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882441

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 March 2018, Spring Statement, HCWS 540, if he will publish a list of where the £0.3 million in EU exit funding for his Department will be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	135503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office has used the £0.3 million in EU exit funding to recruit more staff to work on matters relating to EU exit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/04/2018 11:54:09 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

882525

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, what proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment and recruitment services on our behalf. To ensure the best possible mix of talent and remove barriers for all individuals, including ex-offenders, the MoJ fully implemented the Ban the Box initiative in October 2016. Data prior to this date is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 135588 question first answered 20/04/2018 12:06:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882526

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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, what his Department's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment and recruitment services on our behalf. To ensure the best possible mix of talent and remove barriers for all individuals, including ex-offenders, the MoJ fully implemented the Ban the Box initiative in October 2016. Data prior to this date is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 135587 question first answered 20/04/2018 12:06:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882643

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department are paid less than the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right and has no direct employees, nor does it contract for outsourced staff. Staff at the Wales Office are Ministry of Justice (MoJ) employees and agency staff are engaged through MoJ contracts. No MoJ direct employees or any agency staff working at the Wales Office are paid less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 20/04/2018 12:03:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

882720

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, and pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2018 to Question 134113, on Travellers: Equality, what meetings he has had since 2016 with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on using the 2011 census classifications that differentiate Gypsies and Travellers.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	135782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no policy responsibility in relation to Gypsies and Travellers in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit website displays data where possible using the Census 2011 ethnic categories, which includes Gypsy or Irish Traveller.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Race Disparity Unit work closely together to further progress the harmonisation of ethnicity data across the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and to improve the coverage of ethnic groups including Gypsy, Roma and Travellers.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit Inter Ministerial Group chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster discusses matters pertaining to the progress of the Race Disparity Audit, including the collection of ethnicity data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 135783 question first answered 20/04/2018 12:04:37 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

882721

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Travellers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what progress his Department has made in using the 2011 census classifications that differentiate Gypsies and Travellers.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	135783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department has no policy responsibility in relation to Gypsies and Travellers in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit website displays data where possible using the Census 2011 ethnic categories, which includes Gypsy or Irish Traveller.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Race Disparity Unit work closely together to further progress the harmonisation of ethnicity data across the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and to improve the coverage of ethnic groups including Gypsy, Roma and Travellers.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit Inter Ministerial Group chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster discusses matters pertaining to the progress of the Race Disparity Audit, including the collection of ethnicity data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 135782 question first answered 20/04/2018 12:04:37 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

872612

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Official Hospitality
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 spent on hospitality in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	134426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>The amount spent hospitality in the Wales Office for the last five financial years is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend on Hospitality</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>8,439</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 04/04/2018 16:11:46 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

869492

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether (a) his Department and (b) any of his Department's agencies entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	134006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office has not entered into any contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 29/03/2018 10:47:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

868464

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 132229 on Wales Office: Buildings, what the cost to his Department was of the rented accommodation in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	133684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The cost to the Department of the rented accommodation in Cardiff over the last three years is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15*</strong></p></td><td><p>81,134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>194,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>194,235</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The costs include rental costs, service charges, rates and facilities management.</p><p>*The costs were lower in 2014-15 due to the Wales Office being in a rent free period between the 1 January 2014 to 31 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 28/03/2018 11:39:48 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

868500

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2018 to Question 122821, on Apprentices: Wales, whether his Department plans to have consulted with the Welsh Government before the summer recess.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	133720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has set out our intention to consult on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund before the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/03/2018 08:48:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 49840 answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens