Breakdown of the costs for major improvement works carried out in Parliament Buildings since 2015

Information Standards Freedom of Information Response

Our Ref: FOI 19-21

09 July 2021

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request of 27 April 2021 for the following information:

“I wish to request a full breakdown of the costs for major improvement works carried out in Parliament Buildings since 2015 that were identified as being available to Members in a response to AQO 1829/17-22”

Details of the Assembly Commission response to your query are attached at Appendix A.

The Assembly Commission may publish details of your FOI request and our official response within the organisational disclosure log. The request will be completely anonymised and you will not be identified in any way. This is to meet the requirements as laid out by in the agreed publication scheme with the Information Commissioners’ Office.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me.  Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

INFORMATION STANDARDS & DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

APPENDIX A

The figures provided below outline the costs attributed to individual projects of improvement work undertaken in Parliament Buildings from the beginning of the 2015-16 financial year, in April 2015 until the end of February 2021.

Description of workAmount

Roof Project

£1,387,702

Corridor Door Automation

£296,743

External Lighting

£234,294

Internal Ramps

£114,823

Lift upgrade

£81,959

UPS upgrade

£57,008

Blinds in Long Gallery

£31,085

Chairs

£24,216

Kitchen - Grease Traps

£21,736

Post Office

£21,104

CCTV System

£18,983

Other small projects

£118,445

Total

£2,408,098

 

Follow-up Request

Our Ref: FOI 19-21

27 August 2021

Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request of 27 April 2021 for the following information:

“I wish to request a full breakdown of the costs for major improvement works carried out in Parliament Buildings since 2015 that were identified as being available to Members in a response to AQO 1829/17-22”

A response issued to you containing the information requested issued on 9 July 2021.

You wrote to us again on 20 July 2021 seeking a further breakdown of the other small projects costs, which totalled £118,445. This breakdown has now been provided and is attached at Appendix A.

The Assembly Commission may publish details of your FOI request and our official response within the organisational disclosure log. The request will be completely anonymised and you will not be identified in any way. This is to meet the requirements as laid out by in the agreed publication scheme with the Information Commissioners’ Office.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me.  Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

Yours sincerely

INFORMATION STANDARDS

APPENDIX A

The figures provided below outline the costs attributed to “other small projects” as listed in FOI 19-21 that issued on 9 July 2021.

ProjectCost

Blank Granite Plinth

£594

Café Recess works

£3,520

Kitchen Carousel

£3,576

Changing Places Facility

£6,029

EVAC Chairs

£4,603

Fire Alarm

£3,022

Cladding repairs at AHU

£6,160

Desks

£5,102

Door Refurbishment and Repair

£5,600

Electric Car Charging Point

£6,716

Kitchen Fryer

£16,451

Food Mixer

£3,449

Room 135 upgrade

£16,053

Glass Washer

£2,074

Disability access alterations (Members' Bar)

£1,056

Metering

£7,200

Plumbing Work

£243

Forklift Truck

£9,750

Purchase of phones

£10,225

Rear Yard Wall

£2,670

Roof Guards

£6,762

Refund from Induction Hob

-£2,410

Total

£118,445

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