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856826

registered interest
date	07/03/2018
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the effect on low-income families of the roll-out of universal credit in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
uin	904148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Universal Credit is transforming lives across the country. Research shows that UC claimants spend more time searching for work and applying for work than those on previous benefits. There are now over 100,000 fewer workless households in Scotland than 7 year ago.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2018 16:18:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley

851548

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Business Interests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	130311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Applications by former Ministers are considered by the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments directly.</p><p> </p><p>For applications from former Civil Servants, departmental Audit and Risk Committees, which are chaired by departmental Non-Executive Directors, monitor compliance issues relating to the Business Appointment Rules at regular intervals.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 07/03/2018 15:57:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

850186

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which external recruitment agencies are used by his Department's non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	129754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office does not have any non-departmental public bodies.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/03/2018 17:27:30 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

847729

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department worked in (a) departmental accommodation, (b) from home and (c) in any other location in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>All Wales Office staff are based in departmental accommodation, at either our London or Cardiff offices. The Department encourages flexible working and uses Ministry of Justice flexible working policies to enable staff to have working patterns that suit both individuals’ and business’ needs.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2018 10:06:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847097

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Fairtrade Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of his Department's spend on day-to-day goods comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office does not routinely spend on day-to-day food and drink products and uses Ministry of Justice contracts to procure most of our non-food day-to-day goods.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2018 09:56:24 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847115

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, to which organisations his Department has outsourced functions since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>None. As a small Department, the Wales Office uses services provided by the Ministry of Justice in areas such as human resources, information technology, finance and facilities management.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2018 09:57:52 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847135

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of workers employed directly by his Department belonged to a trade union in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office does not record how many of its staff are members of a trade union. The Department is not an employer in its own right and most of our staff are employed by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).</p><p> </p><p>The MOJ held data until December 2014 on the number of staff (including Wales Office staff) who were members of a trade union. However, following the removal of check-off as a method of payment for members to pay for union subscriptions it is no longer possible to verify the numbers of staff that are trade union members.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2018 09:59:10 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847176

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) full-time staff, (b) part-time staff, (c) temporary staff, and (d) any other staff were directly employed on zero-hours contracts by his Department in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office employed one member of staff on a zero-hours contract during 2009/10 and 2010/11, on a part-time basis. The Department has not employed anyone on a zero-hours contract since 2010/11.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2018 10:00:30 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

837400

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Childcare Vouchers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many of his Department's employees make use of childcare vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	126519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Five staff working at the Wales Office were in receipt of childcare vouchers in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/02/2018 10:48:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

834111

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Tourism: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on promoting Wales as a tourist destination.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	903571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>Wales is a fantastic tourist destination and we must take every opportunity to highlight its attractions. Since my appointment I have spoken with Visit Britain to discuss how we can work together to promote Wales to the world and I am hoping to meet with the Welsh Government Minister for Tourism in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 31/01/2018 17:38:29 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves