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date	16/01/2024
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: Pests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many instances of property damage by pests were reported to parliamentary authorities in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	9911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>In the last three years, there have been seven incidents reported to the Maintenance Helpdesk relating to property damage caused by pests:</p><p>2021 – 1</p><p>2022 – 3</p><p>2023 – 3</p><p>Separately, through its routine condition surveys of heritage items over the last three years, the Parliamentary Heritage Collections team has identified 43 objects that have pest presence, pest activity, or pest damage.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 22/01/2024 15:57:46 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 12498 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1682566

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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: Pests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much has been spent on repairing damage caused by pests on the Estate in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	9912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>We do not hold the individual costs for responses to incidents logged via the Maintenance Helpdesk as these works are captured by an overall budget that covers routine maintenance and/or larger refurbishment works. It is not possible to break down this amount according to works repairing pest damage.</p><p>In February 2023, the Heritage Collections team treated 17 pieces of the Historic Furniture and Decorative Arts collection for moth infestation at a total cost of £4,512.81+VAT. There has been no other treatment in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 22/01/2024 15:59:24 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 12499 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1678376

registered interest
date	15/12/2023
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: Pest Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many times pest control has been called onto the Parliamentary estate in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	7214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>A pest control expert is based on-site. The pest control team monitor and take steps to manage pests on the Parliamentary estate.</p><p>In the past three years a total of 1,180 requests for pest control have been made and the number for each year are given below:</p><ul><li>15/12/2020–14/12/2021: 227</li><li>15/12/2021–14/12/2022: 412</li><li>15/12/202<ins class="ministerial">2</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del>–14/12/2023: 541</li></ul> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 08/01/2024 13:17:51 question first ministerially corrected 12/01/2024 10:42:47 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 9857 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1675621

registered interest
date	05/12/2023
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: Power Failures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many power cuts have been recorded on the Parliamentary estate in each of the last five years; and where on the estate they occurred.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	5355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2023 answer text <p>For the purposes of this answer, we are interpreting power cuts to mean loss of power.</p><p>Our records on power losses on the Estate date from 2019, since when 52 incidents have been recorded. The losses range in scale from loss of power to sockets in an individual room to temporary loss of power to a floor in a building.</p><p>These incidents have been recorded in buildings across the Estate; 17 in the Palace of Westminster and 35 spread across the other buildings on the Estate.</p><p>The records do not include (a) the loss of power to some buildings the Northern Estate due to flooding in 2021 and (b) planned maintenance or construction work that requires shutdown of power. Planned power shutdowns are scheduled for out of business hours, including nights and weekends.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 12/12/2023 12:55:42 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 6718 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney