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417377

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments in respect of carbon offsetting were made in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	9179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text Nil. The Ministry of Justice deals with carbon offsetting on behalf of the Wales Office. answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/09/2015 12:19:23 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

387376

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	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, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the safety of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	5316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Wales Office statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice (Table 10 of annual reports), and are available here: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p><p>These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used by each government department. More detailed figures for the constituent parts of section 38 are not readily available because our systems are not designed to provide a more detailed breakdown than is required for the published statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 5295 question first answered 09/07/2015 14:28:11 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

387377

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	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, on how many occasions his Department applied the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (disclosure likely to endanger the physical or mental health of any individual) in wholly or partly refusing a freedom of information request in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	5295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Wales Office statistics on the use of Freedom of Information exemptions are published by the Ministry of Justice (Table 10 of annual reports), and are available here: <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics</a>.</p><p>These statistics provide the number of times section 38 as a whole has been used by each government department. More detailed figures for the constituent parts of section 38 are not readily available because our systems are not designed to provide a more detailed breakdown than is required for the published statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 5316 question first answered 09/07/2015 14:28:11 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

228662

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average hourly pay is for employees at each grade within his Department identified as (a) White or White British and (b) from a Black, Asian or other minority ethnic group.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	228451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Wales Office staff are not directly employed by the Department and are subject to Ministry of Justice policies for pay purposes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 26/03/2015 11:15:38 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

348119

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Police: Helicopters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from Ministers in the Welsh Government about the (a) Dyfed Powys Police Helicopter and (b) National Police Air Service.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Wales Office Ministers have not received any representations from Welsh Ministers or Assembly Members about the Dyfed Powys helicopter or the National Police Air Service (NPAS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 09/06/2015 16:20:17 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

389324

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Living Wage
	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 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if he will make it his policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for his Department from the Living Wage Foundation.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	6672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>This government is the first government to introduce a compulsory Living Wage.</p><p>All employers will be required to comply with the new national Living Wage of £7.20/ph for those 25 and above, as set out in the Budget.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 21/07/2015 09:57:58 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

170018

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Fraud
	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 cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	218514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>There have not been any instances of fraud or financial error in the Wales Office in the last five years. The Wales Office has robust policies and controls in place to prevent fraud and error. These policies and controls are reviewed by both internal and external audit on an annual basis and to date no issues have been found.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 18/12/2014 11:50:52 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

227612

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff in his Department were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	227605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The only staff engaged off-payroll are from an agency. The average numbers, in each of the last five years, are listed below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/03/2015 17:10:35 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227953

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The numbers of staff at the Wales Office who identify with the ethnic groupings listed are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>(a) white or white British</p></td><td><p>(b) Asian or Asian British</p></td><td><p>(c) Black or Black British</p></td><td><p>(d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and</p></td><td><p>(e) another ethnicity</p></td><td><p>Not</p><p>Stated/ disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>*In accordance with Cabinet Office guidelines, the Wales Office does not disclose information relating to five or fewer members of staff.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/03/2015 17:15:41 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

223057

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	225078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The numbers of Apprentices employed at the Wales Office is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ages:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(i) 16-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(ii) 19-24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(iii) 25 and older</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Apprentices</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Previously employed by Government</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 02/03/2015 10:39:53 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna