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>The Commission notes that the Finance Committee has recently requested a briefing on the specific issues raised and the request for a review. The Commission will write to the Member after the matter has been considered and any recommendations made.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 11/07/2022 17:18:26 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1472539

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many plastic straws Parliament has bought for use in catering outlets in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	23406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Parliament has not bought any plastic straws in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 27/06/2022 17:39:37 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1469795

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
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 and Members' Staff: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission has made a comparative assessment of the cost of booking rail tickets for MPs and their staff from (a) rail operators and (b) booking agents.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	17154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Travel Office (PTO) books train tickets through Evolvi. Rail tickets sold in the UK are regulated and the cost of booking tickets is the same irrespective of where the ticket is purchased. Parliament, however, receives commission from individual rail operators, where partnership agreements are in place – which effectively makes the overall cost to Parliament of booking rail tickets cheaper than purchasing elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/06/2022 15:18:04 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra