Question

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost of supply and repair of the front door system to Peers' Entrance, and what action he is taking to ensure that the system operates efficiently and reliably at all times.

The supply of the Peers Entrance works was competitively procured and benchmarked against other projects within Parliament to provide assurance around value for money.

For security reasons, the Houses do not publish capital expenditure on security mitigating projects as providing this level of detail could enable an individual to infer the extent and nature of the works, and thus the vulnerabilities which they were intended to mitigate.

There is no additional cost to the House in repairing defects with the door, as these defects are covered as part of our supply contracts for the main works. £1,500 in maintenance costs have been incurred for call outs where operator or user error have been the cause.

The House Administration is undertaking urgent work with operational staff and with our contractors to address and resolve the ongoing issues with the door.