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754227

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Tidal Power: Vale of Clwyd
	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 promote renewable energy through tidal power in the Vale of Clwyd.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	6294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>With 750 miles of coastline, Wales is perfectly placed to exploit energy from our tides through a variety of developing technologies, including tidal stream or wave turbines. In addition, the UK Government is currently considering the role tidal lagoons could play in the UK’s energy mix.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 6198 question first answered 05/09/2017 10:51:29 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1126661

	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	Poverty: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what dates (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met with counterparts in the Department for Work and Pensions to discuss poverty rates for disabled people in Wales in each of the last two years; and what the outcomes were of those meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	254157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Wales Office Ministers and I meet regularly with colleagues from the Department for Work and Pensions on an array of issues including those facing disabled people in Wales.</p><p>The percentage of working age adults in Wales who live in a household where there was someone with a disability that were in relative poverty has fallen 3 percentage points when compared with two years earlier.</p><p>We are committed to supporting disabled people across the UK, and under this Government around 1 million disabled households will gain on average around £100 more per month on Universal Credit than on legacy benefits.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 20/05/2019 16:42:24 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758846

	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	UK Trade With EU: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of Welsh exports and imports were traded with the EU in each year for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below show the proportion of Welsh exports and imports that were traded with the EU between 2014 and 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of Welsh imports that come from EU countries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of Welsh exports that go to EU countries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>42.9</p></td><td><p>64.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>48.1</p></td><td><p>66.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>48.6</p></td><td><p>67.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: HMRC Regional Trade Statistics</p><p> </p><p>Data before this period is not available due to an improvement in methodology made by HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC do not receive information in respect of goods that move wholly within the UK. Goods partially created in Wales before being finalised by a separate company, in another region of the UK and exported are not included in the above figures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/09/2017 14:35:53 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758848

	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	Poverty: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people in work were living in poverty in Wales in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The poverty threshold as measured by the UK Government and the European Union is 60 per cent of median household income. Statistics are published as part of the Department for Work &amp; Pensions (DWP) Households below Average Income (HBAI) release.</p><p> </p><p>HBAI statistics are not classified by those who are in employment and those who are not on a regional basis. HBAI statistics are however classified by those who are of working age on a regional basis. These can be found in the table below for the years 1994-2016. The figures are published to the nearest hundred thousand, as is recommended by the HBAI data convention.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/09/2017 10:31:58 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns attachment 1 file name Table - PQ UIN 9542.docx title Table - UIN 9542
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

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

1105735

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund: 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 Barnett consequentials for Wales of the Stronger Towns Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	237625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government will seek to ensure that towns in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can benefit from the Stronger Towns Fund and we will announce further details in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 01/04/2019 10:39:28 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1082724

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: 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 the Home Secretary on trends in violent crime in Wales; and what the outcomes were of those discussions.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	229131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and I have regular discussions on a range of issues. Furthermore, ministers from my Department are members of the Inter-Ministerial Group on the Serious Violence Strategy.</p><p>The Government’s Serious Violence Strategy, published in April 2018, sets out the action we are taking to address serious violence and in particular the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide.</p><p>The Strategy outlines an ambitious programme of robust commitments and actions. It sets out a very significant programme of work involving a range of Government Departments and partners in the public, voluntary and private sectors.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/03/2019 12:34:52 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758851

	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	South Wales Main Line: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the timescale is for the completion of rail electrification to Cardiff.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving services to and from South Wales through our programme of investment in the Great Western Main Line. Electrification of the Great Western Main Line to Cardiff will be completed by December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/09/2017 11:10:39 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758853

	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	Devolution: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) central, (b) Welsh and (c) local government has spent on the (i) Cardiff City Deal, (ii) Swansea City Deal and (iii) North Wales growth deal to date; and what projections he has made of spending on each of those City Deals in the next three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed to invest over £600m in City Deals in Wales. Of this, £500m will be invested in the Cardiff City Deal, and £115.6m will be invested in the Swansea City Deal. It is estimated that between the two deals up to 34,000 jobs could be created.</p><p>The government also remains committed to agreeing a North Wales Growth Deal.</p><p>Full details of each partner’s commitments can be found in the enclosed table.</p><p>Further detail on the funding of the Cardiff and Swansea City Deals can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508268/Cardiff_Capital_Region_City_Deal.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/508268/Cardiff_Capital_Region_City_Deal.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/611685/Swansea_City_Deal_-_English.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/611685/Swansea_City_Deal_-_English.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/09/2017 11:14:24 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns attachment 1 file name Table - PQ UIN 9609.docx title Table - PQ UIN 9609
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane