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Parliamentary Estate: Pest Control

Question for House of Commons Commission

UIN 7214, tabled on 15 December 2023

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many times pest control has been called onto the Parliamentary estate in each of the last three years.

Answered on

8 January 2024

This answer is a correction from the original answer.

A pest control expert is based on-site. The pest control team monitor and take steps to manage pests on the Parliamentary estate.

In the past three years a total of 1,180 requests for pest control have been made and the number for each year are given below:

  • 15/12/2020–14/12/2021: 227
  • 15/12/2021–14/12/2022: 412
  • 15/12/2022–14/12/2023: 541

Original answer

A pest control expert is based on-site. The pest control team monitor and take steps to manage pests on the Parliamentary estate.

In the past three years a total of 1,180 requests for pest control have been made and the number for each year are given below:

  • 15/12/2020–14/12/2021: 227
  • 15/12/2021–14/12/2022: 412
  • 15/12/2021–14/12/2023: 541

Answered by

House of Commons Commission
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