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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

749453

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date	06/07/2017
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	Palace of Westminster: 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 estimate it has made of the cost of a change in the timetable for a decision on the proposed restoration and renewal programme for the Palace of Westminster.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	3465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster, published its report on the Restoration and Renewal (R&amp;R) of the Palace of Westminster in September 2016.[1]</p><p>The report set out next steps for the Programme,[2] based on the Joint Committee’s recommendation that a full decant be undertaken to deliver the works, stressing that timings were indicative only and that it will be for the proposed Delivery Authority, once established, to put together a more detailed schedule for the development of the Programme.</p><p>The Independent Options Appraisal produced by the Deloitte-led consortium and published in June 2015 provided estimates of the inflationary impact on capital expenditure of a delay to the construction start date. A range of estimates were provided across the options under consideration and at different levels of certainty. Based on the scenario of full decant, as recommended by the Joint Committee, with some defined improvements to the Palace, the range of predicted inflationary impacts was £78m to £167m per annum.[3]</p><p>Additional costs for ongoing maintenance to the Palace will also continue to be incurred.</p><p /> <p>[1] HL Paper 41 / HC 639, published 8 September 2016.</p><p>[2] p90, next steps for the R&amp;R programme</p><p>[3] The Independent Options Appraisal analysis was based on an assumed start date of Q2 2020 delayed to Q2 2025</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 18/07/2017 09:56:56 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

457087

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
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: Catering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many contracted canteen and hospitality staff worked on the parliamentary estate in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	29566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The number of Contracted (Agency) staff is difficult to calculate due to the number of different agencies used and the often short term, varied work they are engaged to do. The number of contracted (agency) staff compared to the number of permanent staff is relatively low and accounts for less than 10% of the workforce costs with most contracted (agency) staff covering <em>ad hoc</em> operational requirements.</p><p>The percentage of workforce costs that represent agency staff for the years 2009 to 2015 were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2.84% of staff costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2.17% of staff costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>4.11% of staff costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>4.34% of staff costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>6.00 % of staff costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>8.11% of staff costs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Along with growing guaranteed hours staff, contracted (Agency) staff have helped with the flexibility of the business needs since the directorate restructured to a smaller core team in 2011 and 2013 and in response to a growing banqueting and events business through income generation initiatives. As a result total staff costs have been much better controlled by being able to have a flexible resource which resources up to peaks in demand rather than having too many staff during quieter periods.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 09/03/2016 15:38:41 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 49623 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant