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1183084

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
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: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people working on the Parliamentary estate are earning less than the London living wage of £10.75 an hour.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	25686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The House of Commons is accredited by Citizens UK as a London Living Wage Employer. Payment of the London Living Wage or the UK Living Wage is included as a condition within our Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract of all our contracts.</p><p>In addition, the terms of the accreditation licence require that contractors and sub-contractors with dedicated staff who are based on parliamentary premises are paying those staff at least the London Living Wage; and contractors and sub-contractors which provide services in relation to our contracts but who are not based on parliamentary premises are required to pay dedicated staff at least the London Living Wage, or the UK Living Wage if based outside London.</p><p>We can confirm that, to our knowledge, no directly employed or contracted workers are paid less than the London Living or the UK Living Wage.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 09/03/2020 18:25:19 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1182690

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, which nationalities are represented among House of Commons staff.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	25179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>Excluding staff in the Parliamentary Digital Service, the nationalities represented among House of Commons staff are in the Table attached.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 10/03/2020 18:28:05 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart attachment 1 file name HoC-Nationalities-of-staff.pdf title Nationalities represented among HoC staff previous answer version 11399 answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1182691

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the pay ranges are for House of Commons staff; and how many FTE equivalent staff are employed at each grade.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	25180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The House operates three separate pay structures; Senior Commons Structure (SCS, in line with Senior Civil Service grades); Catering Staff; and the remaining staff of the House (A–E grades). There is a specialist pay range within the main A–E pay structure and a separate pay structure for former Metropolitan Police staff (MPS) that transferred into the House of Commons Service in April 2016.</p><p>Details of the numbers of FTE staff employed at each grade are shown in Annex A.</p><p>Details of the pay ranges are shown in Annexes B and C.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 09/03/2020 18:42:45 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart attachment 1 file name Annex-A-C.pdf title HoC-employment-by-grade-and-pay-ranges
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1182402

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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: Hygiene
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether hand sanitisers can be installed on portable stands throughout the Parliamentary Estate.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	24236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>In-House Services did try to purchase these through their supplier; however due to the current high demand for sanitisers and sanitiser units there was a 3–4 week delivery time. They have therefore purchased the units without stands and requested that the Parliamentary Maintenance Services Team (PMST) provide suitable stands.</p><p>In-House Services are currently awaiting delivery of the dispensers, and PMST are in the process of making the stands.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 05/03/2020 14:42:42 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1181324

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the latest estimate is of the cost of the restoration and renewal programme for the Palace of Westminster.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	21902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The cost estimate for the restoration and renewal (R&amp;R) programme, including the restoration of the Palace and temporary accommodation for the House of Lords, will be determined as part of an outline business case (OBC), which is being prepared by the R&amp;R Sponsor Body. The OBC is being developed in line with the resolutions agreed by both Houses in early 2018, which endorsed the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster's recommendation that a full and timely decant of the Palace was the best and the most cost-effective delivery option.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2015 the Independent Options Assessment (IOA) was published. It was produced by a Deloitte-led consortium in 2015, and was then considered by the Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster which published its report in 2016. Both these events predated the establishment of the shadow Sponsor Body in September 2018. For full decant, the IOA estimated indicative costs for comparative purposes at between £3.52 billion and £3.87 billion, and assumed a construction start date of 2020. It cautioned that no budget could be set until a detailed design brief and means of delivery were agreed, and that these figures should not be taken as setting or estimating a budget for the Restoration and Renewal Programme. The IOA was not intended to provide fully costed estimates for the programme as they would be contingent upon full surveys, inspections, designs and the agreement of requirements. To provide these is the purpose of the shadow Sponsor Body's outline business case.</p><p> </p><p>Once the programme's scope, requirements and forecast benefits have been determined the proposed approach to the works, including a funding envelope and schedule, will be put before both Houses for decision in 2022 as required by section 7 of the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019. Throughout the development of the OBC there will be a rigorous review of all options and costs, in line with best practice established by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority and external reviews by the National Audit Office.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 03/03/2020 17:40:34 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1178586

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	Norman Shaw Buildings: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many occasions since June 2019 reports have been made on the missing towel dispenser in the men's lavatory on the ground floor of Norman Shaw North; for what reasons no action has been taken in response to those reports; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	14945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Parliamentary Maintenance Services Team (PMST) has three recorded instances of this roller towel being reported to its Helpdesk – on 18/06/19, 09/09/19 and 16/10/19.</p><p>On each occasion a reactive works request was correctly raised and a tradesperson attended; however this particular roller towel is located in a stainless steel housing which means our standard roller towels do not fit so we were unable to resolve the issue on our initial visit and the requests were incorrectly closed.</p><p>PMST apologises for this oversight and is pleased to confirm that a new modified roller towel has now been installed. In addition PMST has reviewed its procedures to minimise any re-occurrence of reactive works requests being closed incorrectly.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 24/02/2020 08:37:35 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1178589

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission consulted the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards before making its recommendations of 10 February 2020 on the creation of an independent panel to consider complaints made against hon Members; and whether the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards supports the Commission's preferred option.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	14946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards (PCS) was fully consulted during the process of drawing up options for implementing the third Cox recommendation. The House of Commons Commission cannot speak on behalf of the PCS who is independent, but the option selected by the Commission was the one which commanded most widespread support during that consultation process, including from the PCS.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 24/02/2020 08:47:32 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1177481

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans History Month
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, what plans Parliament has to mark LGBT history month.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	14661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The UK Parliament has a range of activities and events taking place over LGBT History month. These include:</p><p><strong>Pride at Parliament LGBT+ history tours.</strong> 75 minute guided tour highlighting the significant part played by LGBT+ people at UK Parliament as leaders, legislators, activists, lobbyists and monarchs.</p><p><strong>Evening event for LGBT+ History Month.</strong> Combines a themed guided tour and a visit to the Parliamentary Archives for a talk and to view historic artefacts.</p><p><strong>General Tours of Parliament including school visits.</strong> Tours are adapted to have an LGBT+ focus; this includes tailored content and the use of examples to explain the work of Parliament within the context of LGBT+ history.</p><p><strong>Social media.</strong> Content will include a story quiz on historical LGBT+ people and laws in UK Parliament, historical landmarks, legislation, a range of artworks and online content and comms relating to Jez Dolan’s artwork Wolfenden. There will also be chamber coverage of relevant business and profiles of and quotes from MPs.</p><p><strong>Talk and panel discussion</strong> celebrating parliamentary achievements in progress for LGBT+ rights.</p><p><strong>Your Story, Our History Films</strong> – Promote series of films with focus on three individuals – who share their experiences of how lgbt+ legislation passed by the UK Parliament has affected their lives.</p><p><strong>House Magazine</strong> Various Op-ed from staff about LGBT+ History month Lord Cashman event – ‘From Albert Square to Parliament Square’ and followed by an audience Q+A.</p><p><strong>ParliOUT Open Art Exhibition:</strong> being your authentic LGBT+ self. Artwork from membership shown digitally across the Estate.</p><p><strong>Lego Suffragette</strong> hosted by Pride Cymru in the Welsh Assembly for their LGBT History Month programme. Culminates with a lecture on Baroness Rhondda, a famous local Suffragette and women's rights advocate on 29th February.</p><p><strong>BAME &amp; LGBTQ Trailblazers exhibition.</strong> In Richmond House Business Lounge, showcasing the stories and work of LGBT activists from BAME backgrounds.</p><p><strong>UK BAME LGBTQ Life after Stonewall Lunch and Learn </strong>– A one-hour lunch and learn with Veronica McKenzie of Harringay Vangard.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 13/02/2020 13:48:08 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1176839

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question 2472, what the budget was for information and communications technology equipment for the Parliamentary estate in each year from 2010 to 2019.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The expenditure on equipment by the Parliamentary Digital Service and its predecessor, the Parliamentary ICT Department, has been used rather than the budget to show what has actually been incurred on equipment purchases.</p><p>Information is not available prior to 2012/13 at the level requested and may not include all expenditure by the House of Lords. Figures for 2019/20 are to date.</p><p><br><strong>Total spend</strong></p><p>2012/13 £858k</p><p>2013/14 £1,372k</p><p>2014/15 £1,458k</p><p>2015/16 £4,808k</p><p>2016/17 £6,106k</p><p>2017/18 £4,892k</p><p>2018/19 £7,876k</p><p>2019/20 £2,270k</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 13/02/2020 08:05:34 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1176840

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Perth and North Perthshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question 2472, what proportion of the budget for information and communications technology equipment for the Parliamentary estate was spent independently of the Crown Commissioning Group in each year from 2010 to 2019.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The proportion of the total expenditure for information and communications technology equipment for the Parliamentary estate, excluding some expenditure on House of Lords equipment, under non-Crown Commercial Service (CCS) contracts, or frameworks, is shown in the table. Information is not available prior to 2012/13.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total spend </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-CCS % </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£858k</p></td><td><p>38.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,372k</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,458k</p></td><td><p>13.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£4,808k</p></td><td><p>3.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£6,106k</p></td><td><p>29.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£4,892k</p></td><td><p>8.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£7,876k</p></td><td><p>13.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£2,270k</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures for 2019/20 to January 2020.</p><p>The large increases in 2012/13, 2016/17 and 2018/19 on non-CCS spend occurred when large purchases were made on Parliamentary contracts awarded under the OJEU process.</p> answering member constituency Perth and North Perthshire answering member printed Pete Wishart question first answered 13/02/2020 08:27:23 answering member 1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas