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<p>The House of Commons Commission is responsible for the hybrid proceedings in the
Commons. The costs set out below therefore relate only to work associated with the
Commons, not Parliament as a whole. The figures show combined implementation/other
one-off costs and running costs as at 31 May 2020, and cover committed spend up to
that date, not just actual expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>VIRTUAL CHAMBER REVENUE COSTS:</p><p>Chamber
set up – £31,200</p><p>Broadcasting hub set up – £12,734</p><p>Specialist operating
team – £176,000</p><p>Technical infrastructure hire – £334,000</p><p>Remote broadcasting
provision for Ministers and other key Members – £70,000</p><p>Additional internet
bandwidth – £6,000</p><p>Sub-total excluding VAT = £629,934</p><p>(<em>all supplier
costs concerned, excluding any capital costs, are VAT recoverable</em>)</p><p> </p><p>VIRTUAL
CHAMBER CAPITAL COSTS:</p><p>Broadcasting equipment – £123,994</p><p>Hansard recording
equipment – £58,306</p><p> </p><p>Sub-total excluding VAT = £182,300</p><p>Sub-total
including VAT = £218,760</p><p> </p><p>REMOTE VOTING, BALLOTING AND ANNUNCIATOR COSTS</p><p>Remote
voting (development, hosting) – £40,000 approx.</p><p>Commons Balloting – £12,500</p><p>Remote
annunciator (“UKParliamentNow”) – £33,464 (<em>Commons share only</em>)</p><p> </p><p>Sub-total
including VAT = £85,964</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>VIRTUAL COMMITTEES REVENUE COSTS:</p><p>
</p><p>Implementation = £24,327 ex VAT (£29,192 including VAT)</p><p> </p><p>VIRTUAL
COMMITTEES CAPITAL COSTS:</p><p> </p><p>Implementation = £330,824 ex VAT (£396,988
including VAT)</p><p> </p><p>ONLINE BY-ELECTION FOR SELECT COMMITTEE CHAIRS</p><p>
</p><p>£3,780 including VAT.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>TOTAL REVENUE INCLUDING NON-RECOVERABLE
VAT = £745,090</p><p> </p><p>TOTAL CAPITAL INCLUDING VAT = £615,748</p><p> </p><p>GRAND
TOTAL = £1,360,838</p>
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