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1702025

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what the Client Board's planned timetable is for proposals on restoration and renewal to be considered by hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	902235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The R&amp;R Client Board last month published the strategic case for the R&amp;R Programme. This set out that three options for how to deliver the R&amp;R works to the Palace will be developed in detail over the next year. This detailed work, which will include robust cost, timescale and risk estimates for all three options, is expected to be presented to the Houses in 2025 to enable an evidence-based decision on how best to restore the Palace.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 18/04/2024 16:36:49 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1693107

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what has been the cost of the Restoration and Renewal programme to date; and whether there are any plans to scale-back future costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The total cost of the R&amp;R Programme, from 2020-21 until the end of 2022-23, is £297m. This includes the costs of the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body and Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority which were established in April and May 2020 respectively (including £5m of costs in April 2020 before the Delivery Authority was formally incorporated). It also includes the costs of Restoration and Renewal Client Team, which took over the sponsor function for the programme from the Sponsor Body in January 2023.</p><p>The total forecast spend for the current financial year (2023-24) is £83m, which includes the costs of the Delivery Authority and the R&amp;R Client Team.</p><p>The Delivery Authority’s Main Estimate for 2024-25 is currently subject to parliamentary scrutiny and approval. As well as parliamentary approval being required for the initial budget provision, the Delivery Authority’s expenditure is subject to regular scrutiny and challenge throughout the financial year including by the R&amp;R Client Team and House finance teams, Delivery Authority Board, R&amp;R Programme Board, R&amp;R Client Board and Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission.</p><p>The Delivery Authority’s funding is based on what is required to deliver the key activities tasked to it by the R&amp;R Client Team. The Delivery Authority seeks to ensure that its expenditure remains taut and proportionate for the activities required to deliver the Programme and constantly re-assesses its resources, scaling up or down as appropriate. The R&amp;R Programme routinely publishes information on costs, for instance in quarterly reports, annual reports, and memoranda provided to the Parliamentary Works Estimates Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 13/03/2024 13:26:23 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1672031

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, following the professional and technical advice received by both Houses that a partial decant is both more risky and expensive than a full decant, why a partial decant is still being considered as an option for Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster.
tabling member printed	Earl Attlee
uin	HL458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>In July 2023 the Restoration and Renewal (R&amp;R) Client Board endorsed the R&amp;R Programme Board’s recommended shortlist of R&amp;R delivery options. This included a “full decant” option where both Houses move out of the Palace at the same time (with the Commons prioritised for earlier return) and an option whereby the House of Commons would maintain a “continued presence” in varying locations in the Palace during the works and the House of Lords would move out of the Palace. The Client Board has also requested that a fallback option of enhanced maintenance and improvement forms part of further detailed design work on these options to inform a decision on the preferred way forward in due course, currently expected in 2025.</p><p>The Client Board considered it important that more than one option should be subject to further detailed design work and analysis in order to meet the spirit of the new mandate for R&amp;R agreed by both Houses last year and to reflect that members of both Houses have differing views about how the programme can best be delivered.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 29/11/2023 17:55:12 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1669224

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what steps the Board is taking to promote gender equality in the Parliamentary Restoration and Renewal team.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	1374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The R&amp;R Programme is committed to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion so people from all backgrounds can thrive working on the programme. The R&amp;R Delivery Authority currently employs 56% female and 44% male employees. The proportion of females in leadership positions is 40%.</p><p>Although the main construction works are still set to be some years away, the R&amp;R Delivery Authority is establishing or exploring relationships with skills and training providers across the whole of the UK that support initiatives to promote women in the construction industry. The Programme also actively supports a number of awareness initiatives that encourage women into construction and engineering.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker grouped question UIN 1375 question first answered 17/11/2023 16:24:50 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1669226

registered interest
date	10/11/2023
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what steps the Board is taking to promote gender equality among engineers in the Parliamentary Restoration and Renewal team.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	1375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The R&amp;R Programme is committed to embedding equality, diversity and inclusion so people from all backgrounds can thrive working on the programme. The R&amp;R Delivery Authority currently employs 56% female and 44% male employees. The proportion of females in leadership positions is 40%.</p><p>Although the main construction works are still set to be some years away, the R&amp;R Delivery Authority is establishing or exploring relationships with skills and training providers across the whole of the UK that support initiatives to promote women in the construction industry. The Programme also actively supports a number of awareness initiatives that encourage women into construction and engineering.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker grouped question UIN 1374 question first answered 17/11/2023 16:24:50 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1644125

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Victoria Tower
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what options are being considered for the occupation of Victoria Tower after the exit of the Parliamentary Archives.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	189318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Archives are due to complete their move from the Victoria Tower in 2025. The future use of the internal space of Victoria Tower is currently within the scope of the Restoration and Renewal Programme as future occupation is likely to require substantial renovations. In line with the mandate set by the Houses, the Delivery Authority has been developing a wide range of options for the restoration and renewal work. These will be shortlisted into a smaller number of options by the R&amp;R Programme Board and the R&amp;R Client Board before summer recess and both Houses will be asked to approve a way forward later this year. The Programme will deliver to the requirements set by Parliament.</p><p>The Delivery Authority, working with the Restoration and Renewal Client Team and Strategic Estates, is currently considering the feasibility of early works that could be delivered as part of the Restoration and Renewal Programme in a number of areas including the Victoria Tower.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/06/2023 12:20:32 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1611330

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what the estimated cost is of delivering Parliament’s restoration and renewal programme.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	180958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The Delivery Authority and Parliament's R&amp;R Client Team have been working to the mandate set out in the resolutions of both Houses in July 2022 and the Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act 2019.</p><p>In line with the mandate set by the Houses, the Delivery Authority is currently developing a wide range of options for the restoration and renewal work. These options will be considered by the R&amp;R Programme Board and the R&amp;R Client Board in the coming months.</p><p>Both Houses will be asked to approve a way forward later this year and will receive high-level cost and schedule information to inform this decision.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/04/2023 15:55:15 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1611398

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, whether the R&R Client Board has taken steps with stakeholders to maximise the number of UK-based companies carrying out the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Project.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	181026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2023 answer text <p>Restoring Parliament is already boosting UK industries, and the Restoration and Renewal Programme is committed to ensuring that the opportunities and benefits are spread as widely as possible across the whole of the UK.</p><p>The Programme will use UK materials wherever possible and create jobs and apprenticeships across the country, from engineering and high-tech design to traditional crafts such as carpentry and stonemasonry.</p><p>99% of the Delivery Authority’s supply chain expenditure to date has been with UK-based companies. The Delivery Authority’s procurements are advertised using the Government’s Find a Tender service.</p><p>A series of events is underway across all of the devolved nations and regions of the UK to raise awareness of the R&amp;R Programme, promote the local benefits and opportunities that will be available through the works and listen to potential suppliers—including small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)—on how to make the investment from this Programme as accessible as possible while maintaining value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p>Since 2021 the R&amp;R Delivery Authority has been delivering roundtable discussions with local business and political leaders across the English regions in partnership with the British Chambers of Commerce. Through these roundtables the Delivery Authority has to date met with over 100 local suppliers, SMEs and training providers in six regions of England, including the North East, the North West, the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, the West Midlands, and the East of England.</p><p>The Delivery Authority has also held introductory meetings with local political representatives and business leaders in the devolved nations to arrange roundtable discussions in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. For Scotland, these will be delivered in collaboration with the Scottish Chambers, for Wales Chambers Wales, and Northern Ireland is being confirmed.</p><p>By the end of 2023 the Delivery Authority will have held roundtable discussions and visited sites of interest to the restoration and renewal across the whole of the UK—including Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and every region in England—to build understanding of how the Programme can support economic benefits in local communities around the whole of the UK.</p><p>Both Houses of Parliament will be asked to approve a way forward for the Programme later this year. Once this decision has been made, the Delivery Authority will be able to further focus its efforts to maximise the number of UK-based companies involved with the Programme.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 28/04/2023 13:16:50 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1609893

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, how much from the public purse has been spent on (a) building survey works and (b) ground investigation works for works associated with the restoration and renewal project as of 31 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	180026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>The R&amp;R Programme is carrying out tens of thousands of hours of complex building surveys and investigations to develop even more detailed records of the Palace of Westminster. These records are being used to inform design and planning, and future decisions on the essential restoration work required.</p><p>Two of the intrusive surveys currently being undertaken, the Building Intrusive Survey and Pull Out Tests, are categorised as Building Survey Works. Third party contractor costs incurred to 31 March 2023 on these surveys are £0.3 million. Third party contractor costs incurred to 31 March 2023 on the ground investigation works are £0.6 million.</p><p>These figures do not include Delivery Authority internal staffing costs or the costs of the contractor planning and overseeing the survey programme because those costs cannot be disaggregated by individual survey.</p><p>All these surveys are ongoing and spend will continue beyond 1 April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/04/2023 15:40:32 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1609894

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept id	213
answering dept short name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
answering dept sort name	Restoration and Renewal Client Board
hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what the estimated cost is for drone surveys associated with the restoration and renewal project.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	180027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">The R&amp;R Programme is carrying out tens of thousands of hours of complex building surveys and investigations to develop even more detailed records of the Palace of Westminster. These records are being used to inform design and planning, and future decisions on the essential restoration work required. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Two intrusive surveys, the Photogrammetric and Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) surveys, have recently started which contain an element of drone surveys as well as other activities such as high-resolution photography. The total estimated cost of these surveys is £1 million although this covers a number of activities.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Due to how the activity schedules in these contracts are priced it is not possible to disaggregate the costs of the drone flights from the rest of the works being undertaken. However, it is anticipated that a significant portion of the costs will relate to the contractor resource required to deliver the surveys and the processing of the images taken (rather than the cost of the drones themselves).</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This figure also does not include Delivery Authority internal staffing costs or the costs of the contractor planning and overseeing the overall survey programme because those costs cannot be disaggregated by individual survey.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The R&amp;R Programme is carrying out tens of thousands of hours of complex building surveys and investigations to develop even more detailed records of the Palace of Westminster. These records are being used to inform design and planning, and future decisions on the essential restoration work required.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Two of the intrusive surveys currently being undertaken, the Building Intrusive Survey and Pull Out Tests, are categorised as Building Surveys Works. Third party contractor costs incurred to 31 March 2023 on these surveys are £0.3 million. Third party contractor costs incurred to 31 March 2023 on the ground investigation works are £0.6 million.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">These figures do not include Delivery Authority internal staffing costs or the costs of the contractor planning and overseeing the survey programme because those costs cannot be disaggregated by individual survey.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">All these surveys are ongoing and spend will continue beyond 1 April 2023.</del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 21/04/2023 10:13:01 question first ministerially corrected 21/04/2023 12:27:52 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 69378 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown