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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

1671791

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
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	House of Commons: Telephone Systems
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, what assessment the Commission has made of the adequacy of the telephony system on the parliamentary estate.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	2756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The telephone system on the parliamentary estate is the subject of a transformative programme called the Voice Programme, and a new telephony system is due to be implemented in 2024. Modernisation of the telephony system to full Voice Over Internet Protocol is also required in preparation for the decommissioning of the analogue service provided through the Public Switched Network.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 27/11/2023 18:37:29 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1671306

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
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	House of Commons: Catering and Shops
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, whether (a) cash and (b) cards can be used at each (i) food, (ii) drink and (iii) souvenir outlet on the Parliamentary estate.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	2520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>Cash and cards can be used on all food, drink and souvenir transactions in catering and souvenir outlets with the exception of two venues in locations away from the main estate and all vending machines, where only card is permitted. The reason for a cashless policy at the two outbuildings is due to security constraints on the transportation of monies between the outbuildings and the main Palace. The cost for monies to be collected outweighed the cash taken. Vending machines are procured as card only for security reasons.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 23/11/2023 11:28:37 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1669030

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	High Speed 2 Line: Parliamentary Scrutiny
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, if the Commission will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of parliamentary scrutiny of sections of HS2 that have since been cancelled.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	1097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The table below outlines an estimate of the cost to the public purse of parliamentary scrutiny of sections of HS2 that have since been cancelled. The costs of committee visits, the transcription of committee hearings, reports by the Independent Assessor and additional staffing have all been taken into account.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Select Committee on the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Bill</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Select Committee on the High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Committee visits</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£2,620</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£4,006.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transcription of Committee hearings</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£54,313</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£24,811.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reports of the Independent Assessor</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£184,760.58</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£175,712.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffing</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>N/A</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£184,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>£241,693.58</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>£389,356.79</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>£631,050.37</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Under Private Business Standing Order 224A(6)(a)(ii) (‘Comments on environmental statements’), the examiner of petitions for private bills is required to appoint an independent assessor to produce a report on responses to the public consultation on an environmental statement.</p><p>Three reports were published by the independent assessor on the High Speed Rail (West Midlands – Crewe) Act 2021, relating to consultations held on the Environmental Statement, the Supplementary Environmental Statement which accompanied Additional Provision 1, and the Supplementary Environmental Statement which accompanied Additional Provision 2.</p><p>Two reports have so far been published by the independent assessor on the High Speed Rail (Crewe – Manchester) Bill, relating to consultations held on the Environmental Statement and the Supplementary Environmental Statement 1 and Additional Provision 1 Environmental Statement.</p><p>Under Private Business Standing Order 224A(10), the costs of the process of appointing an independent assessor, incurred by the House, shall be reimbursed by the government.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/11/2023 18:43:25 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 632 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1665453

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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: Buildings
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 buildings on the parliamentary estate are constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	203127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Completed surveys have identified some elements of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in the Palace of Westminster. Fifteen other areas are in the process of being assessed, 11 within the Palace and four within other buildings on the parliamentary estate.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 25/10/2023 14:42:08 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 99569 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1663283

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	House of Commons: Training
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 the House of Commons spent on equality and diversity training for staff in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	201137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The total spent on equality and diversity training for the financial year 2022–2023 was £47,719.00.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 25/10/2023 14:48:13 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1657022

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Legislation: Parliamentary Scrutiny
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, whether the Commission is considering new initiatives to increase public trust in the parliamentary legislative process.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	196666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2023 answer text <p>The legislative programme, and its content, is the responsibility of the Government. A number of teams across the House Service, primarily the Chamber and Participation team and the Communications team, collectively provide a range of opportunities for the public to learn about the parliamentary legislative process. This includes information on the law-making process as part of public engagement events (such as community outreach sessions, teacher training, school visits to the Education Centre and tours of the Palace of Westminster) and as part of the House’s communications activity (including regular updates on legislation and procedural explainers on social media channels).</p><p>The Commission has not recently discussed new initiatives to increase public trust in the parliamentary legislative process. However, the Administration Committee has recently finished an inquiry investigating how the House of Commons Administration communicates to the public. It will be reporting its findings to the Commission in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 28/09/2023 11:03:55 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1654715

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
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 Security Department: Conditions of Employment
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, what changes were made to the terms and conditions of security staff who were transferred from the Metropolitan Police to the Parliamentary Security Department.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	195568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The transfer of Security staff from the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to the Parliamentary Security Department (PSD) was undertaken in accordance with Transfer of Undertaking Protection of Employment (TUPE) regulations. Contractual terms and conditions, along with continuity of service from the MPS, were protected at the point of transfer on 1<sup>st</sup> April 2016. These included (but were not limited to) pay, pension and holiday entitlement.</p><p>During a period of consultation for the transfer it was agreed with the trade unions that a number of terms and conditions would be adapted, meaning that they would be subject to some changes. Details of those terms that were adapted are provided in the Annex.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 04/09/2023 19:21:28 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker attachment 1 file name Annex-to-WPQ195568-PSD-Met-Police-staff-transfer-terms-and-conditions.pdf title Terms and conditions that were adapted
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1654387

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Written Questions
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 and what proportion of written parliamentary questions have been carded by the Table Office in each of the last 12 months that the House was sitting.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	195144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The IT programmes used by the Table Office do not separately record the number or proportion of questions that have been carded. The information requested could only be established by going through each of the 62,668 questions tabled in the periods specified, which would incur disproportionate expense. However, the figures for 3 July 2023, given below, are likely to be representative:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Published unamended or with style edits</p></td><td><p>233 (78% of total processed)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Published having been carded and subsequently discussed with Member/Member’s office</p></td><td><p>28 (9%)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL PUBLISHED</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carded and not yet resolved/published</p></td><td><p>23 (8%)</p></td><td><p>Of which 5 information readily available, 4 duplicate question, 14 other reason</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carded and withdrawn</p></td><td><p>12 (4%)</p></td><td><p>Of which 1 information readily available, 5 duplicate question, 6 other reason</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Withdrawn for other reasons</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL PROCESSED</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>298</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Table Office can only put on to the Order Paper questions which comply with the rules of the House. Questions substantially the same as one already tabled are not published. If a question appears to be disorderly the Member is ‘carded’: asked to discuss with the Table Office how the question might be brought within the rules. The rules regarding questions are set out at 3.22 in Erskine May, which is available online: <a href="https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/4942/rules-of-order-regarding-form-and-contents-of-questions" target="_blank">Rules of order regarding form and contents of questions - Erskine May - UK Parliament</a></p><p>The Table Office also provides tailored briefing and coaching in drafting questions for Members and their staff.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 04/09/2023 19:07:44 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1654522

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Queen Elizabeth II: Death
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, whether the Commission plans to publish a report on Operation Marquee.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	195292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>The House of Commons Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/commons-expenditure/admin-annual-accounts/administration_annual_report_and_accounts_2022-23.pdf" target="_blank">HC 1684</a>), published on 19 July 2023, include detail on the delivery, cost and impact of the Lying in State in September 2022. In particular, pages 30-31 provide an overview of work undertaken while pages 38-39 detail the related expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 04/09/2023 09:49:14 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi