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1011618

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Brexit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) discussions and (b) meetings he has had with the Welsh Government on the draft Withdrawal Agreement for the UK leaving the EU since the announcement (i) of that draft Agreement (ii) that the Welsh Government does not support the draft Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	194217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on EU exit including at meetings of the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) which has met twice in the past two weeks; 13 November and 19 November. These meetings have provided an opportunity to discuss the draft Withdrawal Agreement and outline Political Declaration with the devolved administrations on a multilateral basis.</p><p>The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office have also held several discussions with the First Ministers and Cabinet Ministers from the devolved administrations since the draft Withdrawal Agreement was announced.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 26/11/2018 17:33:28 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

810312

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Economic Situation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on its recently published economic action plan for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	120778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on economic policy for Wales.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and I met with the Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure to discuss the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy and the Welsh Governments Economic Action Plan. Our officials have since continued this conversation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 08/01/2018 15:15:24 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

781453

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the Wales Office plans to make discrete assessments on the effects of future potential free trade deals on the economy in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	110616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>Leaving the EU will allow us to shape our own ambitious trade and investment opportunities and put the UK, including Wales, at the forefront of global trade and investment. It is important that trade policy reflects the needs and individual circumstances in Wales and I will ensure we draw on the right knowledge and expertise to make that happen. I hold regular discussions with the Secretary of State for International Trade and I, as a member of the Trade Committee, and my officials, have regular contact with the Department for International Trade’s broader work and analysis. We will continue to ensure that full and proper consideration is given to the economic impact on Wales as trade policy develops.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 03/11/2017 10:02:05 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

777913

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	European Union: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people in Wales who have been participants in (a) INTERREG, (b) Horizon 2020, (c) EaSi, (d) COSME and (e) Erasmus+ in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	109564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold official figures related to INTERREG/European Territorial Cooperation programmes and COSME below UK level.</p><p> </p><p>At May 2017, there were 162 Horizon 2020 participations from Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) programme is managed directly by the European Commission. Most actions under the programme are directed at stakeholders other than Government, and require participants to bid for funding. For the most part, project tenders come from consortia of stakeholders (academics, social partners and civil society) working with counterparts in other Member States. While the information on UK beneficiaries is publicly available on the Commission website, this is not broken down by region.</p><p> </p><p>The most recently published figures available show the following Erasmus+ participation in Wales:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>847</p></td><td><p>703</p></td><td><p>688</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>582</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 30/10/2017 13:09:50 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

773314

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Ports: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2017 to Question 107429, whether the Government plans to allocate additional funds in financial year 2018-19 to either the (a) Ports Authorities in Wales or (b) Welsh Government to ensure operational readiness at Welsh ports in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	108404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>We are confident that a future partnership between the UK and EU is in the interests of both sides, so we approach the negotiations anticipating success. We do not want or expect a no deal outcome. However, a responsible Government should prepare for all potential outcomes, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached, and that is exactly what we are doing across the whole of government.</p><p> </p><p>Plans are well developed and have been designed to provide the flexibility to respond to a negotiated agreement, as well as preparing us for the unlikely eventuality of leaving without a deal. That’s why we are working with businesses across the economy, including ports in Wales, to provide the certainty they need to understand the challenges and opportunities they may face in the coming months and years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/10/2017 13:30:06 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

765376

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7156, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on specific recommendations as to which EU programmes operating in Wales the Government should contribute towards to continue to access after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	105963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister set out in her speech in Florence, we want to continue to work together in ways that promote the long-term economic development of the continent, including continuing to take part in those specific policies and programmes which are of significant advantage to the whole of the UK and the EU, such as those that promote science, education and culture – and those that promote our mutual security.</p><p>Our involvement in such programmes will of course be subject to the outcome of the negotiations with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/10/2017 15:53:44 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

723927

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions the Government has had with the Welsh Government on future funding for any successor to the Wales-Ireland Co-operation programme.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	71787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It is clearly very early in the negotiations to be discussing specific outcomes. However, the Government is already taking actions to ensure a smooth transition to the new arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>There may be European programmes, some of which may be partly but not wholly EU programmes, in which we may want to participate following EU Exit, and we will consider this as part of the negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has announced that EU funding granted before we leave the EU will be guaranteed by the Treasury after the UK leaves. For projects signed after the 2016 Autumn Statement and which continue after we have left the EU, funding for projects will be honoured by the Treasury if they provide strong value for money and are in line with domestic strategic priorities.</p><p> </p><p>All European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) projects signed or with funding agreements in place before the 2016 Autumn Statement, will be fully funded, even when these projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. This includes funding granted under the Ireland-Wales European Territorial Cooperation programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 27/04/2017 09:38:42 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

723217

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the annual value of all EU funding allocated to Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	71604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>For the 2014-20 funding cycle, Wales will receive a total allocation of €3,063,444,610 from the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, comprising:</p><p> </p><ul><li>European Regional Development Fund: € 1,406,822,703</li><li>European Social Fund: € 1,005,652,552</li><li>European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: €650,969,355</li></ul><p> </p><p>In the same period, under Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy, Wales will receive an allocation of around €1,956 million.</p><p> </p><p>Wales will also receive funding under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, European Territorial Cooperation programmes and other EU funding programmes such as Horizon 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 26/04/2017 16:52:56 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

723219

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Overseas Students: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect of the fall in the number of applications from EU nationals applying to study in universities in Wales since the EU referendum on the Welsh economy.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	71577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK continues to attract the second highest number of overseas students (EU and non-EU) to tertiary education, after the US. This year we have also seen a rise in the number of 18 year olds from overseas applying to study in the UK. More broadly, figures for non-EU international students have remained steady.</p><p><em> </em></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 27/04/2017 09:36:47 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

679793

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the value of exports to the EU from Welsh (a) agriculture, (b) aerospace, (c) construction, (d) electronics, (e) manufacturing, (f) renewable energy, (g) services, (h) textile and (i) fishing industries was in the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	62058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The information below detail the value of exports to the EU for all industries in Wales at Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) levels 1 &amp; 2 in Quarter 3 2016. Due to recent revisions in HMRC methods, data before this currently uses the previous methodology. My officials have been in contact with HMRC and have been told the historic figures using the new methods will be published shortly.</p><p><strong>SITC 1 Level</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Exports to the EU Quarter 3 2016</p></td><td><p>(£000’s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0 - Food &amp; live animals</p></td><td><p>59568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 - Beverages &amp; tobacco</p></td><td><p>7277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 - Crude materials, inedible, except fuels</p></td><td><p>13573</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 - Mineral fuels, lubricants &amp; related materials</p></td><td><p>181245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 - Animal &amp; vegetable oils, fats &amp; waxes</p></td><td><p>1013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5 - Chemicals &amp; related products, nes</p></td><td><p>220020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 - Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material</p></td><td><p>293702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 - Machinery &amp; transport equipment</p></td><td><p>984245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles</p></td><td><p>165824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 - Commodities/transactions not class'd elsewhere in SITC</p></td><td><p>18698</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>SITC 2 Level</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Exports to the EU Quarter 3 2016</p></td><td><p>(£000’s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>00 - Live animals other than animals of division 03</p></td><td><p>616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 - Meat &amp; meat preparations</p></td><td><p>19227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02 - Dairy products &amp; birds' eggs</p></td><td><p>9181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>03 - Fish, crustaceans, molluscs &amp; aq.inverts &amp; preps thereof</p></td><td><p>7593</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04 - Cereals &amp; cereal preparations</p></td><td><p>8812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05 - Vegetables &amp; fruit</p></td><td><p>1715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06 - Sugar, sugar preparations &amp; honey</p></td><td><p>603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07 - Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices &amp; manufactures thereof</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08 - Feeding stuff for animals (not inc.unmilled cereals)</p></td><td><p>2484</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09 - Miscellaneous edible products &amp; preparations</p></td><td><p>7328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11 - Beverages</p></td><td><p>7272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12 - Tobacco &amp; tobacco manufactures</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 - Hides, skins &amp; furskins, raw</p></td><td><p>486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 - Oil seeds &amp; oleaginous fruits</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23 - Crude rubber (including synthetic &amp; reclaimed)</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 - Cork &amp; wood</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 - Pulp &amp; waste paper</p></td><td><p>221</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 - Textile fibres not manufactured &amp; their waste etc</p></td><td><p>583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 - Crude fertilizers &amp; crude minerals (exc fuels etc)</p></td><td><p>310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 - Metalliferous ores &amp; metal scrap</p></td><td><p>10566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29 - Crude animal &amp; vegetable materials n.e.s.</p></td><td><p>961</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>32 - Coal, coke &amp; briquettes</p></td><td><p>1209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>33 - Petroleum, petroleum products &amp; related materials</p></td><td><p>172034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>34 - Gas, natural &amp; manufactured</p></td><td><p>5041</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35 - Electric current</p></td><td><p>2961</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>41 - Animal oils &amp; fats</p></td><td><p>611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>42 - Fixed vegetable fats &amp; oils, crude, refined, fractionated</p></td><td><p>301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>43 - Animal or vegetable fats &amp; oils, processed, &amp; waxes</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>51 - Organic chemicals</p></td><td><p>34390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>52 - Inorganic chemicals</p></td><td><p>2038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>53 - Dyeing, tanning &amp; colouring materials</p></td><td><p>18593</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>54 - Medicinal &amp; pharmaceutical products</p></td><td><p>56479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55 - Essential oils &amp; perfume materials; toilet preps etc</p></td><td><p>20046</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>56 - Fertilizers (other than those of group 272)</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>57 - Plastics in primary forms</p></td><td><p>34570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>58 - Plastics in non-primary forms</p></td><td><p>28120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>59 - Chemical materials &amp; products n.e.s.</p></td><td><p>25653</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>61 - Leather, leather manufactures n.e.s &amp; dressed furskins</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>62 - Rubber manufactures n.e.s.</p></td><td><p>27340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>63 - Cork &amp; wood manufactures (excluding furniture)</p></td><td><p>1113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>64 - Paper, paperboard &amp; manufactures thereof</p></td><td><p>29447</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65 - Textile yarn, fabrics, made up articles etc</p></td><td><p>8493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>66 - Non-metallic mineral manufactures n.e.s.</p></td><td><p>17717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>67 - Iron &amp; steel</p></td><td><p>60142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>68 - Non-ferrous metals</p></td><td><p>100491</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>69 - Manufactures of metal n.e.s.</p></td><td><p>48828</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>71 - Power generating machinery &amp; equipment</p></td><td><p>13727</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>72 - Machinery specialized for particular industries</p></td><td><p>19750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>73 - Metalworking machinery</p></td><td><p>1757</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>74 - General industrial machinery &amp; eqp. &amp; machine pt.n.e.s.</p></td><td><p>31429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75 - Office machines &amp; adp machines</p></td><td><p>36220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>76 - Telecomms &amp; sound recording &amp; reproducing app. &amp; eqp.</p></td><td><p>17308</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>77 - Ele machinery, app &amp; appliances &amp; ele pt thereof n.e.s.</p></td><td><p>66903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>78 - Road vehicles (including air cushion vehicles)</p></td><td><p>110982</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>79 - Other transport equipment</p></td><td><p>686169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>81 - P/fab buildings; sanit., plumbing, heating &amp;lighting fixt.</p></td><td><p>3929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>82 - Furniture &amp; parts thereof; bedding, mattresses etc</p></td><td><p>25936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>83 - Travel goods, handbags &amp; similar containers</p></td><td><p>2240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>84 - Articles of apparel &amp; clothing accessories</p></td><td><p>18614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>85 - Footwear</p></td><td><p>6234</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>87 - Professional, scientific &amp; controlling ins &amp; app n.e.s.</p></td><td><p>21485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>88 - Photographic &amp; optical goods, n.e.s.; watches &amp; clocks</p></td><td><p>7758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>89 - Miscellaneous manufactured articles n.e.s.</p></td><td><p>79628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>93 - Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind</p></td><td><p>17352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>96 - Coin (other than gold coin), not being of legal tender</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>98 - Military arms and ammunition</p></td><td><p>1346</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 06/02/2017 11:04:14 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens