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<p>In June 2012, the House of Commons Commission agreed to a package of changes to printing, publishing and purchasing arrangements for written answers. Written answers will cease to be printed in daily Hansard from 2014-15. In addition, the Finance and Services Committee agreed, in September 2013, that written answers would not be printed in bound volumes of Hansard from the end of the 2013-14 Session.</p><p>A new questions and answers system is being developed which will enable both Houses of Parliament and all answering bodies to distribute questions for written answer and their associated answers securely and electronically to Members and straight to web publication on Parliament's website. The project will reduce the cost of processing and publishing questions and answers and improve access to them for Members and the public through dedicated web-pages for written answers. Demonstrations for Members and their staff will take place early in the new year.</p><p>Taken together, these changes are expected to deliver savings in the House of Commons of £578,000 in 2014-15 and £772,000 of recurring savings in subsequent years.</p> |