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77690

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Pay
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 officials employed by the House of Commons, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	205460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>678 staff in the House of Commons have remained at the same pay band since 2010 and received a pay rise. These pay increases varied depending on factors including where the person fell in the pay band and length of service. Increases fell within the following ranges:</p><ul><li>£73 – £8,388 in the A–E pay bands (520 people);</li><li>£120 – £380 in the Catering Service (134), and</li><li>£318 – £1,230 in the Senior Commons Structure (24).</li></ul> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 22/07/2014 10:42:49 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

77189

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	Procurement
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 and what proportion of the House of Commons Commission's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of the House of Commons Commission's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	205219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>There are around 800 third party suppliers of services to the House of Commons and given system changes in recent years it would involve disproportionate cost to derive precise figures of contract expenditure by financial year. It is estimated that expenditure has broadly been equivalent to:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Amount (£m)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of spend (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>92.7</p></td><td><p>32.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>87.4</p></td><td><p>47.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>90.7</p></td><td><p>43.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>89.0</p></td><td><p>40.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>83.7</p></td><td><p>37.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>For 2014/15 the planned amount is around £100 million which represents 40.8% of the combined capital and resource budget.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 22/07/2014 15:55:12 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso previous answer version 11070 answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

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

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

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

76854

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	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, what assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness to date of the introduction of Office 365; and on what evidence and measures the Commission based that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	204885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Commission has made no formal assessment of the effectiveness to date of the introduction of Office 2013 and Microsoft 365 email.</p><p>Parliamentary ICT (PICT) acknowledges that the implementation has not been as simple and straightforward as was hoped, and is aware that it has caused problems for some hon. Members. PICT is working to resolve most of these problems, the most common of which are described below. The lessons learned from these problems are being implemented to improve deployment and support arrangements. PICT apologises for the inconvenience experienced by hon. Members.</p><p>Following the upgrade to Office 2013, PICT received a large number of support calls, including from users who found that the process of upgrading to Office 2013 remotely took much longer than expected. Some Members have also commented negatively on the look and feel of the new product.</p><p>Access to 365 requires an update and reconfiguration of both desktops/laptops and mobile devices. In some cases the upgrade to the desktop and user profile has needed adjustment once the migration has been completed. In a greater number of cases hon. Members who have mobile devices have required assistance to reconfigure the devices to receive the 365 services. All BlackBerry owners have needed assistance to do this because it is a technical task and, depending upon the ownership of the model and its software version, some hon. Members have had real difficulty with the migration process.</p><p>365 has a limit on the number of people who can be added to a single email distribution list, and some hon. Members have found this causes difficulty. PICT have offered assistance and advice has been offered to work around this issue.</p><p>Once successfully migrated, the Office 365 service offers significant benefits to users, including a much larger email box, an easier to use login process, and access to services from any location and device as long as there is an internet connection and a modern browser.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 17/07/2014 08:07:25 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

76856

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	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 contractors supporting PICT and other information technology projects in the House have had their contracts (a) terminated and (b) not renewed due to poor performance.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
uin	204884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>PICT hold records of all contractors who have left PICT since April 2012. Since contractors are not employees – but employed via an agency or their own Limited Company – any records kept are brief. It is not usual practice to provide references and as a result, reasons for their departure are not recorded.</p><p>The number of contractors whose contracts ended during this period has been follows:</p><p>2012/13 – 29<br>2013/14 – 48<br>2014/15 (to 30 June) – 57</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 22/07/2014 10:43:32 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso previous answer version 11071 answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

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