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1086766

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Earth Hour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans his Department has for participation in Earth Hour on 30 March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	230656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales supports the aims of Earth Hour and will be fully participating on 30 March. The Office will be turning off any non-essential electric lights at our London and Cardiff offices from 20:30 to 21:30 on that day.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 14/03/2019 11:31:51 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1086768

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	230658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has to date spent £17,400 on external consultants in the current financial year. The Office spent nothing on external consultants in the previous three financial years.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 14/03/2019 11:33:44 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1086769

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Statistics
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of statistical datasets collected or collated by his Department are made publicly available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	230659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>All statistical datasets collected or collated by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales are published except datasets that include personal data.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 14/03/2019 11:32:50 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1015541

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Billing
	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 27 November 2018 to Question 194068 on Wales Office: Billing, what the reasons were for the undisputed and valid invoices that were not paid within 10 days of receipt in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	196135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales aims to pay all invoices within 10 days of receipt, and currently achieves this target in 90% of cases. The target is not met in a small number of cases for a variety of reasons, including invoices with incorrect or incomplete information and delays in the processing of payments by our service provider.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 03/12/2018 09:36:27 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1015030

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Sick Leave
	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 number of days lost due to staff absences in his Department as a result of (a) physical ill health, (b) mental ill health, (c) stress and (d) anxiety disorders in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	195493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provides employment services on our behalf, including collection of absence data.</p><p> </p><p>The physical and mental wellbeing of our staff is crucially important to the department and staff have access to all MoJ employee services that help to sustain physical and mental wellbeing, including Occupational Health and a 24-hour employee assistance helpline.</p><p> </p><p>The information below outlines the number of days lost due to staff absences as a result of (a) physical ill health, (b) mental ill health, (c) stress and (d) anxiety disorders. MoJ categorise stress and anxiety disorders as mental ill health. We have therefore extracted the relevant data from (b) and recorded these in (c) and (d) below. Please note that this data is collected by calendar year and therefore data is not yet available for 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of working days lost due to:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) physical ill health</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) mental ill health,</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(c) stress</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(d) anxiety disorders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>27.5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/11/2018 16:05:11 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1013128

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many data breaches occurred in his Department in each of the last three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	195027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/11/2018 11:16:10 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1013145

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of staff employed in his Department make voluntary pension contributions; and whether his Department supports that practice.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	195028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment services on our behalf. As of 31 October, 100% of staff on MoJ payroll on assignment to the Department made voluntary pension contributions. MoJ supports voluntary pension contributions through Civil Service Pensions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/11/2018 11:17:13 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1013163

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Nurseries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's offices have childcare facilities onsite.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	195048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>There are no on-site childcare facilities provided by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales on its estate. However, the Department recognises that staff need flexible pre-school and out-of-school childcare of a type and in a location most convenient to them.</p><p> </p><p>The Office is not an employer, with all staff employed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The MoJ offers a salary sacrifice scheme for childcare vouchers which enables staff to choose their own childcare provider (subject to meeting eligibility requirements) and have their childcare costs reduced by taking part of their salary in the form of childcare vouchers, which are exempt from tax and National Insurance contributions. We also follow MoJ polices by offering a range of flexible working options to staff, including term-time working, job shares and compressed hours, to allow staff with caring responsibilities to work in the way that best suits them.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/11/2018 11:19:57 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1011476

	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	Wales Office: Billing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of invoices received from his Department's suppliers were paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	194068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales paid 90% of undisputed and valid invoices within 10 days of receipt over the last twelve months.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 27/11/2018 12:41:56 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1011477

	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	Wales Office: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many freedom of information requests his Department has received in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	194069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of freedom of information requests received by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of FOI Requests Received</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>171</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 26/11/2018 16:06:04 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane