HC Deb 19 November 2001 vol 375 c1W
Mr. Cox

To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many ex-hon. Members have been allowed a House of Commons pass; how long an hon. Member must serve to qualify for such a pass; and when this system was last reviewed. [15301]

Mrs. Roe

I have been asked to reply.

There are currently 117 ex-hon. Members with House of Commons photo identity passes. Ex-hon. Members with 15 years' pensionable service are entitled to apply for a photo identity pass.

The system was last reviewed at a meeting of the Administration Committee on 27 February 2001 in the context of access to the House by Members of devolved legislatures.