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753006

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff in his Department have responsibilities relating to the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	5510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>EU Exit affects a number of work areas across the Department and will therefore encompass a proportion of workload for many staff, the amount of which will vary over time. The Department has, however, set up a central EU Exit co-ordinating team, currently comprised of seven staff members.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/07/2017 12:17:52 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

753564

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much and what proportion of his Department's expenditure has been identified as relating to its work on the UK leaving the EU in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	5630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>EU Exit affects a number of work areas across the Department and will therefore encompass a proportion of workload for many staff, the amount of which will vary over time. The anticipated expenditure for 2017-18 for staff working solely on Exit issues is £525,000 which is 2.5% of the Department’s total anticipated expenditure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 21/07/2017 12:21:47 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

884966

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what procedures are in place for Ministers in all Government departments to respond to written Welsh correspondence in that language.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	135954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Government Departments have worked with the Welsh Language Commissioner to develop their schemes.</p><p>Under the principle of equality, departments will write in Welsh to an individual, group or organisation which they know works mainly in Welsh, or which has already notified us that it prefers to receive letters in Welsh. It will also respond in Welsh following a face-to face meeting or telephone call conducted in Welsh where follow-up correspondence is required (unless they have indicated they would prefer a response in English).</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 24/04/2018 14:11:50 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

924102

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Census: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Government will make it its policy to include Welsh as an option for identity in the 2021 census.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	153774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 153775 153776 question first answered 21/06/2018 09:22:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ153774, PQ153775, PQ153776.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

924103

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Census: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Welsh Government has made representations to his Department on the 2021 census; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	153775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 153774 153776 question first answered 21/06/2018 09:22:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ153774, PQ153775, PQ153776.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

924105

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Census: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including Welsh as an option for nationality in the 2021 census.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	153776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 153774 153775 question first answered 21/06/2018 09:22:13 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ153774, PQ153775, PQ153776.pdf title UKSA response
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1174246

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Financial Services: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2020 to Question 5387, if he will publish the top 10 export destinations for Welsh financial services.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	9597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/02/2020 18:01:53 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ9597.pdf title UKSA Response
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1181370

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Census: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to ensure that the ethnic groups (a) Welsh Asian and (b) Welsh Black, Caribbean or African are identified under specific sub-headings on the form in the forthcoming Census Order.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	21893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The draft Census (England and Wales) Order 2020 was laid in Parliament on 2 March. It sets the date of the Census and the topics on which census questions are to be asked.</p><p>Once made, the Order will be followed by Census Regulations for England and for Wales. The Regulations for England will be laid before Parliament. The Regulations for Wales are the responsibility of Welsh Ministers and will be laid before the National Assembly for Wales. The Regulations to be made by the Welsh Ministers will contain the final wording of the questions on Welsh language skills and ethnic group to be asked in the Wales census.</p><p>As part of the Census Data Collection and Transformation Programme, the ONS is exploring how to produce census-type statistics more frequently than the decennial census, using other sources of data. The ONS will make a recommendation to the Government in 2023 on the future of the census.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 19842 21894 21895 question first answered 03/03/2020 17:36:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1181371

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Census: Languages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to include a question on Welsh language proficiency in the 2021 Census; and what discussions he has had with the (a) Scottish Government and (b) Northern Ireland Executive on the inclusion of that question in censuses in those nations.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	21894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The draft Census (England and Wales) Order 2020 was laid in Parliament on 2 March. It sets the date of the Census and the topics on which census questions are to be asked.</p><p>Once made, the Order will be followed by Census Regulations for England and for Wales. The Regulations for England will be laid before Parliament. The Regulations for Wales are the responsibility of Welsh Ministers and will be laid before the National Assembly for Wales. The Regulations to be made by the Welsh Ministers will contain the final wording of the questions on Welsh language skills and ethnic group to be asked in the Wales census.</p><p>As part of the Census Data Collection and Transformation Programme, the ONS is exploring how to produce census-type statistics more frequently than the decennial census, using other sources of data. The ONS will make a recommendation to the Government in 2023 on the future of the census.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 19842 21893 21895 question first answered 03/03/2020 17:36:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1181373

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Census
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with representatives of the (a) UK Statistics Authority and (b) Office for National Statistics on the future of the Census after 2021; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	21895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The draft Census (England and Wales) Order 2020 was laid in Parliament on 2 March. It sets the date of the Census and the topics on which census questions are to be asked.</p><p>Once made, the Order will be followed by Census Regulations for England and for Wales. The Regulations for England will be laid before Parliament. The Regulations for Wales are the responsibility of Welsh Ministers and will be laid before the National Assembly for Wales. The Regulations to be made by the Welsh Ministers will contain the final wording of the questions on Welsh language skills and ethnic group to be asked in the Wales census.</p><p>As part of the Census Data Collection and Transformation Programme, the ONS is exploring how to produce census-type statistics more frequently than the decennial census, using other sources of data. The ONS will make a recommendation to the Government in 2023 on the future of the census.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith grouped question UIN 19842 21893 21894 question first answered 03/03/2020 17:36:08 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams