Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

919221

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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: WiFi
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 plans the Commission has to improve the capacity and coverage of WiFi on the Parliamentary Estate.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	151029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>Over the last few weeks the Digital Service has been working closely with our 3rd party providers to resolve issues relating to providing consistent connectivity to the internet direct/WMID WiFi services. Monitoring of the WiFi service has confirmed that the solution has stabilised and consistent connections have been achieved. Further WiFi improvement work is planned, working in conjunction with our providers.</p><p>The Digital Service is delivering a major investment programme for Parliament’s network; this is addressing issues around speed, resilience and most importantly security when accessing internet based services. As part of this programme, improvements to WiFi availability are being rolled out across the estate by installing additional WiFi access points. Members' areas have been prioritised, with some already completed and the rest (mainly Portcullis House and Palace of Westminster) will be completed by the end of June 2018.</p><p>Further targeted improvements across the estate, forming part of the infrastructure transformation programme, are being scoped including WiFi optimisation and efficiencies. These improvements are scheduled to conclude by February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 14/06/2018 09:17:14 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

872640

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
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: WiFi
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 plans the Commission has to improve the (a) availability and (b) speed of Wi-Fi provision on the Parliamentary estate; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	134454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2018 answer text <p>The Digital Service is delivering a major investment programme for Parliament’s network; this is addressing issues around speed, resilience and most importantly security when accessing internet based services. As part of this programme, improvements to Wi-Fi availability are being rolled out across the estate by installing additional Wi-Fi access points. Members' areas have been prioritised, with some already completed and the rest (mainly Portcullis House and Palace of Westminster) will be completed by the end of June 2018.</p><p>Further targeted improvements across the estate, forming part of the infrastructure transformation programme, are being scoped including Wi-Fi optimisation and efficiencies. These improvements are scheduled to conclude by February 2019.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 10/04/2018 16:27:23 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

843695

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Waste Management
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 the Commission is taking to comply with the Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment Regulations and to reduce the wastage by the House of goods covered by those regulations.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	128041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>There is a wide range of Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) disposed of from the Parliamentary Estate. These include, but are not limited to IT wastes (computers, display screens, iPads, printers etc.), ‘white goods’ (desk fans, mini fridges, kettles etc.) and maintenance-based waste (fluorescent tubes, electrical fittings, emergency system batteries, catering fridges etc.), and includes hazardous and non-hazardous items.</p><p>A licensed contractor, Bywater Ltd, are engaged to dispose of end of life or non-operational white goods and maintenance WEEE. They use two specialist subcontractors who operate Approved Authorised Treatment Facilities (AATF) to ensure that WEEE waste is processed to the highest standards of licensing available from the Environment Agency. Non-hazardous WEEE is processed by Total Waste Management Ltd in Basildon, Essex, and hazardous WEEE is processed by Electrical Waste Recycling Group Ltd in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.</p><p>For IT WEEE, Parliamentary Digital Services use the services of a fully licensed contractor, RDC, who likewise operate an AATF for those IT items which are at end of life or non-operational. For items that can be re-used once all data has been erased (to certified security standards), RDC operates a remarketing service aimed at maximising the re-use of IT equipment no longer required by Parliament.</p><p>Parliament is currently in the process of developing an electrical heater policy to reduce usage of these across the Estate. One associated benefit of this policy will be a reduction in electrical heaters being disposed of in our white goods WEEE waste stream.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 27/02/2018 10:48:27 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

843707

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Waste Management
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, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 125385, what the reason is for Parliament's general waste not being separated; and whether the Commission plans to take steps to ensure that such waste is separated in order to ensure compliance with the demands of the waste hierarchy.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	128064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The term “general waste” refers to non-recyclable items. Instructions for our general waste bins in Parliament are that only non-recyclables and contaminated waste should be deposited in this waste stream. Therefore, there is no value in segregating the elements of this stream. General waste is separated from all other waste that Parliament produces and, as general waste, it remains segregated as such through to its final disposal at an Energy from Waste facility. This is the fourth layer of the waste hierarchy, and the highest level of the waste hierarchy at which such non-recyclables can be disposed of.</p><p>All recyclable items have already been removed at this stage as they will have been disposed of in the dry mixed recycling bins or glass bins located in offices and waste hubs.</p><p>We focus our efforts on encouraging individuals in offices to segregate their dry mixed recycling from general waste, so there should be no reason to further segregate the general waste. As previously stated, the general waste is sent to an Energy from Waste facility whereas the recycling will go to a Materials Recovery Facility.</p><p>Parliament’s Environment Team and waste contractor carry out audits to identify any pattern of recyclable items being incorrectly disposed of to the general waste stream.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 27/02/2018 10:52:06 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

843708

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Waste Management
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 process and manner of disposal is for Parliament's (a) food waste and (b) unused packaged food.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	128065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Food and catering waste from catering facilities is segregated at the kitchens and is recovered offsite by means of anaerobic digestion to produce methane fuel and fertiliser. No catering waste from Parliament is sent to landfill.</p><p>Food waste from offices is not currently segregated but the feasibility of this is currently being considered.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 22/02/2018 12:53:16 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

843709

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Waste Management
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, to which incineration facility Parliament's general waste is sent.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	128066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>All general waste is taken to Bywaters Materials Recovery Facility in Bromley-by-Bow. It is then consolidated with other general wastes for transporting to a licensed Energy from Waste facility in Kent run by Riverside Resource Recovery Limited.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 23/02/2018 13:07:26 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

834266

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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: Waste Management
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, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2018 to Question 124972, on Incinerators, whether all the contents of the general waste bins in offices are put into the general waste stream and then sent for incineration.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	125889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>That is the practice. As the House does not separate the contents of the general waste stream onsite, the entire content of the general waste bins is sent for incineration at an ‘energy from waste’ facility.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 05/02/2018 11:47:10 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew