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1524409

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Energy: 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 implications for his policies of the Welsh Local Government’s report that higher energy bills could means that councils across Wales have £200 million less to spend than in 2023-24.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	67170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>We understand the pressure that businesses, charities, and public sector organisations are facing with their energy bills, which is why the UK Government is taking immediate action to ensure customers are protected over the winter period.</p><p> </p><p>Through the new Energy Bill Relief Scheme, the Government will provide a discount on energy prices for local authorities whose bills have been significantly inflated by the global energy crisis.</p><p> </p><p>A Treasury-led review will be launched to inform a decision on future support after March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Local Government Finance in Wales is devolved and is a matter for the Welsh Government. The Spending Review 2021 set the largest annual block grant, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since devolution.  Over the Spending Review period, the UK government is providing the Welsh Government with 20% more funding per person than equivalent UK Government spending in other parts of the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 25/10/2022 09:03:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1523945

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Uk Shared Prosperity Fund: 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 Cabinet colleagues on the potential benefits of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
	tabling member printed	Simon Baynes
	uin	901677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues on how Wales’ £585 million share of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will level up communities across Wales.</p><p /><p>With local authorities, businesses, the third sector and civil society fully engaged, the UKSPF will mean quicker delivery, better targeting and closer alignment with local priorities than previous EU funding.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 19/10/2022 12:13:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes

1519176

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Subject Access Requests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many subject access requests his Department has (a) received and (b) responded to within the statutory limit in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Rhondda
	tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
	uin	59206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>My Department has received two subject access requests in the last five years. One request was responded to within the statutory limit. The other request was sent to my Department in error and was forwarded to the Ministry of Justice as the correct Department to provide a response.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 18/10/2022 10:06:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1507155

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by his Department as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	51540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>There are no recorded instances where the provision of mandatory training of staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 have been cited by the Department as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 22/09/2022 15:09:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry