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date	04/02/2020
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the renewable energy sector in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	12365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>I discuss a range of issues with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy including the renewable energy sector in Wales. The Government is committed to ensuring that renewable energy is part of the UK’s future energy mix.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 12/02/2020 11:21:21 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1175985

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date	04/02/2020
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of universal credit on the cost of living of low-income families in (a) Newport West and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	12366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Universal Credit is helping parents to move into and remain in work, offering the best opportunity for families to move out of poverty and to improve children’s long-term outcomes. Universal Credit helps families with the cost of living by providing budgeting support and paying up to 85% of childcare costs.</p><p> </p><p>Since the introduction of Universal Credit to Newport West at the end of 2017, unemployment has fallen by over 40%, with 1,000 fewer people unemployed. The employment rate in Newport West is above the average for Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit continues to have a positive effect on the labour market in Wales with 34.4% of claimants in Wales in employment. Unemployment in Wales is at a new record low, with an unemployment rate of 3.0%, below the UK average of 3.8%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 12/02/2020 11:22:40 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones