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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716869/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>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><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><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>"}
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      ], "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"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716927/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>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><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><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><p>The Voice Programme is upgrading and replacing the existing telephony infrastructure and when implemented, handsets will have 99.999% reliability of connecting.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps the Commission is taking to ensure that secretariats of All-Party Parliamentary Groups do not pass sensitive information to foreign governments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1716551/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Commission does not control or regulate All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs).<\/p><p>The Committee on Standards put forward recommendations which were approved by the House on 19 July 2023. These included the following provisions which are now contained within the APPG rules:<\/p><p>a) groups are not permitted to have a secretariat either provided or funded by a foreign government.<\/p><p>b) a group\u2019s officers must undertake due diligence as to whether a foreign government is the eventual funder of a secretariat or other benefit. If a group receives a benefit (other than a secretariat) from a foreign government, this is permissible but must be registered.<\/p><p>c) for groups receiving over £1500 in benefits in a calendar year, the group shall publish an annual report explaining its work and a due diligence statement in relation to foreign government funding.<\/p><p>As the Committee recommended, the Parliamentary Security Department and the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards on 20 September 2023 issued guidance on due diligence. That guidance was emailed to all APPG Chairs and is available here: <a href=\"https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/apg/rules-on-appgs/\" target=\"_blank\">Guide to the rules on All-Party Parliamentary Groups - UK Parliament<\/a><\/p><p>There is no ban on the receipt of benefits from foreign governments, but such benefits must be registered.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to paragraph 8 of the Eighth Report of Session 2022-23 of the Committee on Standards, All-Party Parliamentary Groups: final proposals, HC 228, published on 5 April 2023, what steps the Commission is taking to tackle the risk of improper (a) access and (b) influence by foreign actors through APPGs.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1714534/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>It is not possible to breakdown passholder data by profession, but we are able to segregate the data by Department at the time of application. The pass issuing system is not an HR system so the data will never accurately reflect payroll due to the frequency of staff moving between Departments.<\/p><p>It should be noted that not all staff and contractors who hold passes work on the Parliamentary Estate full time, and that contractors in particular may only hold a pass for a limited time period and/or for limited buildings in accordance with business need.<\/p><p>The following data is a snapshot of staff of both Houses and contractors broken down by Department, from 30 April 2024:<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Commons and Bicameral Staff<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Pass Count<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Chamber and Participation<\/p><\/td><td><p>570<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Parliamentary Digital Service<\/p><\/td><td><p>537<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Security<\/p><\/td><td><p>491<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Customer Experience and Service Delivery<\/p><\/td><td><p>416<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Select Committee Team<\/p><\/td><td><p>298<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Strategic Estates<\/p><\/td><td><p>308<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Research and Information<\/p><\/td><td><p>219<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Parliamentary Maintenance Department<\/p><\/td><td><p>159<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Finance Portfolio and Performance<\/p><\/td><td><p>124<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>People and Culture<\/p><\/td><td><p>113<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Executive<\/p><\/td><td><p>73<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Governance Office<\/p><\/td><td><p>38<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Restoration and Renewal Client Team<\/p><\/td><td><p>24<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Speakers Office<\/p><\/td><td><p>23<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Independent Complaints and Grievance<\/p><\/td><td><p>11<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total <\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>3404<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>House of Lords<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Pass Count<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Staff<\/p><\/td><td><p>705<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Contractors<\/p><\/td><td><p>89<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>794<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Detailed data for the House of Lords Administration has not been included as it is a separate organisation.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Delivery Authority<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Pass Count<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Staff*<\/p><\/td><td><p>184<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Contractors<\/p><\/td><td><p>256<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>440<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>*Listed in <a href=\"https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-19/22724\" target=\"_blank\">Answer of 26 April 2024 to Question 22724<\/a> under category \u2018(g) any other category\u2019<\/p><p> <\/p><p>All other contractors<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Sponsor<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>Pass Count<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Strategic Estates<\/p><\/td><td><p>2500<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Parliamentary Maintenance Department<\/p><\/td><td><p>710<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Customer Experience and Service Delivery<\/p><\/td><td><p>285<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Parliamentary Digital Service<\/p><\/td><td><p>133<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Chamber and Participation<\/p><\/td><td><p>113<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Outside Organisations<\/p><\/td><td><p>87<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Security<\/p><\/td><td><p>65<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>People and Culture<\/p><\/td><td><p>65<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Research and Information<\/p><\/td><td><p>47<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Select Committee Team<\/p><\/td><td><p>14<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Restoration and Renewal Client Team<\/p><\/td><td><p>11<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Finance Portfolio and Performance<\/p><\/td><td><p>8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Governance Office<\/p><\/td><td><p>7<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Office of the Executive<\/p><\/td><td><p>Fewer than five*<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Independent Complaints and Grievance<\/p><\/td><td><p>Fewer than five<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Speaker\u2019s Office**<\/p><\/td><td><p>Fewer than five<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>4051<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><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><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, how many security passes are valid for use on the Parliamentary Estate by (a) MPs, Peers and their staff; (b) staff supporting Parliamentary activities in each House, (c) staff supporting non-Parliamentary activities, (d) security guards; (e) police officers; (f) contractors and (g) any other category.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1702500/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The headcount of (a) the House of Commons (i) in total is 3,470 and (ii) in full-time equivalent roles, including PDS, is 3,013.<\/p><p>(b) Two bicameral teams sit within the House of Lords Administration. The headcount of the two teams (the Parliamentary Archives and Parliamentary Commercial Directorate) is: (i) 78, and number of full time equivalent roles is: (ii) 76.4. These figures are inclusive of three full-time secondments.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people are employed by (a) the House of Commons and (b) any joint body with the House of Lords (i) in total and (ii) in full time equivalent roles.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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