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1126071

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:27:35
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:37:52 20/05/2019 13:13:02
	hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: ICT
	house id	1
	identifier	253492
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/05/2019 12:41:32
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2019 to Question 249206 on Members: Allowances, what the (a) forecast and (b) final cost was of the new IPSA IT system; and what assessment was made of additional costs that would be incurred by MPs' staff to work on the new system.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253492
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253492
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p>The original April 2016 business case for IPSA’s new IT system, IPSA Online, estimated a cost of £4.641 million. At that time, IPSA expected the programme to be completed in 2017-18. The full costs of the system are now forecast to be £8.253 million.</p><p>The increase in cost was due in part to the unexpected General Election of June 2017 which diverted all IPSA work for up to nine months to supporting MPs who left or joined parliament, and increased supplier costs. Costs also increased following our change of suppliers in September 2018 to improve the quality of IPSA’s IT support. IPSA also spent longer than anticipated on testing the new system so that IPSA could have confidence that it would be fully secure and free of technical problems. The increases in cost have been partly mitigated by savings elsewhere in IPSA’s budget.</p><p>The new system administers MPs’ pay and business costs more efficiently and effectively, providing improved support to MPs and their staff while saving taxpayers’ money. MPs and their staff will benefit from these improvements by being able to access information and make changes to their staffing budget or office leases without needing to contact IPSA staff. They can now also access IPSA’s system directly through their secure parliamentary digital account without an additional logon. MPs and staff no longer need to send IPSA paper receipts and invoices through the post, but can scan and photograph them and upload them to IPSA digitally. The new system can also reimburse MPs’ staff directly rather than via the MP. On the basis of the experience so far, IPSA estimate that MPs will need to spend around 30 per cent less time overall on the new system than they did on the old one.</p><p>However, IPSA recognise that many MPs and their staff still need to get used to the new system. IPSA are therefore conducting group and one-to-one training in Parliament and have staff available on the phone to answer queries. IPSA are putting on more such training sessions in response to demand, with a regular presence in Portcullis House.</p><p>IPSA will shortly conduct a survey to gather more feedback about the new system, with plans for further improvements in due course. IPSA will report to the Speaker’s Committee for the IPSA later in the year on the overall costs and benefits of IPSA Online.</p> question first answered 20/05/2019 12:41:32
	creator	318 label Biography information for John Spellar
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1126072

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:27:37
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:37:55 20/05/2019 13:11:05
	hansard heading	Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Buildings
	house id	1
	identifier	253493
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/05/2019 12:40:18
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what the cost has been of the move by IPSA to new premises in central London; and what assessment was made of the potential merits of moving the organisation to a cheaper location outside London.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253493
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253493
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I have asked IPSA to reply.</p><p>IPSA moved into new office premises at 85 Strand in March 2019. The forecasted cost of this move is £732,900. This budget was approved by the Speaker’s Committee for the IPSA in January 2018. IPSA’s Annual Accounts for the 2018-19 financial year are being finalised and will be laid in Parliament in November. The Speaker’s Committee will have an opportunity to scrutinise this and other expenditure.</p><p>After reviewing properties on the market, the offices selected met IPSA’s criteria and offered the best value for money to the taxpayer over the long term, with competitive running cost over the life of the lease after completing initial fit-out work. Locations outside of London were considered. IPSA concluded that basing IPSA’s office in London and within reasonable distance of Parliament would ensure that IPSA can provide a better support to MPs and their staff, including regular meetings between them and their IPSA account managers.</p> question first answered 20/05/2019 12:40:18
	creator	318 label Biography information for John Spellar
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1126054

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:26:50
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:36:58 16/05/2019 14:22:01
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Former Ministers
	house id	1
	identifier	253623
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	16/05/2019 13:50:20
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much his Department has paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253623
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253623
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has made no payments to Honourable Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Since 13 July 2016, two Ministers have left office, both were as a result of a Ministerial reshuffle and as such no severance payments were made.</p><p> </p><p>Reports of any Ministerial severance pay are published in the audited annual report and accounts for HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor and can be found on gov.uk.</p><p> </p> question first answered 16/05/2019 13:50:20
	creator	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1126136

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:30:28
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	14/05/2019 13:55:12 21/05/2019 08:38:01
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	253465
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 08:06:53
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many staff of his Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other Departments and (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU have since returned to his Department.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253465
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253465
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office had one employee who joined DExEU on loan to support work on preparations for the UK to leave the EU. The employee subsequently moved permanently to another department and will not return to the Attorney General’s Office.</p> question first answered 21/05/2019 08:06:53
	creator	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126324

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	28/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 19:52:41
	answering body	Attorney General
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 19:56:05 28/05/2019 15:46:01
	hansard heading	Mobile Phones: Evidence
	house id	2
	identifier	HL15684
	legislature	25277
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	28/05/2019 15:14:22
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 8 May (HL Deb, col 1220), whether the Attorney General will personally supervise the review of the digital evidence consent form; and whether the views of police and crime commissioners were taken into account in the development of that form.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL15684
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL15684
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The digital evidence consent forms are overseen by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Crown Prosecution Service, and they will continue to engage with victims’ groups and the Information Commissioner’s Office to ensure that the right approach is being taken. A draft of the form was issued to a number of stakeholders during development, and this included the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners. The Attorney General will be issuing new Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure in the winter. These Guidelines will assist prosecutors and investigators in ensuring that privacy and data protection considerations are properly considered in disclosure practice and procedure.</p><p> </p> question first answered 28/05/2019 15:14:22
	creator	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon written parliamentary question 1126324
	publisher	25277
	tabling member	565

1126092

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:28:30
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:38:50 20/05/2019 15:07:02
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	identifier	253694
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	20/05/2019 14:35:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the trends in the level of vacancy rates in town centre business properties.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253694
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253694
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Town centres and high streets are a crucial part of our communities and the Government is determined to see these areas thriving, both now and in the future.</p><p>The Department receives vacancy rate data on retail units from the Local Data Company which has enabled the Department to monitor the change in these vacancy rates over time at a national level. The data demonstrates that retail vacancy rates peaked at 14.6 per cent in August 2012. Although there have been fluctuations in the rate, it has not reached this high point since and current figures show this rate is at 12.9 per cent in May 2019.</p><p>At Autumn budget we set out ‘Our Plan for the High Street’ to support the sustainable transformation of high streets, including a £675 million Future High Streets Fund, a High Streets Task Force and measures on business rates and planning. We also launched a pilot of our Open Doors project in November 2018, which brings empty properties back into use by linking landlords of vacant units with community groups looking for space.</p> question first answered 20/05/2019 14:35:33
	creator	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1126133

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:30:21
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:40:34 21/05/2019 13:38:02
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	253462
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 13:06:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff in his Department who were transferred or seconded to work (a) in other departments or (b) on other departmental briefs on preparations for the UK to leave the EU, have since returned to his Department.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253462
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253462
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Brexit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is responsible for overseeing negotiations to leave the EU and establishing the future relationship between the UK and EU.</p><p>The department does not hold a central record of the posts or responsibilities occupied by its staff once transferred, loaned or seconded to another department or organisation. We are however able to confirm that in the time since 23 June 2016 there have been seven people transferred or loaned to the Department for Exiting the European Union who have subsequently returned to this department. MHCLG staff on loan to other departments in this period may have contributed to or worked on preparations for the UK to leave the EU but we are unable to confirm or supply this information.</p> question first answered 21/05/2019 13:06:32
	creator	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1126164

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:31:42
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:41:51 17/05/2019 11:21:02
	hansard heading	Parks: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	identifier	253715
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	17/05/2019 10:49:33
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken in response to its consultation on preserving the free use of public parks.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253715
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253715
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>On 14 December 2018 the Government published its response to the consultation stating that we would not impose regulations on local authorities preventing them from charging for free to use events held in public parks. However, we remain committed to the underlying principle that the use of public parks by the public for reasonable everyday use is, and should remain, free.</p><p>The Government is currently working together with the Local Government Association to identify models of good practice and collaborative working between local authorities and local groups that can be shared widely to make the best use of parks for the whole community.</p><p> </p> question first answered 17/05/2019 10:49:33
	creator	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1126168

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:31:53
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:42:01 21/05/2019 13:48:01
	hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	identifier	253506
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 13:16:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2019 to Question 249214 on Buildings: Insulation, what assessment he has made of the nature of the risks to public safety.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253506
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253506
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>We believe there are public safety risks, including risks to residents, associated with releasing information that allows buildings with cladding which is likely to present a hazard to be easily identified.</p> question first answered 21/05/2019 13:16:53
	creator	400 label Biography information for John Healey
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1126170

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/05/2019
	date	13/05/2019
	date tabled	13/05/2019
	ddp created	13/05/2019 18:31:59
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	13/05/2019 18:42:06 21/05/2019 11:29:04
	hansard heading	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	house id	1
	identifier	253496
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/05/2019 10:57:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the area of Victoria Tower Gardens to be occupied by the structures and hard paving of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre is in square metres under the (a) planning application submitted in December 2018 and (b) revised proposals of May 2019.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 253496
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	253496
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The area of Victoria Tower Gardens to be occupied by the structures and courtyard paving of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning centre in square metres was 1400 m<sup>2</sup> in the planning application submitted in December 2018 (7.43 per cent of the park area) and 1429 m<sup>2 </sup>in the revised proposals of April 2019 (7.58 per cent of the park area).</p><p> </p> question first answered 21/05/2019 10:57:36
	creator	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh