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1010632

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 191441, whether he has estimated the current level of funding that Wales receives from the European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund, Horizon 2020, Rural Development Funding and the Wales-Ireland Co-operation scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	193540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The current UK Partnership Agreement for 2014-2020 European Structural Investment Funds programmes was approved by the EU in February 2018. For Wales, the European Regional Development Fund amount is €1,409,422,319, for European Social Fund the amount is €1,007,867,040.</p><p> </p><p>The Wales-Ireland Co-operation scheme is a joint funding pot of €79,198,450, available for all Irish and Welsh beneficiaries to drawdown from and is not separated by Member State.</p><p> </p><p>From January 2014 to November 2018, entities located in Wales have been awarded Horizon 2020 funding of €102,332,792.</p><p> </p><p>For the Common Agricultural Policy funding for 2014-2020, Wales will receive a pillar 1 (direct payment) allocation of around €2,245million, and pillar 2 (rural development) allocation of around €355million.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/11/2018 10:37:26 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1010634

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 191441, whether those specific priorities will differ from the priorities that have informed the allocation of funding from the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund in Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	193542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Future decisions on funding will form part of the 2019 Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 193541 question first answered 23/11/2018 10:38:59 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1010635

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2018 to Question 191441, whether those amounts are lower or higher than the amount that those areas have received in the same period from the European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	193543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>Examples of where the Industrial Strategy is already delivering for Wales are in addition to EU funding.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/11/2018 10:40:57 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1015155

	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	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, what the largest EU funded projects in Wales were in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	195498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Details of the projects in Wales funded by the European Union in the last ten years are available at the following addresses:</p><p> </p><p><strong>2014-2020:</strong> <a href="https://gov.wales/funding/eu-funds/2014-2020/approved-projects/?lang=en" target="_blank">https://gov.wales/funding/eu-funds/2014-2020/approved-projects/?lang=en</a></p><p><strong>2007-2013:</strong> <a href="https://gov.wales/funding/eu-funds/previous/searchprojects1/?lang=en" target="_blank">https://gov.wales/funding/eu-funds/previous/searchprojects1/?lang=en</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 29/11/2018 11:15:07 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

523621

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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, what change there was in the amount the EU Commission proposed to make available in structural funds to Wales for the period 2014 to 2020 from the period 2007 to 2013; what steps his Department took to limit such a change; and if he will estimate the amount of such funding made available to Wales after 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
	uin	39825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the letter signed by the then Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable MP, on ‘European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund: UK allocations 2014-2020’.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework has not been proposed.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 39809 39811 question first answered 14/06/2016 14:41:56 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

523652

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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, what change there was in the amount of funding the EU Commission made available in structural funds to (a) Wales and (b) the Valleys for the period 2014 to 2020 from the period 2007 to 2014; what steps his Department took to limit such change; and if he will estimate the level of such funding that Wales will be allocated after 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
	uin	39811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the letter signed by the then Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable MP, on ‘European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund: UK allocations 2014-2020’.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework has not been proposed.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 39809 39825 question first answered 14/06/2016 14:41:56 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

523653

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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, if he will estimate the level of structural funding that the EU Commission will allocate to (a) Wales and (b) the Valleys in the post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
	uin	39809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer my hon Friend to the letter signed by the then Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable MP, on ‘European Regional Development Fund and European Social Fund: UK allocations 2014-2020’.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/307492/bis-14-772-uk-allocations-eu-structural-funds-2014-2020-letter.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The post-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework has not been proposed.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 39811 39825 question first answered 14/06/2016 14:41:56 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

533000

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2016
	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, what plans he has to ensure that the Government commits to providing the same level of funding to Wales after the UK leaves the EU that is received from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	41923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister, and we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements. In the meantime, Departments continue working to deliver the Government agenda</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The current EU funding rules will continue to apply until the UK has left the EU, following the successful conclusion of exit negotiations. It will be for the new Prime Minister and their Cabinet to discuss development funding in the future.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 13/07/2016 09:23:16 question first ministerially corrected 13/07/2016 10:19:45 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns previous answer version 6838 answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

605549

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2016
	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, what steps he is taking to ensure that Wales receives the maximum funding possible from the EU before the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
	uin	906620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is taking a practical approach to EU funding. As my Rt hon Friend the Chancellor has made clear, structural and investment funds projects signed before the date of exit will be fully funded by the Treasury even where payments fall after we leave the EU; in keeping with the devolution settlement, it will be for the Welsh Government to decide the conditions used to assess projects within its devolved competence.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 19/10/2016 14:13:33 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

723217

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2017
	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, what estimate he has made of the annual value of all EU funding allocated to Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	71604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>For the 2014-20 funding cycle, Wales will receive a total allocation of €3,063,444,610 from the European Structural and Investment (ESI) Funds, comprising:</p><p> </p><ul><li>European Regional Development Fund: € 1,406,822,703</li><li>European Social Fund: € 1,005,652,552</li><li>European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: €650,969,355</li></ul><p> </p><p>In the same period, under Pillar 1 of the Common Agricultural Policy, Wales will receive an allocation of around €1,956 million.</p><p> </p><p>Wales will also receive funding under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, European Territorial Cooperation programmes and other EU funding programmes such as Horizon 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 26/04/2017 16:52:56 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

723927

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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, what discussions the Government has had with the Welsh Government on future funding for any successor to the Wales-Ireland Co-operation programme.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	71787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It is clearly very early in the negotiations to be discussing specific outcomes. However, the Government is already taking actions to ensure a smooth transition to the new arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>There may be European programmes, some of which may be partly but not wholly EU programmes, in which we may want to participate following EU Exit, and we will consider this as part of the negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor has announced that EU funding granted before we leave the EU will be guaranteed by the Treasury after the UK leaves. For projects signed after the 2016 Autumn Statement and which continue after we have left the EU, funding for projects will be honoured by the Treasury if they provide strong value for money and are in line with domestic strategic priorities.</p><p> </p><p>All European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIFs) projects signed or with funding agreements in place before the 2016 Autumn Statement, will be fully funded, even when these projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. This includes funding granted under the Ireland-Wales European Territorial Cooperation programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 27/04/2017 09:38:42 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

758847

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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 much in EU structural funds has been spent in each local authority area of Wales in each year for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The distribution of EU structural funds in Wales is the responsibility of the Welsh Government. The UK Government does not hold these figures.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/09/2017 10:27:55 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758854

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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 much planned spending from EU structural funds will occur in each local authority area in Wales in each of the next six years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The distribution of EU structural funds in Wales is the responsibility of the Welsh Government. The UK Government does not hold these figures.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/09/2017 11:02:37 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758926

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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 much the UK received in EU Structural Funds in each year since 2000; and what proportion of that funding was allocated to Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>For 2014-2020, the UK was allocated EUR 11,633m (in 2014 prices) from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF), of which around EUR 2,410m was allocated to Wales.</p><p> </p><p>For 2007-2013, the UK was allocated EUR 10,613m (in 2007 prices) from the ERDF and ESF, of which around EUR 2,220m was allocated to Wales.</p><p> </p><p>For 2000-2006, the UK was allocated a total of EUR 15,635m (in 1999 prices) from the EU budget for cohesion policy. As this allocation also included spending on fisheries and rural development it is not possible to say what proportion was allocated from the structural funding programmes (ERDF and ESF). However, the Wales Audit Office<strong>*</strong> estimates that Wales received EUR 2,140m under the 2000-2006 structural funding programmes.</p><p> </p><p><strong>*</strong>Wales Audit Office, European Union Structural Funds 2007-2013, available at <a href="https://www.wao.gov.uk/system/files/publications/WAO_EU_Structural_Funding_English_2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.wao.gov.uk/system/files/publications/WAO_EU_Structural_Funding_English_2013.pdf</a>, accessed 12/09/2017</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/09/2017 11:04:13 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

765374

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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, with reference to the Answer of 26 April 2017 to Question 71604, on EU grants and loans: Wales, whether the Shared Prosperity Fund will disburse to the Government of Wales sums at least equal to the amounts for European Structural and Investments funds as set out in that Answer.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	105961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>Our manifesto committed to creating a UK Shared Prosperity Fund and work is ongoing across Government to consider how best this can be achieved. As per our commitment, we will of course work with the Welsh Government and other stakeholders across Wales and the UK.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/10/2017 15:51:57 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

765375

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the establishment of the Shared Prosperity Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	105962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>Our manifesto committed to creating a UK Shared Prosperity Fund and work is ongoing across Government to consider how best this can be achieved. As per our commitment, we will of course work with the Welsh Government and other stakeholders across Wales and the UK.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/10/2017 15:52:59 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

765376

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7156, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on specific recommendations as to which EU programmes operating in Wales the Government should contribute towards to continue to access after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	105963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister set out in her speech in Florence, we want to continue to work together in ways that promote the long-term economic development of the continent, including continuing to take part in those specific policies and programmes which are of significant advantage to the whole of the UK and the EU, such as those that promote science, education and culture – and those that promote our mutual security.</p><p>Our involvement in such programmes will of course be subject to the outcome of the negotiations with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/10/2017 15:53:44 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

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

788646

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the (a) Welsh Government and (b) UK Government on funding mechanisms to replace EU structural and investment funding after 2020 in the West and Valleys regions of Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	112562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>I hold regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues and with the Welsh Government to discuss a range of issues, including the impact on Wales of the UK leaving the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>Our manifesto committed to creating a UK Shared Prosperity Fund and work is ongoing across Government to consider how best this can be achieved. As per our commitment, we will of course work with the Welsh Government and other stakeholders across Wales and the UK.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 16/11/2017 11:19:27 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

795690

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	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, what his policy is on the status of West Wales and the Valleys under the Governments new Shared Prosperity Fund; and if he will consider that area's status as eligible to receive the highest level of support under European Structural Funds when allocating funds under that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	116044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Historically West Wales and the Valleys, as one of the most disadvantaged areas in Europe, has been a net recipient of European Structural and Investment Funding, as has Wales as a whole. The UK’s exit from the European Union provides us with the opportunity to consider how funding for growth across the UK is designed and how we can deliver the best outcomes for the people of Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 01/12/2017 10:20:29 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

795692

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2017
	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, whether he has had any meetings with the Welsh Government on the future operation of the Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	116046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>I hold regular discussions with Cabinet Secretaries in the Welsh Government to discuss a range of issues, including the impact on Wales of the UK leaving the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>Our manifesto committed to creating the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and work is ongoing across Government to consider how best this can be achieved. As per our commitment, we will of course work with the Welsh Government and other stakeholders across Wales and the UK.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 01/12/2017 10:21:30 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

805315

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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, with reference to the Answer of 27 April 2017 to Question 71787 on EU Grants and Loans: Wales, which European programmes, that are partly but not wholly EU programmes, does the UK plan to continue to participate in after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	118987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>For EU programmes funded from the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the Joint Report agreed by the UK and the European Commission makes clear that UK participants’ eligibility to apply to participate in EU programmes and receive funding from EU programmes will be unaffected by our withdrawal from the EU. The UK will continue to be an active participant across all programmes. This guarantees that the UK will continue to get its receipts for EU programmes until the end of the current budget plan and for the lifetime of the project, providing certainty to projects and UK entities.</p><p> </p><p>Programmes for the next MFF have not yet been designed. We will take decisions on participation in future programmes in due course, as the proposals are developed. As the Prime Minister said in Florence, the UK is keen to continue to participate in programmes which benefit both the UK and the EU. HMG’s series of position and discussion papers on the future relationship has already elaborated on this further.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 18/12/2017 13:27:28 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

808839

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	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, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the effect of proposals for a Shared Prosperity Fund on funding for Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	119948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with a number of Cabinet Colleagues on a range of issues, including the Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK’s exit from the EU provides us with an opportunity to reconsider how funding for growth across the UK is designed and delivered. Our manifesto committed to creating a UK Shared Prosperity Fund and work is ongoing across Government to consider how best this can be achieved.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 21/12/2017 10:38:34 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

810633

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	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, pursuant to his Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 119948, on Wales Office, whether the regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues included discussion of the Shared Prosperity Fund with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	120978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 08/01/2018 15:16:10 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

944743

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2018
	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, if he will list all the consultation events or meetings he has had with (a) the Welsh Assembly, (b) Welsh local authorities, (c) Welsh businesses, (d) Welsh hon. Members and (e) any other Welsh stakeholders on the proposed UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	166081
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with stakeholders across Wales on matters related to the UK’s Exit from the EU, including on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. It is important we take time to consider the legitimate concerns of businesses, the voluntary sector and communities around the excessive bureaucracy of the current system, and use them to design a fund that works for the whole of the UK, as well as its constituent parts.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 24/07/2018 09:27:51 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

983300

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of replicating the funding from EU Structural Funds for programmes in Wales after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	176203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>Future decisions on funding will form part of the 2019 Spending Review, but in the meantime the draft Withdrawal Agreement states that the UK would continue to participate in 2014-2020 programmes until they close. Further, due to the Government’s guarantee for EU-funded programmes, UK organisations, including those in Wales, will receive funding in the unlikely event that the Withdrawal Agreement is not ratified.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s exit from the EU provides us with an opportunity to reconsider how funding for growth across the UK is designed and delivered. Our manifesto committed to creating a UK Shared Prosperity Fund, of which the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government published further details in a Written Ministerial Statement on 24 July.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 15/10/2018 11:59:56 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith