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649533

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date	01/12/2016
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for leaving the European Union on the (a) value to Wales of access to the single market and (b) financial cost of paying to maintain that access after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	55849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>I have regular meetings with the Secretary of State for the Department for Exiting the European Union, as well as attending the Joint Ministerial Committee on EU Negotiations. My Department is working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union to ensure we get the best possible deal for Wales and the UK as a whole. Recently I welcomed the Secretary of State to Wales where we attended the CBI Wales Annual dinner and visited SPTS Technologies in Newport.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 06/12/2016 17:35:49 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

649534

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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 estimate he has made of the economic value to Wales of the UK's membership of the single market.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	55855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>I recognise many businesses in Wales trade with the single market and my Department is working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union to ensure we get the best possible deal for Wales and the UK as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the EU will lead to new opportunities for businesses in Wales as we build on our strengths as an open, dynamic, trading nation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 06/12/2016 17:32:04 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

649535

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Apprentices: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the effect of the apprenticeship levy on Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	55889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>We have worked closely with the Welsh Government to ensure fair and transparent funding and, as far as possible, to develop a system for administering the levy which complements the skills and apprenticeship policies of each of the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p>Last month, HM Treasury announced that £128m will be allocated to Wales in the first year of the levy alone. It is up to the Welsh Government to decide what proportion of this is allocated to funding apprenticeships and skills policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 06/12/2016 17:29:44 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

649536

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Apprentices: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect of the apprenticeship levy on Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	55890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>There has been a long standing commitment that Wales will get its fair share from this levy. Last month, HM Treasury announced that £128m, £133m and £138m will be allocated to Wales in the first, second and third years of the levy respectively. On top of this, the UK Government has committed additional funding for Wales of £13.7m in the first and £6.2m in the second year to ensure that Wales receives its fair share of any under spend that occurs in the adjustment period.</p><p> </p><p>Skills policy is a devolved matter in Wales, and therefore it is up to the Welsh Government to decide what proportion of this funding is allocated to apprenticeships and skills policy.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 06/12/2016 17:34:02 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

647808

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Economic Growth: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for the Government's policies on Wales of the finding by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in its Global Economic Outlook of November 2016 on the potential growth rate of the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	55373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The news that the OECD has revised up its UK growth forecast for this year and next is welcome. I believe it demonstrates the strength and its resilience of the economy since the British people decided to leave the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>I also recognise that there are challenges ahead as mentioned in the report from the OECD. In view of this the UK Government has responded by announcing an extra £400m in capital projects for Wales and seeing through the commitment to raise the personal tax allowance to £11,500 to improve the lot of working people. On top of this, the UK Government is no longer seeking to deliver a surplus in 2019-20 and will do all it needs to ensure growth continues in Wales and across the country.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 06/12/2016 13:12:48 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

647810

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Living Wage: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for the Government's policies on Wales of the recommendation by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in its Global Economic Outlook of November 2016 that caution was needed in increasing to the living wage on account of the potential effect on employment of such increases.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	55375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>This Government will make sure the economy works for everyone across the UK, including in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>To help achieve this, the Government is accepting the recommendations of the independent Low Pay Commission to increase the National Living Wage to £7.50 from April 2017. The Low Pay Commission took into account the state of the economy and labour market in their recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The National Living Wage has been set so that it reaches 60% of median earnings in 2020, and will have no impact on employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 06/12/2016 13:14:04 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn