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631198

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people in the House of Commons Service have learning disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	52009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>The percentage of people working for the House Service who have declared a disability is 3%. We do not report on what type of disability people declare.</p><p>The House has a track record of working with organisations who support adults with learning disabilities to secure paid employment or work experience with us. This includes through the Speaker’s Parliamentary Placement Scheme, the House of Commons Apprenticeship Scheme, and participating – with ParliAble – in Inclusive Employers and Mencap’s Learning Disabilities Work Experience Week, as well as through standard recruitment and selection practices.</p><p>The House of Commons is a Partner of the Business Disability Forum. This year we participated in the BDF’s Disability Standard, which measures organisations against 10 criteria, including recruitment and adjustments. We improved our score of 42% in 2013 to 83%, achieving Silver accreditation.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 15/11/2016 17:30:26 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

627412

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	English Votes for English Laws
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, how many hours have been spent by the staff of the House on the certification process necessitated by the English Votes for English Laws Standing Orders of the House of Commons since those orders were implemented; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	51700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The Clerk of Legislation advises Mr Speaker on EVEL as part of his normal duties. The Papers Clerk in the Journal Office assists in record-keeping and in the publication of Speaker’s certificates as part of her normal duties. It is not possible to disaggregate the time they spend on EVEL certification from other aspects of their work.</p><p>In the Office of Speaker’s Counsel, as part of their ordinary duties the Counsel for Legislation advises Mr Speaker on certification of statutory instruments and one of the Deputy Counsel advises Mr Speaker on the certification of Bills. It is not possible to disaggregate the time they spend on EVEL certification from other aspects of their work, although the Deputy Counsel’s contracted hours were increased slightly on the introduction of the EVEL certification process.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 07/11/2016 16:09:54 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

626054

registered interest
date	31/10/2016
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: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate has been made of how many rooms on the Parliamentary estate are not wheelchair accessible.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	51170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The historic nature of the parliamentary estate means that newer buildings are more accessible than the older buildings for wheelchair users and people who need step-free access. While no estimate can be given of the number of rooms, those in Portcullis House and certain of the outbuildings have greater accessibility than the Palace and Norman Shaw buildings. Improving accessibility is being addressed as part of the Restoration and Renewal and Northern Estate Programmes, as well as the ongoing work across the estate.</p><p>Step-free access, as well as other access requirements, are a priority for the Commission. This year, we participated in the Business Disability Forum’s Disability Standard, which measures organisations against 10 criteria, including premises and adjustments. We increased our score from 42% in 2013 to 83%, achieving Silver accreditation. We have upgraded our membership of the BDF to Partner member, in order to make faster progress in becoming a ‘disability-smart’ organisation.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 03/11/2016 17:30:18 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

621004

registered interest
date	25/10/2016
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	Parliament: Educational Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plans to review the travel subsidy available for schools visiting the House.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	50059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>There are currently no immediate plans to review the travel subsidy for schools visiting the House. The next scheduled review is to follow after the conclusion of the boundary review (the banding of the subsidy is based on constituencies).</p><p>Prior to the introduction of the subsidy 69.4% of visiting schools came from London and the South East (Band A), where in the financial year 2015/2016 this fell to 49% from that band.</p><p>When deciding the current levels of transport subsidies several different factors were taken into account, which included considerations around distance and reasonable spend, as well as the overall budget available to Parliament to offer the subsidy. The overarching aim of the scheme is to encourage as many schools as possible from outside of the south east England region to attend.</p><p>The levels of transport subsidies are set by the Administration Committee. The Committee agreed to raise the levels in line with transport inflation in March 2013, and continues to keep them under review in order to make the subsidy as beneficial as possible, especially to schools from further afield.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 07/11/2016 14:27:50 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

607550

registered interest
date	21/10/2016
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 Travel Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, on how many days under the current Travel Office contract the ticket machines situated in the House have been unable to print hon. Members' travel tickets.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	49746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>The Trainline ticket machine situated in the Parliamentary Travel Office has been unable to print tickets on six separate days since September 2014, the latest period being 17–19 October 2016. The machine is owned by Trainline but it is CTM’s responsibility to ensure that they report any faults so that they can be fixed quickly and efficiently.</p><p>The ticket machine situated in the Members’ Centre in Portcullis House is maintained by IPSA and therefore the Commission does not hold records on the operation of that machine. However, officials are aware that the machine has been out of service since the beginning of September 2016.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 31/10/2016 17:15:54 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

595915

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of people given security clearance and passes in 2015 to work for construction, maintenance and refurbishment purposes in the Palace of Westminster were not UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	47511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>In 2015 responsibility for construction, maintenance and refurbishment was held by the Parliamentary Estates Department. The Pass Office database shows that 2,529 CTC (Counter Terrorist Check) clearances were conducted on those working in PED in 2015. Of these, 366 were non-UK nationals. This equates to 14.47% of all those given security clearance for work in the department in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 18/10/2016 16:40:05 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

595916

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of people who have security clearance for catering and cleaning purposes in the Palace of Westminster are not UK nationals.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	47510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The Pass Office database shows that the Palace of Westminster holds security clearance and passes for a total of 779 pass holders whose jobs relate to catering and cleaning purposes. 330 of these are not UK nationals. This equates to 42.36%.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 18/10/2016 16:38:33 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

535287

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
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: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, what recent assessment the Commission has made of the security arrangements for screening mail received by hon. Members of each House of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	42380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>A procurement process for a new contract for screening mail received by hon. Members is currently underway. A full review of the security arrangements and contract specification forms part of that process. This review is based on advice from the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) as well as on a national standard specification for mail screening (PAS 97:2015).</p><p>Following an incident, the Parliamentary Security Department has recently revised and reissued guidance to Members and staff on what to do following receipt of a suspicious letter or package.</p><p>We do not comment in public on details of security arrangements. The Deputy Director of Security (Delivery) would be happy to discuss these arrangements in more detail with the hon. Member.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 19/07/2016 16:04:26 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

528928

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will take steps to ensure that the House of Commons Commission's purchasing policies support British (a) industry and (b) agriculture.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	41273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The House of Commons procurement policies operate within the parameters set out by the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015.</p><p>The House has a Sustainable Purchasing Policy which, amongst other things, requires contracts that are particularly suitable for SMEs to be highlighted as so being, contracts to be divided into lots and processes to be as simple and proportionate as possible to encourage SMEs to participate in our competitions. Further, the policy requires contracts that are suitable for Social Enterprises to be identified at an early stage and that market engaged to ensure their participation.</p><p>More generally, the House supports British industry and agriculture by:</p><ul><li>Purchasing our goods and services in a way that maximises the ability of SMEs, Social Enterprises and organisations with less bargaining power to win our contracts;</li><li>Conducting open and competitive tender processes that are accessible to all British suppliers whether small, medium or large;</li><li>Advertising our contracts on the UK Government procurement website Contracts Finder and the House’s own electronic procurement portal to ensure that there is maximum visibility of our contractual opportunities;</li><li>Writing specifications of requirements that take into account domestic social, economic and environmental requirements.</li></ul> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 04/07/2016 15:58:42 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar

525678

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
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: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, whether any pedestrian entry points to the Parliamentary Estate are restricted to particular categories of passholder, and if so what those restrictions are at each point.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	40799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>The main Parliamentary Estate has the following pedestrian entrances available to passholders (see exceptions to this below):</p><p><strong>House of Commons</strong></p><ul><li>Canon Row/Derby Gate</li><li>1 Parliament Street</li><li>Carriage Gates Turnstiles</li><li>Subway – Westminster Tube</li><li>Cromwell Green Visitor Entrance</li><li>St Stephen's Entrance</li><li>Portcullis House</li><li>53 Parliament Street</li></ul><p><strong><br>House of Lords</strong></p><ul><li>Black Rod’s Garden</li><li>Chancellor's Gate</li><li>Peers’ Entrance – By convention and practice, only Peers and their spouses or partners are allowed to use this entrance. Members of the House of Lords are allowed to invite up to six guests in via this route unless dispensation to bring in more is given by Black Rod. Guests must be booked in by name before they are allowed access.</li></ul><p><br>Pedestrian entry points to outbuildings which form part of the Parliamentary Estate are not restricted to particular categories of passholder.</p><p>Holders of the following passes have restricted access to certain pedestrian entrances on the Estate:</p><ul><li><strong>Former Member Passes</strong> – Subway, St Stephen's, Portcullis House entrances only</li><li><strong>House of Commons Nursery Passes</strong> – 1 Parliament Street entrance only</li><li><strong>Westminster Gym Passes</strong> – Derby Gate entrance only</li><li><strong>MEP Passes</strong> – MEPs are only able to access the House of Lords via Black Rod’s Garden entrance and can only use readers within the House of Lords.</li></ul> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 28/06/2016 15:23:22 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady