{"value":{"id":1678377,"askingMemberId":4591,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-12-15T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-01-08T00:00:00","uin":"7215","questionText":"To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many plumbing incidents have been reported on the Parliamentary estate in each of the last three years.","answeringBodyId":18,"answeringBodyName":"House of Commons Commission","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1493,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-01-08T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>In the past three years a total of 11,182 plumbing incidents have been reported across the Parliamentary estate:</p><ul><li>2021 – 2,345 incidents</li><li>2022 – 3,626 incidents</li><li>2023 – 5,211 incidents</li></ul><p><br>We have had multiple issues with toilets in Portcullis House due to the quality of the water in the system. To address this, new equipment, including a filtration system, was installed in Autumn 2023. An initial fault with this system was rectified by mid-November. A longer-term solution to improve the water quality is being planned by the Strategic Estates team.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"House of Commons: Plumbing","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1678377","method":"GET"}]}