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938449

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Members: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the House of Commons Commission, what assessment it has made of the effect of the General Data Protection Regulation on the ability of hon. Members to carry out their work.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	163097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>As part of its preparations for GDPR, the House Service recognised the impact of the new legislation on Members and procured a contract to deliver training, guidance, templates and an advice line to offer support to Members and their offices. Presentations and advice on GDPR have also been included at regional constituency open days since September 2017.</p><p>The House Service has worked closely with DCMS and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on the provision of updated guidance and subject specific case studies, including scenarios such as sending newsletters to constituents and others, appropriate use of constituents’ contact details, and dealing with complex requests for access to personal data.</p><p>In May, letters (together with the case studies, guidance and frequently asked questions) were sent to Members from the Chair of the Administration Committee and Managing Director of Research and Information, and from the Leader of the House.</p><p>Further work has been planned to update existing guidance for Members and their staff on the application of the Data Protection Act 2018, which received Royal Assent on 23 May.</p><p>The Government has responsibility for conducting formal assessments of the impact of legislation and DCMS carried out an impact assessment of the overall Data Protection Bill in September 2017. (It can be found here: <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA17-006.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA17-006.pdf</a>).</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 16/07/2018 20:00:08 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

906362

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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	Parliament: Discrimination
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 are being taken to tackle everyday sexism, biased language and unconscious bias in Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	145336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>The House of Commons Commission is committed to making Parliament a more inclusive place to work and visit. It has taken steps to implement those recommendations of the <em>Good Parliament</em> report within its remit: for example, it formally supported the establishment of the Commons Reference Group on Representation and Inclusion; and a review of the Parliamentary pass regime to address the fact that female Members and staff were disproportionately questioned about their identity and status, reinforcing assumptions about who belongs in Parliament. It has encouraged the House Service to introduce strategies which improve the diversity of its workforce, yielding positive results year-on-year.</p><p>The <em>Good Parliament</em> report also noted that formalising the principles of inclusion and representation in official parliamentary proceedings should positively affect wider cultural change over time. In March 2015, the Procedure Committee published proposed revisions to the Standing Orders which included amendments for gender-neutral language. The proposed revisions have not yet been put before the House.</p><p>The House agreed in February 2018 to introduce a Code of Behaviour for Parliament and a system of training to support it. The draft Code sets out expectations of how we treat each other, whatever our status, background or appearance, and is open for consultation until 30 May. The training that will accompany it is intended to support all passholders to understand these expectations and to speak up when they witness unacceptable behaviour.</p><p>All House of Commons and Digital Service staff are required to undertake Equality and Diversity training which covers equality legislation, types of discrimination, unconscious bias and valuing others. In addition, the House Service provides a specific workshop on unconscious bias which is also open to Members’ staff; and arranges tailored sessions where required.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 22/05/2018 14:42:42 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

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

747481

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Parliament: Cybercrime
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 information the Commission holds on the number of passwords belonging to Members of the House of Lords which were compromised in the recent cyber attack on Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The House of Commons Commission does not hold this information. The hon. Lady may wish to seek the information from the House of Lords authorities.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 06/07/2017 16:33:50 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

746825

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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: Cybercrime
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 hon. Members' passwords were compromised in the recent cyber attack on Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>On the evidence currently available, the passwords of three hon. Members were compromised in the recent cyber attack on Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 06/07/2017 16:32:04 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

732387

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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, for what reasons hon. Members were offered only tablets manufactured by Apple; and if the Commission will take steps to offer Android and other tablet devices to (a) new hon. Members and (b) other hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Digital Service currently offers three tablets to Members:</p><ul><li>iPad (128GB; Wi-Fi &amp; Cellular enabled) Case Optional</li><li>iPad (128GB; Wi-Fi enabled) Case Optional</li><li>Android Tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab S2)</li></ul><p>All Members are able to purchase these as part of their agreed hardware allowance, or through the IPSA office costs allowance.</p><p>At the New Members Reception Area the allocation and process were kept the same as at the 2015 General Election, so that Members were offered one laptop and one iPad.</p><p>Our policy is to be device-independent as far as possible when developing new apps. For instance the House papers app functions in IOS and Android, as does the Commons Order Papers app.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 28/06/2017 09:28:24 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

519741

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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	Select Committees: Technology
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, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2015 to Question 7713, what progress has been made on developing device independent applications for the distribution of select committee papers; and how many hon. Members have now been issued with (a) android and (b) iPad devices.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	37617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>Options for the distribution of committee papers are being explored. One option involves using a SharePoint based system to distribute committee papers and this is due to be tested with a select committee soon.</p><p>Documents for select committees are circulated to committee members electronically, predominantly in PDF format. The PDF format can be read on a number of different devices.</p><p>594 Apple iPads and 25 tablets of other makes have been purchased by or issued to Members’ offices in this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/05/2016 12:08:30 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 426 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

516715

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
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	Palace of Westminster: Art Works
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, pursuant to the answer of 21 April 2016 to Question 34469, where the four portraits referred to in that Answer are located; and what proportion of all paintings and portraits in the Palace of Westminster those portraits represent.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	35979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The four portraits are located in the following locations:</p><ul><li>The portraits of Diane Abbott and Paul Boateng hang in Portcullis House.</li><li>The portrait of Dr Dadabhoy Naoroji is displayed in the corridor leading to the House of Commons Strangers Gallery.</li><li>The portrait of Baroness Amos hangs in the corridor off Princes Chamber in the House of Lords.</li></ul><p><br>There are approximately 310 painted portraits in the Parliamentary Art Collection.</p><p>The majority of the painted portraits in the Parliamentary Art Collection are historical ones depicting members of the Royal Family and Parliamentarians pre-1900, of whom few were of black, Asian, or minority ethnic (BAME) origin.</p><p>The Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art is committed to reflecting the diversity of the House today, and to recognising those who have influenced Parliament and contributed to its development in a notable way through the Parliamentary Art Collection. The Committee has agreed to give further consideration to the matter in the current Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 04/05/2016 12:13:07 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

513699

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	Palace of Westminster: Art Works
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 representations of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic people there are in the paintings in the Palace of Westminster.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	34469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>There are four formal painted portraits of Black, Asian and minority ethnic people on display in the Palace of Westminster. The portraits are of Dr Dadabhoy Naoroji, the first Asian MP, Diane Abbott, the first black woman MP, Paul Boateng as the first black Cabinet Minister and Baroness Amos as the first black Leader of the House of Lords.</p><p>The Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art is committed to reflecting the diversity of the House today, and to recognising those who have influenced Parliament and contributed to its development in a notable way through the Parliamentary Art Collection. The Committee has agreed to give further consideration to the matter of BAME representation in the current Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 25/04/2016 10:21:44 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake previous answer version 56738 answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

428826

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
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: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many incidents of (a) hacking, (b) viruses and (c) data breaches were reported to the Parliamentary Digital Service in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	16688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>We do not comment on matters of digital or physical security. I understand the Director of the Digital Service has discussed the matter with the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 20/11/2015 12:39:33 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah