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Written question asked by Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 16 January 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 19 January 2024 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Friday, 19 January 2024. A substantive answer was provided by Charles Walker (Conservative) on Monday, 22 January 2024 on behalf of the House of Commons Commission.

Parliamentary Estate: Pests

Question

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much has been spent on repairing damage caused by pests on the Estate in each of the last three years.

Answer

We do not hold the individual costs for responses to incidents logged via the Maintenance Helpdesk as these works are captured by an overall budget that covers routine maintenance and/or larger refurbishment works. It is not possible to break down this amount according to works repairing pest damage.

In February 2023, the Heritage Collections team treated 17 pieces of the Historic Furniture and Decorative Arts collection for moth infestation at a total cost of £4,512.81+VAT. There has been no other treatment in the last three years.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
9912
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Expenditure Property Repairs and maintenance Pests Parliamentary estate
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk