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1183620

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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 Papers: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will (a) subscribe to the bill tracker service provided by Public Information Online and (b) make it available on the Parliamentary intranet; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	26794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Commission has no plans to subscribe to the bill tracker service provided by Public Information Online and to make it available on the Parliamentary intranet.</p><p> </p><p>The functions provided by the service, which are to enable users to follow the progress of bills through Parliament, are already provided by the Bills before Parliament pages of the Parliament website. This covers Public Bills from the 2002–03 session and Private Bills from the 2001–02 session. Additionally, Bills are indexed in the Parliamentary Search tool on the Parliamentary intranet. This enables users to find any Parliamentary business related to a Bill.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 13/03/2020 17:51:35 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1183621

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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 Papers: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will extend the subscription to Public Information Online for House of Lords bills and papers beyond 1955; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	26795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Commission has no plans to extend the subscription to Public Information Online for House of Lords Bills and Papers beyond 1955.</p><p>Access to the House of Lords Bills and Papers section of Public Information Online for the period 1901–1955 is provided free of charge via the Commons Library following agreement between the Library and the publishers of the database and in return for the Library having provided the publishers with printed volumes of the series for that period to be scanned to create the digital version.</p><p>Access to subsequent periods of the series is subject to a subscription fee which the Library has determined is not an effective use of resources on the grounds that the material is already held in the Library’s collection and is readily available to Members.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart grouped question UIN 26796 question first answered 13/03/2020 17:56:04 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1183622

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
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 Papers: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reasons the subscription to Public Information Online for House of Lords Bills and Papers is not available beyond 1955; and if the Commission will extend this to the 2019 Parliament; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	26796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2020 answer text <p>The Commission has no plans to extend the subscription to Public Information Online for House of Lords Bills and Papers beyond 1955.</p><p>Access to the House of Lords Bills and Papers section of Public Information Online for the period 1901–1955 is provided free of charge via the Commons Library following agreement between the Library and the publishers of the database and in return for the Library having provided the publishers with printed volumes of the series for that period to be scanned to create the digital version.</p><p>Access to subsequent periods of the series is subject to a subscription fee which the Library has determined is not an effective use of resources on the grounds that the material is already held in the Library’s collection and is readily available to Members.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart grouped question UIN 26795 question first answered 13/03/2020 17:56:04 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1183084

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people working on the Parliamentary estate are earning less than the London living wage of £10.75 an hour.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	25686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The House of Commons is accredited by Citizens UK as a London Living Wage Employer. Payment of the London Living Wage or the UK Living Wage is included as a condition within our Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract of all our contracts.</p><p>In addition, the terms of the accreditation licence require that contractors and sub-contractors with dedicated staff who are based on parliamentary premises are paying those staff at least the London Living Wage; and contractors and sub-contractors which provide services in relation to our contracts but who are not based on parliamentary premises are required to pay dedicated staff at least the London Living Wage, or the UK Living Wage if based outside London.</p><p>We can confirm that, to our knowledge, no directly employed or contracted workers are paid less than the London Living or the UK Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 09/03/2020 18:25:19 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1182690

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, which nationalities are represented among House of Commons staff.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	25179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>Excluding staff in the Parliamentary Digital Service, the nationalities represented among House of Commons staff are in the Table attached.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 10/03/2020 18:28:05 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart attachment 1 file name HoC-Nationalities-of-staff.pdf title Nationalities represented among HoC staff previous answer version 11399 answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1182691

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the pay ranges are for House of Commons staff; and how many FTE equivalent staff are employed at each grade.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	25180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The House operates three separate pay structures; Senior Commons Structure (SCS, in line with Senior Civil Service grades); Catering Staff; and the remaining staff of the House (A–E grades). There is a specialist pay range within the main A–E pay structure and a separate pay structure for former Metropolitan Police staff (MPS) that transferred into the House of Commons Service in April 2016.</p><p>Details of the numbers of FTE staff employed at each grade are shown in Annex A.</p><p>Details of the pay ranges are shown in Annexes B and C.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 09/03/2020 18:42:45 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart attachment 1 file name Annex-A-C.pdf title HoC-employment-by-grade-and-pay-ranges
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1182402

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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: Hygiene
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether hand sanitisers can be installed on portable stands throughout the Parliamentary Estate.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	24236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>In-House Services did try to purchase these through their supplier; however due to the current high demand for sanitisers and sanitiser units there was a 3–4 week delivery time. They have therefore purchased the units without stands and requested that the Parliamentary Maintenance Services Team (PMST) provide suitable stands.</p><p>In-House Services are currently awaiting delivery of the dispensers, and PMST are in the process of making the stands.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 05/03/2020 14:42:42 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1181324

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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 hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the latest estimate is of the cost of the restoration and renewal programme for the Palace of Westminster.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	21902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The cost estimate for the restoration and renewal (R&amp;R) programme, including the restoration of the Palace and temporary accommodation for the House of Lords, will be determined as part of an outline business case (OBC), which is being prepared by the R&amp;R Sponsor Body. The OBC is being developed in line with the resolutions agreed by both Houses in early 2018, which endorsed the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster's recommendation that a full and timely decant of the Palace was the best and the most cost-effective delivery option.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2015 the Independent Options Assessment (IOA) was published. It was produced by a Deloitte-led consortium in 2015, and was then considered by the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster which published its report in 2016. Both these events predated the establishment of the shadow Sponsor Body in September 2018. For full decant, the IOA estimated indicative costs for comparative purposes at between £3.52 billion and £3.87 billion, and assumed a construction start date of 2020. It cautioned that no budget could be set until a detailed design brief and means of delivery were agreed, and that these figures should not be taken as setting or estimating a budget for the Restoration and Renewal Programme. The IOA was not intended to provide fully costed estimates for the programme as they would be contingent upon full surveys, inspections, designs and the agreement of requirements. To provide these is the purpose of the shadow Sponsor Body's outline business case.</p><p> </p><p>Once the programme's scope, requirements and forecast benefits have been determined the proposed approach to the works, including a funding envelope and schedule, will be put before both Houses for decision in 2022 as required by section 7 of the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019. Throughout the development of the OBC there will be a rigorous review of all options and costs, in line with best practice established by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and external reviews by the National Audit Office.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 03/03/2020 17:40:34 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1178586

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Norman Shaw Buildings: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many occasions since June 2019 reports have been made on the missing towel dispenser in the men's lavatory on the ground floor of Norman Shaw North; for what reasons no action has been taken in response to those reports; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	14945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Parliamentary Maintenance Services Team (PMST) has three recorded instances of this roller towel being reported to its Helpdesk – on 18/06/19, 09/09/19 and 16/10/19.</p><p>On each occasion a reactive works request was correctly raised and a tradesperson attended; however this particular roller towel is located in a stainless steel housing which means our standard roller towels do not fit so we were unable to resolve the issue on our initial visit and the requests were incorrectly closed.</p><p>PMST apologises for this oversight and is pleased to confirm that a new modified roller towel has now been installed. In addition PMST has reviewed its procedures to minimise any re-occurrence of reactive works requests being closed incorrectly.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 24/02/2020 08:37:35 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1178589

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission consulted the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards before making its recommendations of 10 February 2020 on the creation of an independent panel to consider complaints made against hon Members; and whether the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards supports the Commission's preferred option.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	14946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards (PCS) was fully consulted during the process of drawing up options for implementing the third Cox recommendation. The House of Commons Commission cannot speak on behalf of the PCS who is independent, but the option selected by the Commission was the one which commanded most widespread support during that consultation process, including from the PCS.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 24/02/2020 08:47:32 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope