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65745

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date	03/07/2014
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	Computer Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 134W, on computer software, what feedback has been received on the mechanics of the implementation of Microsoft 365 from (a) members of the Administration Committee and (b) other hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	203932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>In May Parliamentary ICT (PICT) piloted migrating Members' mailboxes to Microsoft 365. In this Members' pilot, PICT migrated 82 mailboxes, including the mailboxes of 10 hon. Members, their staff and 12 members of the House of Lords. One of the hon. Members involved in this pilot is a Member of the Administration Committee. PICT requested feedback on the migrations in an anonymous survey. Four people in the pilot survey reported a problem with the migration of their email. Because the survey was anonymous, it is not possible to say who responded to the survey.</p><p>A paper on the implementation of Microsoft 365, which included feedback from the survey, was presented to the Administration Committee for their meeting on 16 June. A member of the Committee expressed serious concern that Office 365 was not well received by users. The Chair of the Committee is also aware of written complaints from three other hon. Members about recent changes.</p><p>PICT began the migrations for other hon. Members and their staff on 22 June. By 4 July over 1,800 mailboxes assigned to hon. Members and their staff had been migrated.</p><p>The most common cause of a call to the service desk after the mailbox migration has been to request help to follow the process for logging into the new mail box for the first time. The second most common problem relates to mobile devices. Parliamentary email stops working on mobile devices until they are reconfigured to point to the new server after the migration. BlackBerry devices need to be physically reconfigured by PICT, and this process can take over an hour. Furthermore, it takes longer for personal BlackBerry devices than for BlackBerries issued by PICT. In addition, new security features have made it difficult to synchronise some android devices with mailboxes.</p><p>For those having a problem with their email, it is of course disruptive, and PICT have dedicated specialists on hand to assist.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 08/07/2014 13:36:10 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

65746

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Computer Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to his Answer of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 134W, on computer software, how many calls the PICT Service Desk has received from hon. Members and their staff relating to problems resulting from the migration of their mailboxes to Microsoft 365.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	203933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Following a pilot, PICT began the migration of the mailboxes of hon. Members and their staff on 22 June. By 4 July over 1,800 mailboxes assigned to hon. Members and their staff had been migrated.</p><p>In the period from 22 June to 12:00 on 4 July, PICT logged 128 cases from hon. Members and their staff which were directly related to problems resulting from the migration of their mailboxes to Microsoft 365. 112 of those cases are now closed. During the same period, PICT logged 149 other cases from hon. Members and their staff requesting advice or help which were directly related to other aspects of the migrations to Microsoft 365.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 08/07/2014 13:37:53 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

76433

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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 Procedure: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will take steps to make the latest edition of Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice available free of charge online.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	204435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>Erskine May's <em>Parliamentary Practice</em> is published by Butterworths under an exclusive licence granted by the Trustees of the May Memorial Fund, registered charity 306057, who own the copyright to the work. I understand that the Trustees are considering under what financial arrangements it might be practicable to make a digital version of Erskine May available online.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 14/07/2014 15:48:23 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

76432

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by the House of Commons Commission in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	204475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The following response relates to items owned by the House of Commons, issued by the Parliamentary ICT Service that have been reported as lost. Items not supplied by Parliamentary ICT (such as those owned by individuals or third parties) are excluded.</p><p>No losses were reported during 2013; four phones, one laptop and no BlackBerrys have been reported as lost so far during 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 15/07/2014 16:24:04 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

76434

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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	Welsh Affairs Select Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if the House of Commons Commission will make available to the Welsh Affairs Committee funds to allow the hiring of Welsh translators to allow submissions to be provided without English translation.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	204522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The general practice of the Welsh Affairs Committee has been to ask those submitting written evidence in Welsh to provide an English translation. It appears that in the 1990s when written evidence was submitted to the Welsh Affairs Committee in the Welsh language only, translation was provided by the Welsh Office free of charge. The Clerk of the House has asked me to say that, in view of the representations by the hon. Member and others, he is happy to accept the point of principle that submissions should be accepted without an English translation, and that he has asked the Committee Office to work on the details.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 15/07/2014 16:26:01 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

76853

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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 Board of Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether members of the House of Commons Management Board require authorisation from the Chief Executive, House of Commons Commission or any other authority before undertaking external speaking engagements related to their professional role.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	204886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Clerk of the House is the line manager of the other executive members of the Management Board. As part of the House Service's policy of making the work of the House better known to the public, the Clerk encourages members of the Management Board to speak about their work, while of course observing necessary requirements of impartiality and confidentiality, and avoiding any conflicts of interest. Accordingly, within those guidelines, he has given discretion to members of the Board to accept invitations to speak as they see fit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 15/07/2014 16:24:55 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

77191

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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 Board of Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, whether members of the Management Board must seek authorisation for the contents of their remarks or lines to take during oral question and answer sessions at external speaking engagements related to their professional role.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	205004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Clerk of the House is the line manager of the other executive members of the Management Board. As part of the House Service's policy of making the work of the House better known to the public, the Clerk encourages members of the Management Board to speak about their work, while of course observing necessary requirements of impartiality and confidentiality, and avoiding any conflicts of interest. Accordingly, within those guidelines, he has given discretion to members of the Board to accept invitations to speak as they see fit and does not require them to seek authorisation for the contents of their remarks or for lines to take.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 15/07/2014 16:27:22 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

77192

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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 Board of Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many occasions each member of the Management Board has undertaken an external speaking engagement in each of the last four financial years.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	205005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The House Service does not collect the information requested. As part of the House Service's policy of making the work of the House better known to the public, the Clerk encourages members of the Management Board to speak about their work, and they do so frequently, for example at outreach events.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 15/07/2014 16:29:49 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

76855

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, who within the House is accountable for data security.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	204883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>The Clerk of the House is responsible for data security for the House of Commons Service. As Data Controller, the Clerk is obliged by law to process personal data fairly, lawfully and in accordance with the data protection principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.</p><p>The Clerk of the House delegates actions relating to data security as follows:</p><p>The Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO), the Director General, Human Resources and Change, is the member of the House of Commons Management Board responsible for managing information risk. He oversees information security policy for the House of Commons.</p><p>The Director of Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology (D/PICT) has overall Management Board-level responsibility in both Houses for implementing the ICT strategy for Parliament and for providing both Boards with technical security advice. She is responsible for the specification, procurement, operation, security and maintenance of the electronic systems on which the great majority of Parliament's information is communicated, stored and handled and for providing officials and staff with training and support on their use.</p><p>The Parliamentary Security Director advises the SIROs in both Houses and gives strategic and policy direction to D/PICT on cyber security.</p><p>Members are the data controllers for all personal data that is handled by their offices and they have responsibility for ensuring that this is done in accordance with the Data Protection Act.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 16/07/2014 12:06:03 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

77190

registered interest
date	10/07/2014
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	Clerk of the House
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, what funding the Commission allocated for payment of travel, hotel and subsistence expenses of candidates interviewed for the role of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive; what the actual cost was of paying those expenses; and from which budget those expenses will be paid.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Mr Simon Burns
uin	205043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2014 answer text <p>No specific budget has been allocated for the payment of travel, hotel or subsistence expenses for candidates interviewed for the role of Clerk of the House and Chief Executive. The cost incurred to 14 July is £2,702.31. The costs are met from the House Service's general recruitment budget.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 16/07/2014 15:21:46 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	46 label Biography information for Sir Simon Burns