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774097

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Welsh Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many formal meetings he has had with Welsh Government Ministers since 8 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	108846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>I have had nine formal meetings and phone calls with Welsh Government Ministers since 8 June. I also have regular informal discussions with Welsh Government Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 24/10/2017 14:06:09 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

774098

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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, whether the Government plans to share with the Welsh Assembly any regional analysis of the effect of potential outcomes on the Welsh economy of negotiations to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	108843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union, working with officials across Government, is undertaking a wide range of analysis covering the entirety of the UK economy in order to support negotiations. We are looking at over 50 sectors as well as cross-cutting regulatory issues. As Parliament has agreed, we will not publish anything that would undermine our ability to negotiate the best deal for the United Kingdom.</p><p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales will continue to work with other Government departments, the Secretary of State’s expert panel of stakeholders, the Welsh Government, and the National Assembly for Wales, to support the Welsh economy and promote a prosperous Wales within a strong United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 24/10/2017 09:33:43 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

774100

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	GCSE: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State and the Cabinet Secretary for Education in the Welsh Government on the divergence of GCSE grading schemes between Wales and England.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	108841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>As you are aware, education is devolved to the Welsh Government. Following changes to GCSEs in both England and Wales, I am keen to ensure that any differences between the two education systems do not negatively affect potential opportunities for students in Wales. As such, I am happy to work with the Welsh Government as and when is appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 24/10/2017 09:34:53 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

772313

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Travel: Republic of Ireland
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 journeys by (a) people and (b) freight between ports in Wales and the Republic of Ireland in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	108154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Data on the number of sea passenger journeys between Wales and the Republic of Ireland is published in the UK international sea passengers dataset in tables <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/spas01-uk-international-sea-passengers" target="_blank">SPAS0108 and SPAS0102</a>. The figures are summarised below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea - Cork</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milford Haven - Rosslare</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>329</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fishguard - Rosslare</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead - Dublin</p></td><td><p>1,821</p></td><td><p>1,781</p></td><td><p>1,709</p></td><td><p>1,766</p></td><td><p>1,875</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td><td><p>1,927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Wales-Rep. Ireland </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,911</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,801</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,591</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,615</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,686</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,632</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,564</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>For freight, the published statistics relate to tonnage and units moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland (rather than freight journeys), with detailed figures available in table <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641263/port0499.xlsx" target="_blank">Port0499</a> of the UK international sea passengers dataset. The figures for units and tonnage moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland for every year between 2010 and 2016 are summarised below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total units moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland (thousand units)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total tonnage moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland (thousand tonnes)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>1110.153</p></td><td><p>7242.835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1093.807</p></td><td><p>7164.287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1025.653</p></td><td><p>6981.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1062.61</p></td><td><p>8288.563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1117.096</p></td><td><p>7748.732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1158.477</p></td><td><p>8469.233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>1191.576</p></td><td><p>8299.612</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that units include passenger vehicles.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 24/10/2017 10:08:51 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

772314

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Parking Offences: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the power to legislate to make parking on the pavement an offence in Wales is a reserved or devolved matter.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	108183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>Road traffic offences are not devolved under the current <em>conferred</em> model of Welsh devolution, and will be reserved under the new reserved powers model which comes into effect on 1 April 2018. This means that whilst the National Assembly for Wales cannot legislate to make parking on the pavement a traffic offence it could legislate to make it a traffic contravention subject to civil enforcement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 20/10/2017 11:41:38 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

771613

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
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, how many meetings he has had with organisations and campaigners from Wales since June 2016 on European Structural Investment Funds after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	108026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>My ministerial colleagues and I regularly meet with stakeholders across Wales, including discussing with representatives of business, the third sector and universities how funding for growth across the UK can best be designed and delivered after we leave the European Union. Since the referendum result in June 2016, the impact on Wales of the UK leaving the EU has been a standing agenda item.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 19/10/2017 13:06:34 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

771614

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Exports: Middle East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of total Welsh exports in (a) goods and (b) services went to the Middle East in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	108060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, 8.5% of all goods exported from Wales went to the Middle East. Figures for service exports are not yet available for 2016. In 2015, 14.2% of all services exported from Wales went to Asia, which is where the Office for National Statistics (ONS) categorises Middle Eastern countries in its service exports release. The ONS does not publish data detailing what percentage of the service exports that are sent to Asia go specifically to the Middle East.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/10/2017 13:20:59 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

770103

registered interest
date	13/10/2017
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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on each sector of the Welsh economy of changes in the UK's participation in the single market over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	107701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union, working with officials across Government, is undertaking a wide range of analysis covering the entirety of the UK economy in order to support negotiations. We are looking at over 50 sectors as well as cross-cutting regulatory issues.</p><p> </p><p>As Parliament has agreed, we will not publish anything that would undermine our ability to negotiate the best deal for the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales will continue to work with other Government departments, and the Welsh Government, to support the Welsh economy and promote a prosperous Wales within a strong United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 18/10/2017 09:52:50 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

769758

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
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, what assessment his Department has made of the readiness of Welsh ports to facilitate any added procedural processes in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	107429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Since the vote to leave the EU I, as well as a number of ministerial colleagues, have visited ports in Wales to discuss a number of issues, including their operational readiness for our leaving the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that withdrawal from the EU is a successful and smooth process for all parts of the UK, and we are conscious that a significant proportion of the traffic at some ports is not currently subject to customs controls. We want to ensure that traffic continues to flow freely at all UK ports and airports, including Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock, and we will seek to ensure that customs arrangements and mechanisms are as frictionless as possible, and that trade fluidity is maintained. Officials in the Wales Office and colleagues across Government are working with port operators and other stakeholders in Wales to support the smooth and orderly implementation of these new arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 17/10/2017 09:04:30 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens