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1046934

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Sikhs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) religious group.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	211863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice are the employer of staff working in the Office. As at 31 December 2018, fewer than five staff had recorded themselves as Sikh as a religious group. To protect the identification of staff, an exact number cannot therefore be provided.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 30/01/2019 12:44:43 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1043145

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what information his Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in his Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	209898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>Cleaning and security guard services provided to the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales are undertaken by outsourced providers under Ministry of Justice contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Rates of pay for cleaners and security guards are determined by their respective employers and are not held by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales or Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>All employers are obligated to pay at least the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Office does not have any in-house catering facilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 24/01/2019 11:48:18 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1039608

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
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, how much money his Department has allocated for preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal to date; how much of that funding has been made by way of ministerial direction; and for what functions that funding has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	207565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Work to prepare for a successful EU exit is a key priority for the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales. The work is funded from the Office’s £4.6 million budget for 2018-19. In addition, the Office was allocated £0.3 million in EU exit funding for this financial year. None of this funding has been made by Ministerial direction.</p><p> </p><p>The Office holds no information on allocation of funding for leaving the EU without a deal. Work on deal exit preparations cannot be readily separated from other EU exit and devolution work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 21/01/2019 10:23:07 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1038387

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
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, whether his Department plans to tender to private contractors any work relating to prepartions for leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	206858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 14/01/2019 11:35:17 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1035206

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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, how much his Department is spending on a public information campaign to prepare people for the potential effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Jamie Stone
uin	205370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s top priority is to deliver the deal negotiated with the EU. However, as a responsible government we are carrying out extensive preparations for all scenarios, including no deal. We are now accelerating and intensifying these preparations in the lead up to exit day, including providing public information to prepare people and businesses for a no deal scenario.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is supporting other government departments in this work but is not spending money itself on any public information campaign.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 09/01/2019 17:06:44 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4612 label Biography information for Jamie Stone

1035352

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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 estimate he has made of the additional staff required by his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	205320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Work to prepare for a successful EU exit is a key priority for the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales. The Office was allocated additional EU exit funding to create five new posts for this financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 10/01/2019 10:50:46 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029329

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to his Department for financial year 2018-19 for planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how much of that funding has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	204499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury has already allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This includes the £1.5 billion of additional funding HM Treasury announced at Autumn Budget 2017 for 2018/19. A full breakdown of how this was allocated to departments can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>.</p><p>This money will be paid out in Supplementary Estimates 18/19 later this financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Work to prepare for a successful EU exit is a key priority for the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales. The Office holds no estimate of what it has spent on no deal exit preparations which can be readily separated from other EU exit and devolution work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 10/01/2019 10:48:27 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1029346

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	204544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) is not an employer in its own right and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment services on our behalf. The number of Civil Servants working for OSSW on the requested dates is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of staff</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a) 20 December 2018</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b) 23 June 2016</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 08/01/2019 13:18:00 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1028616

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 estimate his Department has made of the amount of funding it requires to plan for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and if he will place any documentation on such estimates in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	203922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Work to prepare for a successful EU exit is a key priority for the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales. The work is funded from the Office’s £4.6 million budget for 2018-19. In addition, the Office was allocated £0.3 million in EU exit funding for this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 07/01/2019 12:51:50 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1020136

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales and Borders Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on Transport for Wales’s management of the Wales and Borders rail franchise.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	907945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>I hold regular discussions with the Welsh Government and Transport for Wales on rail services in Wales, including the new Wales and Borders franchise. I have also met with the Director of Keolis this week, who have recently taken over the running of the train service in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The devolution of the Franchise is an example of effective co-operation between the Welsh and UK Governments.</p><p> </p><p>It is vital that Transport for Wales resolves the service issues affecting the Franchise as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 05/12/2018 17:30:25 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn