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626099

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Working Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many officials of his Department have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	51139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>No officials at the Wales Office have opted out of the EU Working Time Directive.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 03/11/2016 12:54:57 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

627450

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Agency Workers
	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 agency workers in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	51628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The Departmental spend on agency staff over the last five financial years is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>36,603</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>38,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>114,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>248,545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>56,561</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 09/11/2016 11:39:20 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

582106

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many citizens of other EU countries work in (a) his Department and (b) agencies and other bodies for which his Department is responsible.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	45955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>No citizens of EU countries other than the UK work in the Wales Office, and the department is not responsible for any other agencies or bodies.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 15/09/2016 16:20:08 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

622711

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many apprenticeships have been created in his Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	50817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The Wales Office is a very small Government Department of around forty five members of staff but it has nevertheless managed to create thirteen apprenticeships since 2011. Six Wales Office apprentices subsequently chose to secure a job within the Civil Service and four are currently still undertaking their apprenticeship civil service roles.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In light of the Government’s manifesto commitment to achieve three million new apprenticeship starts in England by the end of the Parliament, the Cabinet Office will be centrally collecting data on apprenticeships to allow the Civil Service to report on its contribution towards the national target.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 03/11/2016 12:53:58 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

596069

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of staff on the payroll of his Department who work in Westminster are (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of another country.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	47595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right and payroll services are provided by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on our behalf.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 14/10/2016 11:09:50 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

596070

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	47573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Wales Office does not employ any cleaners. The Department uses Ministry of Justice facilities management contracts, including the provision of cleaning for its Westminster estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 14/10/2016 11:08:46 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

533434

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Rural Areas: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps the Government is taking to improve the (a) electronic and (b) physical connectivity of rural villages in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	42060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>We are introducing the Universal Service Obligation, guaranteeing internet connectivity to half a million rural properties throughout the UK that fall outside existing plans. We have also secured deals with the Mobile Network Operators to deliver mobile coverage to 90% of the UK’s landmass and to 95% of premises in Wales.</p><p>Recognising the importance of transport costs to rural communities, we have frozen fuel duty for six successive years, the longest freeze for 40 years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 11/07/2016 11:58:37 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

598324

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many non-UK citizens are employed by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	47759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice provide employment services on our behalf. The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right and therefore does not hold this information.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 17/10/2016 11:32:15 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

596079

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales and Borders Rail Franchise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to devolve the Wales and Border Rail Franchise to the Welsh Government.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	46772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The in-principle agreement between the Welsh Government and the Department for Transport to devolve the Wales and Borders franchise was announced on 21 November 2014.</p><p>We are continuing to engage constructively with the Welsh Government to enable them to achieve the successful procurement of the next Wales and Borders franchise from October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 14/10/2016 11:11:07 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

627451

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of women are employed by his Department on an inner London pay structure in the following pay grades (a) Administrative Assistant, (b) Administrative Officer, (c) Executive Officer, (d) Higher Executive Officer, (e) Fast Streamer, (f) Senior Executive Officer, (g) Grade Seven, (h) Grade Six, (i) Senior Civil Service Band 1, (j) Senior Civil Service Band 1A, (k) Senior Civil Service Band 2 and (l) Senior Civil Service Band 3.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	51564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>The Wales Office is a very small department where the majority of women who work at our Cardiff Office are on the National pay structure. The proportion of women on the inner London pay structure by grade is detailed below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>PROPORTION OF WOMEN IN LONDON</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(a) Administrative Assistant</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(b) Administrative Officer</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(c) Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(d) Higher Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(e) Fast Streamer</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(f) Senior Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(g) Grade Seven</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(h) Grade Six</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(i) Senior Civil Service Band 1</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(j) Senior Civil Service Band 1A</p></td><td><p>no staff employed at this grade</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(k) Senior Civil Service Band 2</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(l) Senior Civil Service Band 3</p></td><td><p>no staff employed at this grade</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 09/11/2016 11:41:32 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West