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	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	247556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Work on no-deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit and devolution work. EU exit work is funded from the Office’s £5.1 million budget for 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/05/2019 10:14:24 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1140432

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of staff working in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales and declaring themselves as BAME as at 30 June 2019 are shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of staff reporting ethnicity </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BAME</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(a) grade 7/6</strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(b) grade 5</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(c) grade 3</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total other staff grades</strong></p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 23/07/2019 11:58:22 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1126048

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Former Ministers
	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 paid to hon. Members under section 4 of the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991 since 13 July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	253617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State role is unpaid. No Ministers paid by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales have left under severance terms since 13 July 2016 and no payments have therefore been made. This is confirmed in the Department’s annual reports and accounts.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/05/2019 11:40:14 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1142854

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Travel
	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 ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	284297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales spent the following on ministerial travel (rail, cars and air) in 2017 and 2018:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>First Class Travel* (Rail only)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Second Class Travel (Rail, Cars and Air)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Spend on Ministerial Travel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>64,016</p></td><td><p>64,016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>91,764</p></td><td><p>92,801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*First class travel was by rail only.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 284267 question first answered 06/09/2019 10:40:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1142868

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Travel
	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 ministerial travel by (a) first class, (b) second class and (c) in total in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	284267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales spent the following on ministerial travel (rail, cars and air) in 2017 and 2018:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>First Class Travel* (Rail only)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Second Class Travel (Rail, Cars and Air)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Spend on Ministerial Travel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>£</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td><td><p>64,016</p></td><td><p>64,016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>1,037</p></td><td><p>91,764</p></td><td><p>92,801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*First class travel was by rail only.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 284297 question first answered 06/09/2019 10:40:02 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1126568

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the last 12 months; what proportion that leave was of total sick leave taken in his Department; and what the cost was to his Department of officials taking sick leave over that period.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	254077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is unable to disclose the number or proportion of officials in the Department citing stress as a reason for sick absence in the last twelve months as the data relates to fewer than five staff, and releasing the data would risk the identification of individuals.</p><p>Sick leave for reasons relating to stress amounted to 33% of total sick leave days in the Department in the 12 months to 31 March. The cost of officials taking sick leave was £14,117.</p><p>The physical and mental wellbeing of our staff is crucially important to the department and staff have access to all employee services that help to sustain physical and mental wellbeing, including Occupational Health and a 24-hour employee assistance helpline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/05/2019 09:24:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1138700

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Social Media
	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 social media advertising in each month since July 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
	tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
	uin	276557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has not spent any money on social media advertising since July 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/07/2019 12:13:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1123910

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many companies based in (a) Wales, (b) the UK, (c) the EU and (d) the rest of the world had contracts or grants awarded by his Department in each of the last three years; and what the value of those contracts or grants was.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	249229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales does not issue contracts directly. The Office buys goods and services under Government frameworks agreements and receives procurement services from the Ministry of Justice. The Office has not awarded any grants.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/05/2019 10:49:06 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1128612

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Iron and Steel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of steel and steel products procured by his Department in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018 was sourced from (i) the UK and (ii) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
	tabling member printed	Nick Smith
	uin	257730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales did not procure any steel or steel products in 2017 and 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 05/06/2019 09:56:45 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1125292

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Bullying
	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 cases of bullying and harassment that have been recorded against managers in his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	252031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) has recorded no cases of bullying or harassment in the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>The Office is committed to ensuring staff are treated with dignity and respect, and that any concerns raised by staff are listened to and dealt with appropriately. We have a zero tolerance approach to bullying and harassment.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 13/05/2019 08:40:20 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord