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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

810312

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Economic Situation: 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 Welsh Government on its recently published economic action plan for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	120778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on economic policy for Wales.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and I met with the Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure to discuss the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy and the Welsh Governments Economic Action Plan. Our officials have since continued this conversation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 08/01/2018 15:15:24 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

809847

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Social Mobility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps his Department has taken to improve social mobility in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Many of the levers which affect Social mobility are devolved in Wales and therefore the responsibility of the Welsh Government. However, my office works closely with a variety of Government departments to ensure that action in non-devolved areas fully considers the needs of Wales and helps to improve social mobility across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 21/12/2017 10:44:55 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

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

805517

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Burial: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will meet with Cabinet colleagues to discuss the merits of removing child burial fees in England in line with policy in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	902839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>I recognise the distress caused to families when organising a funeral for a child. I pay tribute to members who have campaigned on this important issue, particularly the honourable lady for Swansea East.</p><p>We are making it easier for parents to apply for financial support under the Funeral Expenses Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 13/12/2017 16:58:56 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

806014

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, to which legislation his Department has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>In applying the family test to the Wales Bill the department concluded that any effects on the family were indirect as they were dependent on future decisions taken by the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 21/12/2017 10:37:22 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

805204

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	Foreign Investment in UK: 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 value of inward investment from the Republic of Ireland to Wales in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	118876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>It is not possible to estimate the value of inward investment from the Republic of Ireland to Wales. Both the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) produce inward investment statistics. DIT’s published data doesn’t connect origin and destination for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects. ONS data meanwhile operates at aggregated national level. The information below shows the value of inward investment from the Republic of Ireland to the UK for each year from 2007 to 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value (£ million)</p></td><td><p>7,192</p></td><td><p>8,613</p></td><td><p>9,248</p></td><td><p>7,565</p></td><td><p>10,619</p></td><td><p>9,008</p></td><td><p>11,911</p></td><td><p>13,825</p></td><td><p>12,309</p></td><td><p>11,485</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Office for National Statistics</p><p> </p><p>Given the fact that Ireland is Wales’ fourth largest export market and the strong ties between the ports of Fishguard and Rosslare in the south and Holyhead and Dublin in the north, I recognise the key economic links that exist between the two nations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 18/12/2017 13:24:44 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

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

805454

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	Wales Office: Families
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 30 November 2017 to Question HL3576, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen families.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Strengthening families is a cross-government objective and the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales works with other government departments across Whitehall on policies affecting families in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 18/12/2017 13:28:22 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

802980

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Brexit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has identified any risks arising from the UK leaving the EU that are specific to Wales and the Welsh economy.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	118400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Since the referendum I have been engaging with stakeholders throughout Wales to hear their views on how we make Brexit work for Wales, including through my expert panel of stakeholders. Many of the issues they have raised are common across the whole of the UK.</p><p>Where issues have been brought to my attention, the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has worked with the Department for Exiting the European Union, and other Government departments, to fully consider these as part of achieving a deal that works for all parts of the United Kingdom.</p><p>I will continue to work with other Government departments, my expert panel of stakeholders, the Welsh Government, and the National Assembly for Wales, to support the Welsh economy and promote a prosperous Wales within a strong United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 13/12/2017 13:12:22 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens