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date	27/10/2014
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	Television
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 reward the teams who have installed and successfully delivered digital television feeds including BBC local news and European Parliament, Committee Room, Welsh Assembly, and Scottish Parliament proceedings to offices on the Estate.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	211942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2014 answer text <p>The Commission acknowledges the challenges involved in changing the unique and complex system that serves over 2,200 screens across Parliament and 20 government departments, and commends the House Service for the smooth changeover. Engineering, project management, maintenance and commercial staff were involved, together with the suppliers and sub-contractors, and Parliament’s long-serving on-site Annunciator technicians. I have nothing to offer as reward beyond my heartfelt thanks.</p><p>The teams involved are delighted that this project has been singled out for acknowledgement by the hon. Member for Lichfield, and are grateful for his support in the early days of defining the system requirements, during his time on the Administration Committee.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 31/10/2014 11:00:33 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

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date	29/08/2014
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	Television
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 much the House of Commons Commission spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>The House of Commons spent £159,771 in 2013 and £3,805 in 2014 to date on television screens which will enable the migration of Parliament’s Annunciator to a fully digital service.</p><p>These screens replaced analogue-only screens that were at the end of their life with more energy efficient digital models. The new digital screens are 40% cheaper than the analogue sets that they replace. At the time of purchase a reduction in maintenance costs of around £22,000 over the lifetime of the sets and £15,000 reduction in energy cost across the Parliamentary Estate per annum was estimated.</p><p>The upgrade to a digital only Annunciator Service has enabled an increase in channels available including live feeds from up to 16 Committee Rooms, plenary sessions of the devolved assemblies, a broader range of regional and international news channels and restoration of subtitles.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 02/09/2014 16:20:34 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw