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778256

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
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	House of Commons Commission: Contracts for Services
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, whether evidence of remedial action is required from a contractor who has been involved in the practice of blacklisting before it secures a contract with the Commission; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	109826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>As a pre-qualification activity in the procurement process, potential contractors tendering for contracts with the House Service are asked to confirm whether they have breached labour law obligations, including the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010 and the Modern Slavery Act 2015, in the previous three years. Where this turns out to be the case, they are asked to explain what measures have been taken and provide evidence as appropriate to demonstrate the reliability of the organisation despite the existence of a relevant ground for exclusion. If the response is not satisfactory, the House Service has the right to exclude the organisation from the tendering process at its discretion.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 03/11/2017 10:43:14 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

776907

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Anniversaries: Scotland
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, if the Commission will take steps to mark the 375th anniversary of the signing of the Solemn League and Covenant by both Houses of Parliament and the Scottish commissioners on 25 September 1643.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	109300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Parliament has no plans to mark the 375th anniversary of the Solemn League and Covenant. A check of Parliamentary records suggests that we have not marked such anniversaries in the past. In 2018 Parliament will celebrate the centenary of the passing of the Representation of the People Act, as well as commemorating 100 years since the end of the First World War. Parliament has a busy schedule of activities throughout 2018 to engage the public in the role of Parliament through these anniversaries.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 06/11/2017 14:12:49 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

777028

registered interest
date	24/10/2017
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	Select Committees: Vacancies
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 vacancies for specialist advisers to select committees have been advertised in each of the last five sessions of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	109412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Committees are expected to seek potential Specialist Advisers from as wide a range of sources as possible and guidance states that committees should, wherever possible, be offered a choice of candidates. They are advised to use academic institutions, the Library, the National Audit Office and the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology whenever appropriate to assist them in their search for Advisers on specific or generic topics. Committees have sometimes advertised for Specialist Advisers by issuing a press notice, and some have used their webpages to offer something like a standing invitation for expressions of interest. No central record of the number of advertised Specialist Adviser vacancies is kept. Information is being gleaned from individual committee records and the Clerk of Committees will write to the hon. Member when that is completed. A record of all Specialist Advisers appointed by a committee can be found in the relevant section of the Sessional Return for each of the years in question.</p><p>The Sessional Returns can be found at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/commons/sessional-returns/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/business/publications/commons/sessional-returns/</a></p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 31/10/2017 14:47:02 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

776272

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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: Iron and Steel
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, whether the decision on procuring steel for the refurbishment of the Elizabeth Tower was made with reference to the provisions of the Public Service (Social Value) Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	109191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Public Service (Social Value) Act 2012 requires a relevant authority buying services to consider how what is being procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the “relevant area”. Parliament does not have a “relevant area” for the purposes of the Act, and therefore the Act’s provisions cannot formally be applied to Parliamentary contracts. Parliament does, however, have a Sustainable Purchasing Policy which sets a range of social, economic and environmental objectives which must be considered whenever procuring contracts with third party suppliers. Objectives of this kind are included in the terms and conditions of parliamentary contracts and any relevant outcomes and performance measures are monitored and reported during contract delivery.</p><p>The House Service awards contracts, including maintenance works, on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender in accordance with the statutory regime set out in the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 prohibit Parliament from insisting on the use of products “of a specific origin”. It would therefore have been unlawful to impose a requirement for the material used to be British. The contract for the refurbishment of the Elizabeth Tower, which was awarded to Sir Robert McAlpine, requires that they procure services, supplies and works in order to achieve the most economically advantageous outcome to ensure completion of the contract.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 26/10/2017 15:34:25 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

773258

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
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	Parliamentary Estate: Vending Machines
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 vending machines there are on the parliamentary estate; and what proportion of the items in those machines have (a) low or no and (b) high sugar content.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	108419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>The House of Commons has ten vending machines provided by an external contractor:</p><ul><li><p>4 hot beverage machines</p></li><li><p>6 chilled snack and cold beverage machines</p></li></ul><p>In the majority of the chilled snack and cold beverage machines, out of 16 drinks items approximately 80% are lower sugar items; and out of 22 snack items approximately 50% are lower sugar items. It is more difficult to quantify for the products in the hot beverage machines, because the raw coffee or tea product can be turned into multiple finished products and purchasers can add sugar. However, based on the raw product alone, the hot beverage machines have a minimum of 66% low or no sugar products.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/10/2017 16:27:22 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

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