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1304527

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, further to the remarks by the Leader of the House of Commons on 11 March (HC Deb, col 1006), what discussions they have had with him about reports of the costs of the refurbishment of the Palace of Westminster; and whether they have any plans to review (1) the feasibility, or (2) the affordability, of the refurbishment.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL14480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2021 answer text <p>The Sponsor Body has regular engagement with the House of Commons Commission (which includes the Leader of the House as a member) on a range of issues relating to the Restoration and Renewal Programme, including on costs.</p><p>The Sponsor Body has a statutory duty, under the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019, to have regard to the need to ensure that the Parliamentary building works represent good value for money. Value for money is at the heart of everything we do and we have robust assurance processess in place to ensure costs are minimised.</p><p>The Sponsor Body does not recognise the reported figures of £10 to £20 billion costs for the Parliamentary building works. Supported by the Delivery Authority, the Sponsor Body is in the process of developing a detailed and costed restoration and renewal plan that will for the first time give an accurate sense of the costs, timescales and full detail of the work needed. It is the work of the detailed and costed restoration plan which will determine the forecast cost for R&amp;R. The detailed restoration plan will be focused on delivering value for money and will be informed by more than 100 surveys and investigations of the Palace of Westminster. The detailed and costed plan will be put before both Houses for a decision before the Parliamentary building works can commence.</p><p>The Sponsor Body has recently undertaken and published a Strategic Review of the R&amp;R Programme. The purpose of the review was to consider whether anything had changed so significantly as to warrant a change in the strategy for the Programme. The Sponsor Body invited views from Members, Members' staff, parliamentary staff and members of the public. We also consulted with the Commissions of both Houses, as well as relevant parliamentary committees, on the draft Strategic Review recommendations. The review recommends new approaches to completing the restoration while minimising costs and ensuring value for money, and provides a clear direction for the next stages of the work. The Review is available at: https://restorationandrenewal.uk/resources/reports/strategic-review</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Needham Market question first answered 06/04/2021 09:52:25 answering member 2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1299652

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what advice the Sponsor Body has sought from (a) the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, (b) HM Treasury and (c) the National Audit Office on the costs of the Restoration and Renewal Programme and ensuring value for money.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	163305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body has good working relationships with the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), HM Treasury and the National Audit Office (NAO). As the Sponsor Body transitioned out of Parliament, where it existed in shadow form, to becoming a formal statutory body, advice was sought from the IPA on good practice and lessons learned in areas such as assurance and governance. The relationship with the IPA continues to be positive and the Sponsor Body has recently worked with the IPA to identify independent reviewers for a forthcoming Gateway Review.</p><p>Productive discussions continue with HM Treasury regarding the Sponsor Body's preparation of the Outline Business Case for the Restoration and Renewal Programme and, under the terms of the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019, HM Treasury also has a role to provide advice to the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission on the Sponsor Body's Estimate for each financial year prior to that Estimate being laid in the House of Commons.</p><p>Both the IPA and HM Treasury contributed to the recent Strategic Review via discussions as part of the Review's Challenge Panel.</p><p>The NAO published a review of the R&amp;R Programme in April 2020, highlighting the vital and urgent need to restore the Houses of Parliament. That report contained a number of helpful recommendations which the Sponsor Body accepted in full. The Sponsor Body welcomes further reviews by the NAO on behalf of Parliament over the coming years to ensure value for money is delivered for the taxpayer. Both the Sponsor Body and Delivery Authority will also continue to work with the NAO to apply lessons learned from NAO reviews of other projects and programmes as well as in relation to the NAO's role as the external auditor for the Sponsor Body and Delivery Authority.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/03/2021 14:48:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1299654

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, whether the Sponsor Body has made an assessment of the potential effect of the completion of ongoing fire safety works on the cost of the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	163307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>The Sponsor Body is aware of ongoing fire safety works to the Palace of Westminster. The Outline Business Case will take account of completed works, including fire safety works, when proposing cost estimates for the parliamentary building works under the R&amp;R Programme. This will be conditional on further design work and testing.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/03/2021 14:55:01 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1299890

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body (1) what plans they have to publish all submissions to the review of the Restoration and Renewal Programme received from Members of both Houses of Parliament and those outside Parliament, (2) if they have such plans, when they will publish those submissions, and (3) if they have no such plans, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
uin	HL13939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2021 answer text <p>The Strategic Review report, which is now available on the Restoration and Renewal Programme website, includes a detailed summary of the submissions made by Members of both Houses and by others.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Needham Market question first answered 11/03/2021 15:08:20 answering member 2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market
tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

1285183

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what the costs are for the (a) business planning and (b) other preliminary works for the Restoration and Renewal Programme before the full works programme begins.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	151882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Sponsor Body is currently finalising the remaining phase 1 expenditure limit, to be agreed by the Commissions of both Houses.</p><p>The Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission will review the annual estimate in the context of the limit agreed by the Commissions of both Houses. The annual Estimate will be discussed in a public hearing in March 2021. The Estimates Commission will seek the views of the Treasury before laying the Estimate before the House of Commons.</p><p>Current costs and expenditure are published as Quarterly Reports, available on the Restoration and Renewal website: www.restorationandrenewal.uk/resources/transparency/the-programme.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/02/2021 13:46:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1285208

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, how many staff are employed on the Restoration and Renewal programme; and what the average cost, including employer national insurance and pension contributions, is of those members of staff.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	151884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body is the single client accountable to Parliament and oversees a Delivery Authority which carries out the work.</p><p>The Sponsor Body was established in shadow form in July 2018 and became a statutory organisation separate from Parliament on 8 April 2020 and has been engaged in a period of recruitment since then. The staffing is a mixture of directly employed staff, contractors and people seconded from the Houses. As of 31 January 2021, there are 15 directly employed staff in the Sponsor Body, mainly at a senior level and the average costs per employee is £103,633, including National Insurance and Pension.</p><p>The Delivery Authority was set up as a company limited by guarantee on 16 April 2020, and the Sponsor Body is the sole guarantor. The staffing is a mixture of directly employed staff, contractors and people seconded from the Houses. As of 31 January 2021, there are 55 directly employed staff in the Delivery Authority, mainly at a senior level and the average costs per employee is £86,810, including National Insurance and Pension.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/02/2021 13:44:29 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1285225

registered interest
date	09/02/2021
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what assessment the body has made of the viability of Church House as a temporary replacement for the Palace of Westminster while it undergoes essential repairs.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	151715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Sponsor Body, working closely with the Delivery Authority, has recently carried out a Strategic Review for how the restoration programme should be carried out. The Sponsor Body looked at all viable options as part of the Strategic Review, including consideration of Church House. The Strategic Review will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/02/2021 13:48:02 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1280301

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what the timetable is for the publication of the Strategic Review on Renewal and Restoration.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	142997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The Sponsor Body has been analysing various options as part of its Strategic Review. Engagement with Parliamentary bodies on this is ongoing, and the Review analysis will be published in due course. Meanwhile, the Programme continues its work on developing the Outline Business Case, including the vital surveys of the building's condition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/01/2021 10:17:00 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1260359

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what discussions he has had with (a) Ministers and the (b) House of Commons Commission on the effect of the parliamentary restoration and renewal project on congestion in London.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	128054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The Restoration and Renewal Programme is currently creating its business case. Part of this work, once the preferred option has been agreed, will be an environmental assessment on both the construction phase and operations of the restored buildings, where impacts will be assessed and mitigations proposed. To date, no specific conversations have been held on congestion, as the business case work is still in its early stages. The Programme is committed to sustainability and to meeting its environmental obligations.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/01/2021 10:15:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1260360

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
answering body	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept id	207
answering dept short name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
answering dept sort name	Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for East Hampshire, representing the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, what steps he is taking to mitigate the effect of the parliamentary restoration and renewal project on roadside air pollution in London.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	128055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p><strong>The Restoration and Renewal Programme is currently creating its business case. Part of this work, once the preferred option has been agreed, will be an environmental assessment on both the construction phase and operations of the restored buildings, where impacts will be assessed and mitigations proposed. The Programme is committed to sustainability and to meeting its environmental obligations.</strong></p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/01/2021 10:12:11 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman