Chi Onwurah – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the House of Commons Commission

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2016-05-19.

To ask the Rt. hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2015 to Question 7713, what progress has been made on developing device independent applications for the distribution of select committee papers; and how many hon. Members have now been issued with (a) android and (b) iPad devices.

Tom Brake

Options for the distribution of committee papers are being explored. One option involves using a SharePoint based system to distribute committee papers and this is due to be tested with a select committee soon.

Documents for select committees are circulated to committee members electronically, predominantly in PDF format. The PDF format can be read on a number of different devices.

594 Apple iPads and 25 tablets of other makes have been purchased by or issued to Members’ offices in this Parliament.