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The House of Commons complies with UK legislative standards when procuring food and drinks from suppliers. Its procurement approach supports and where possible prioritises the purchase of food and drink produced in Britain. For example:<\/p>
Certain regulations, such as the Government\u2019s Procurement Policy Note of December 2020 and increased use of the UK-based Catering Framework, have allowed for additional freedom for spend on goods and services below certain price thresholds. Within the limits of these regulations, the House where possible seeks to hold competitions which only target producers within the UK.<\/p>"}
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In 2023, in support of LGBT+ people in Parliament, the House Administration approved a request from ParliOut to spend £375.00 for 50 Pride registration spaces, £439.20 for Pride T-shirts, and £62.93 for Pride flags. Any interested passholders can participate, including Members of both Houses, their staff and staff of both Houses.<\/p>
Supporting members of the House Administration who wish to participate in Pride is a way the Administration demonstrates its commitment to one of its four values: inclusion.<\/p>
ParliOut is the workplace equality network (WEN) for LGBT+ people in Parliament. As the networks are bicameral, their expenditure is split 70% by the House of Commons and 30% by the House of Lords.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Charles Walker"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Broxbourne"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Sir Charles Walker"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-05-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-05-15T11:00:00.647Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "18"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-05-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Parliament: LGBT+ People"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to Parliament was of (a) events, (b) activities, (c) merchandise and (d) other associated costs relating to Pride Month 2023.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/350", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir John Hayes"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Holland and The Deepings"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sir John Hayes"} ], "uin" : "25410"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716927", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716927/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
I am sorry that the right hon. Member and all colleagues continue to experience inconvenience in telephony services which are currently below standard. The latest issue with handsets underlines the need for the solution which the Parliamentary Digital Service is implementing later this year.<\/p>
Polycom devices need to communicate with an external supplier to register the device and make/receive calls. Each device communicates with one of two external servers. One of the servers experienced issues on Thursday 9 May and any device that attempted to connect to this server was impacted by the outage. Polycom phones communicating with the working server did not experience an outage.<\/p>
The first report the Digital Service received of handsets not working was at 12.13pm on Thursday 9 May. The team declared a major incident shortly afterwards and service was restored at 9.46am on 10 May.<\/p>
The Voice Programme is upgrading and replacing the existing telephony infrastructure and when implemented, handsets will have 99.999% reliability of connecting.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1493", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Charles Walker"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Broxbourne"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Sir Charles Walker"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-05-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-05-15T14:11:41.933Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "18"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-05-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Parliamentary Estate: Telephone Systems"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, for what reason the Polycom phone system malfunctioned on 9 May 2024.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Spellar"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Warley"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Spellar"} ], "uin" : "25405"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716550", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716550/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Commission does not control or regulate All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs).<\/p>
The rules for APPGs are approved by the House. The Guide to the APPG Rules<\/a> by the Committee on Standards makes clear that each group\u2019s Chair and Registered Contact is responsible for ensuring that if any person or organisation provides a secretariat or support service, that person or organisation is aware of and complies with the rules of the House. Members of the House are subject to the provision in the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament that \u201cMembers must only use information which they have received in confidence in the course of their parliamentary activities in connection with those activities, and never for other purposes\u201d.<\/p> The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards may investigate allegations of a breach of the Code of Conduct and the associated APPG Rules, and he may report to the Committee on Standards any findings from such an investigation.<\/p>"}
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Commons and Bicameral Staff<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Pass Count<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chamber and Participation<\/p><\/td> 570<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Parliamentary Digital Service<\/p><\/td> 537<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Security<\/p><\/td> 491<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Customer Experience and Service Delivery<\/p><\/td> 416<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Select Committee Team<\/p><\/td> 298<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Strategic Estates<\/p><\/td> 308<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Research and Information<\/p><\/td> 219<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Parliamentary Maintenance Department<\/p><\/td> 159<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Finance Portfolio and Performance<\/p><\/td> 124<\/p><\/td><\/tr> People and Culture<\/p><\/td> 113<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Office of the Executive<\/p><\/td> 73<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Governance Office<\/p><\/td> 38<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Restoration and Renewal Client Team<\/p><\/td> 24<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Speakers Office<\/p><\/td> 23<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Independent Complaints and Grievance<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 3404<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> House of Lords<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Pass Count<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staff<\/p><\/td> 705<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Contractors<\/p><\/td> 89<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 794<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Detailed data for the House of Lords Administration has not been included as it is a separate organisation.<\/p> <\/p> Delivery Authority<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Pass Count<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staff*<\/p><\/td> 184<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Contractors<\/p><\/td> 256<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 440<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Sponsor<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Pass Count<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Strategic Estates<\/p><\/td> 2500<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Parliamentary Maintenance Department<\/p><\/td> 710<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Customer Experience and Service Delivery<\/p><\/td> 285<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Parliamentary Digital Service<\/p><\/td> 133<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Chamber and Participation<\/p><\/td> 113<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Outside Organisations<\/p><\/td> 87<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Security<\/p><\/td> 65<\/p><\/td><\/tr> People and Culture<\/p><\/td> 65<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Research and Information<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Select Committee Team<\/p><\/td> 14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Restoration and Renewal Client Team<\/p><\/td> 11<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Finance Portfolio and Performance<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Governance Office<\/p><\/td> 7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Office of the Executive<\/p><\/td> Fewer than five*<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Independent Complaints and Grievance<\/p><\/td> Fewer than five<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Speaker\u2019s Office**<\/p><\/td> Fewer than five<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 4051<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> * Some numbers have been withheld owing to the low numbers of individuals involved (fewer than five), and disclosing this data may make it possible for individuals to be identified.<\/p> ** The Speaker directly sponsors passes for Members of the Armed Forces doing secondments and UK representatives of overseas territories. These positions are not funded by the House of Commons and total 18 passes.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 22724 on Parliamentary Estate: Security, if the Commission will publish a breakdown of the (a) 4,132 staff and (b) 4,236 contractors with valid security passes by (i) profession and (ii) Department.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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