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768854

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	Parliament: Food
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 much of the food and drink purchased by the (a) House of Commons and (b) UK Parliament is sourced from Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	107080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>All individual products purchased in a specific delivery are fully traceable to source but the House Service does not hold aggregated the information in respect of sourcing from individual parts of the UK, and it could only be assembled at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The House Service sources products that meet UK or equivalent standards of production and which are produced with higher environmental standards where possible. In the last financial year, spend on food and drinks in the House of Commons was £3,188,504 and Commons and Lords combined was £4,604,216. Products included in this spend come from various parts of the UK, including Scotland, and additionally from overseas.</p><p>The House Service would welcome more suppliers from Scotland expressing an interest in offering their products through our procurement portal.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 23/10/2017 10:22:59 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

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

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

758797

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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: ICT
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 preparations the House authorities have made to apply big data analytics to House and hon. Member activities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Since the launch of data.parliament.uk in 2015 the Parliamentary Digital Service has continued to deliver improvements to the volume and quality of data about the House and hon. Member activities, with a view to publishing open data for both internal and external re-use and analysis via the new website.</p><p>The Parliamentary Digital Service has increased its expertise in working with data through new recruitment and development of existing staff. New techniques in data science are being investigated, for example machine learning, with support from colleagues in the Government Digital Service. Work is ongoing to ensure that data about Parliamentary activity is available for analysis, to help deliver internal efficiencies and to facilitate research by colleagues, in particular the House of Commons Library. To deliver the value from big data analytics it is critical that the underlying data structure schema are consistent and robust. The Parliamentary Digital Service continues to work on this key enabling data infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 13/09/2017 17:00:22 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

755948

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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: Apprentices
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, with reference to the Answers of 21 April 2017 to Questions 70502 and 70503, on apprentices: Parliament, whether the House of Commons has declared a levy payment since May 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	7074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The House of Commons has made levy payments to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) since April 2017, in the region of £37,000–£38,000 per month. All levy payments are up to date. This figure includes the House of Lords share of staff costs which are incurred on a shared basis between the two Houses.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 13/09/2017 11:29:16 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

755949

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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 steps have been taken to ensure the use of British materials in the refurbishment of the Elizabeth Tower and its machinery.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	7409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The procurement process for the final contract for the refurbishment of the Elizabeth Tower is ongoing via an open competition in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and Parliament’s procurement policies. In order to comply with the Regulations, Parliament cannot specifically require the use of British materials or machinery when letting contracts, as the Regulations prohibit references to a specific country of origin or production.</p><p>The scaffolding contract was awarded via the same method in November 2016. The steel in the steelwork structures used in supporting the scaffolding on the Tower is primarily sourced from British suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 12/09/2017 12:46:32 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

753545

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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: ICT
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 steps he is taking to improve the reliability and speed of the internet and the email system used by hon. Members and their staff; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	5732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The Digital Service is delivering a major investment programme for Parliament’s network. The programme will make improvements to Parliament’s ICT network, including internet access and email system. The delivery will address issues around speed, resilience and most importantly security when accessing internet based services. A tranche of improvements will be completed in September 2017, in particular:</p><p /><ul><li>Speed of access – Network design simplification, increase in throughput of security devices and increase of internet circuit bandwidth;</li><li>Resilience – dynamic routing with fast failover times with multiple routes out to the internet.</li></ul><p><br>The programme will provide further resilience and security enhancements for the network (Campus LAN) operating within the Parliamentary estate by the end of December 2017. The final tranche in the first half of 2018 will see performance and security enhancements for the WiFi network infrastructure within the estate. The Digital Service will continue to work to improve the security and protections in place around email, which in turn supports the reliability of email by reducing the impact that malicious email can have.</p><p>The improvements are primarily focused on the reliability and security of Parliament's network. However, the changes will provide Members with a more consistent user experience and speed of access when using the network, including access to the Internet. Responsiveness of Internet sites is also dependent upon factors outside of Parliament's network.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 06/09/2017 16:38:51 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

752749

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Divisions
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 was the (a) earliest and (b) latest time of day at which a division took place in the (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17 Parliamentary Session.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	5329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The earliest and latest time of day at which a division took place was as follows:</p><p><strong>(i) 2014–15 Session</strong></p><p><em>Earliest</em>: 9.34am (27 February 2015 – Motion to Sit in Private)</p><p><em>Latest</em>: 10.29pm (23 March 2015 – Budget Resolutions and economic situation: Corporation tax)</p><p> </p><p><strong>(ii) 2015–16 Session</strong></p><p><em>Earliest</em>: 9.34am (12 October 2015 – Motion to Sit in Private)</p><p><em>Latest</em>: 12.28am (7 September 2015 – European Union Referendum Bill – Third Reading)</p><p> </p><p><strong>(iii) 2016–17 Session</strong></p><p><em>Earliest</em>: 9.34am (4 November 2016 – Motion to Sit in Private)</p><p><em>Latest</em>: 12.21am (6 February 2017 – European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Consideration of Lords Amendments)</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 20/07/2017 17:00:23 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

752750

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Times of Sittings
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 time was of the rise of the House on each day of the week in parliamentary Session 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	5327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The average time of the rise of the House on each day during the 2016–17 session are as follows:</p><p>Monday: 9.57pm[1]</p><p>Tuesday: 7.24pm</p><p>Wednesday: 7.31pm</p><p>Thursday: 5.16pm</p><p>Friday: 2.57pm</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] This does not take account of the special sitting on Monday 20 June 2016 when the House was recalled and adjourned at 3.40pm to attend the service at St Margaret’s Church.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 20/07/2017 17:01:36 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

751419

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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: Working Hours
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 employees experienced a reduction in working hours during the 2017 Dissolution period; and what the (a) smallest, (b) average and (c) largest total reduction in earnings was by proportion of those people who did experience a reduction in working hours.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	4488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>No members of staff experienced a reduction in their contractual working hours as a result of Dissolution or a decrease in their contractual earnings.</p><p>Staff employed in areas where there was a reduction in work as a result of Dissolution would have had limited opportunity to work non-contractual additional hours or overtime, unless they were helping out areas that were busier because of the Dissolution, such as Digital Services or the New Members Reception Area. Staff continue to receive their contractual monthly salary during periods of lower operational demand. Some staff will have taken annual leave or used up banked hours of Time off in Lieu (TOIL).</p><p>Fluctuations in working hours are managed locally; mainly through flexitime or rostering arrangements. This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 20/07/2017 10:05:39 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead