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date	25/03/2019
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 assessment has been made of the success of the roll-out of updated IT equipment for Members and their staff, to enable them to work as efficiently as possible in responding to, and resolving, constituents’ cases.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	236428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Commons Members Hardware Refresh project is upgrading all hardware loaned to Members returned at the 2017 General Election. Hardware will be upgraded to more up to date kit with Windows 10 deployed, which is faster and more secure. Combined with the rollout of digital tools such as Office 365, SharePoint and Skype for Business, this means easier collaboration on constituency matters and new ways of working between Westminster and constituency offices and staff.<br></p><p>Since November 2018, 725 orders for new kit have been processed and 438 deployments completed across Westminster and in constituencies. The project is on track to complete by the end of July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 28/03/2019 14:12:51 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

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

753545

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	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 steps he is taking to improve the reliability and speed of the internet and the email system used by hon. Members and their staff; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	5732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>The Digital Service is delivering a major investment programme for Parliament’s network. The programme will make improvements to Parliament’s ICT network, including internet access and email system. The delivery will address issues around speed, resilience and most importantly security when accessing internet based services. A tranche of improvements will be completed in September 2017, in particular:</p><p /><ul><li>Speed of access – Network design simplification, increase in throughput of security devices and increase of internet circuit bandwidth;</li><li>Resilience – dynamic routing with fast failover times with multiple routes out to the internet.</li></ul><p><br>The programme will provide further resilience and security enhancements for the network (Campus LAN) operating within the Parliamentary estate by the end of December 2017. The final tranche in the first half of 2018 will see performance and security enhancements for the WiFi network infrastructure within the estate. The Digital Service will continue to work to improve the security and protections in place around email, which in turn supports the reliability of email by reducing the impact that malicious email can have.</p><p>The improvements are primarily focused on the reliability and security of Parliament's network. However, the changes will provide Members with a more consistent user experience and speed of access when using the network, including access to the Internet. Responsiveness of Internet sites is also dependent upon factors outside of Parliament's network.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 06/09/2017 16:38:51 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

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