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Committees are expected to seek potential Specialist Advisers from as wide a range of sources as possible and guidance states that committees should, wherever possible, be offered a choice of candidates. They are advised to use academic institutions, the Library, the National Audit Office and the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology whenever appropriate to assist them in their search for Advisers on specific or generic topics. Committees have sometimes advertised for Specialist Advisers by issuing a press notice, and some have used their webpages to offer something like a standing invitation for expressions of interest. No central record of the number of advertised Specialist Adviser vacancies is kept. Information is being gleaned from individual committee records and the Clerk of Committees will write to the hon. Member when that is completed. A record of all Specialist Advisers appointed by a committee can be found in the relevant section of the Sessional Return for each of the years in question.<\/p>

The Sessional Returns can be found at: www.parliament.uk/business/publications/commons/sessional-returns/<\/a><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Carshalton and Wallington"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Tom Brake"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-31T14:47:02.423Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "18"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Select Committees: Vacancies"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many vacancies for specialist advisers to select committees have been advertised in each of the last five sessions of Parliament.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1446", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rhondda"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Bryant"} ], "uin" : "109412"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/749453", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/749453/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Joint Committee on the Palace of Westminster, published its report on the Restoration and Renewal (R&R) of the Palace of Westminster in September 2016.[1]<\/p>

The report set out next steps for the Programme,[2] based on the Joint Committee\u2019s recommendation that a full decant be undertaken to deliver the works, stressing that timings were indicative only and that it will be for the proposed Delivery Authority, once established, to put together a more detailed schedule for the development of the Programme.<\/p>

The Independent Options Appraisal produced by the Deloitte-led consortium and published in June 2015 provided estimates of the inflationary impact on capital expenditure of a delay to the construction start date. A range of estimates were provided across the options under consideration and at different levels of certainty. Based on the scenario of full decant, as recommended by the Joint Committee, with some defined improvements to the Palace, the range of predicted inflationary impacts was £78m to £167m per annum.[3]<\/p>

Additional costs for ongoing maintenance to the Palace will also continue to be incurred.<\/p>

[1] HL Paper 41 / HC 639, published 8 September 2016.<\/p>

[2] p90, next steps for the R&R programme<\/p>

[3] The Independent Options Appraisal analysis was based on an assumed start date of Q2 2020 delayed to Q2 2025<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Carshalton and Wallington"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Tom Brake"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-07-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-07-18T09:56:56.963Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "18"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what estimate it has made of the cost of a change in the timetable for a decision on the proposed restoration and renewal programme for the Palace of Westminster.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1446", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rhondda"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chris Bryant"} ], "uin" : "3465"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/457087", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "House of Commons Commission"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/457087/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The number of Contracted (Agency) staff is difficult to calculate due to the number of different agencies used and the often short term, varied work they are engaged to do. The number of contracted (agency) staff compared to the number of permanent staff is relatively low and accounts for less than 10% of the workforce costs with most contracted (agency) staff covering ad hoc<\/em> operational requirements.<\/p>

The percentage of workforce costs that represent agency staff for the years 2009 to 2015 were as follows:<\/p>

2009/10<\/p><\/td>

2.84% of staff costs<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/p><\/td>

2.17% of staff costs<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/p><\/td>

4.11% of staff costs<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

4.34% of staff costs<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

6.00 % of staff costs<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

8.11% of staff costs<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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