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596068

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Attendance Allowance
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 potential effect on Wales of the proposal to transfer responsibility for attendance allowance to local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	47503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text The Government is committed to working closely with the Welsh Government to ensure the implications of any reforms for devolved administration services or budgets are properly understood. answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 12/10/2016 12:18:28 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

596069

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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, what proportion of staff on the payroll of his Department who work in Westminster are (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of another country.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	47595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right and payroll services are provided by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) on our behalf.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 14/10/2016 11:09:50 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

596070

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	47573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Wales Office does not employ any cleaners. The Department uses Ministry of Justice facilities management contracts, including the provision of cleaning for its Westminster estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 14/10/2016 11:08:46 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

596071

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
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 net benefit to the Welsh economy of the steel to be used in the construction of the Hinkley C nuclear power plant.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	46766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold the specific figures requested. The decision to proceed with the first new nuclear power station for a generation will provide a huge boost to the regional economy including South Wales. Construction at the Hinkley site will provide 26,000 jobs and apprenticeships, and 64% of the project’s costs will be spent in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Welsh companies are already taking advantage of the opportunities this project presents, for example, Express Reinforcements in South Wales was given preferred bidder status for a £100m contract to supply 200,000 tonnes of reinforcing steel for the project.</p><p> </p><p>I would encourage businesses in Wales to register with EDF in order to take advantage of upcoming supply chain opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 46773 46774 46775 question first answered 14/10/2016 11:07:20 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

596072

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Lidl: Industrial Disputes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that GMB is able to negotiate on behalf of 200 workers at the Lidl warehouse in Bridgend.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	46767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has put in place a robust legal framework to ensure workers can be represented by unions if that is their clear, democratic choice. The Government cannot get involved in individual cases such as this one. However, the law states that for a trade union to have the right to negotiate collectively and for its workplace representatives to be eligible for time off to carry out union duties, the union must be recognised by the employer.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory recognition (achieved through the Central Arbitration Committee – CAC) requires that a majority of the workforce support union recognition for collective bargaining with the employer.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/10/2016 11:04:16 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

596076

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
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 net benefit to the Welsh economy of jobs created as a result of the construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	46775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold the specific figures requested. The decision to proceed with the first new nuclear power station for a generation will provide a huge boost to the regional economy including South Wales. Construction at the Hinkley site will provide 26,000 jobs and apprenticeships, and 64% of the project’s costs will be spent in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Welsh companies are already taking advantage of the opportunities this project presents, for example, Express Reinforcements in South Wales was given preferred bidder status for a £100m contract to supply 200,000 tonnes of reinforcing steel for the project.</p><p> </p><p>I would encourage businesses in Wales to register with EDF in order to take advantage of upcoming supply chain opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 46766 46773 46774 question first answered 14/10/2016 11:07:21 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

596077

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will estimate how many jobs will be created in Wales as a result of the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	46774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold the specific figures requested. The decision to proceed with the first new nuclear power station for a generation will provide a huge boost to the regional economy including South Wales. Construction at the Hinkley site will provide 26,000 jobs and apprenticeships, and 64% of the project’s costs will be spent in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Welsh companies are already taking advantage of the opportunities this project presents, for example, Express Reinforcements in South Wales was given preferred bidder status for a £100m contract to supply 200,000 tonnes of reinforcing steel for the project.</p><p> </p><p>I would encourage businesses in Wales to register with EDF in order to take advantage of upcoming supply chain opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 46766 46773 46775 question first answered 14/10/2016 11:07:21 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

596079

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what plans he has to devolve the Wales and Border Rail Franchise to the Welsh Government.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	46772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The in-principle agreement between the Welsh Government and the Department for Transport to devolve the Wales and Borders franchise was announced on 21 November 2014.</p><p>We are continuing to engage constructively with the Welsh Government to enable them to achieve the successful procurement of the next Wales and Borders franchise from October 2018.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 14/10/2016 11:11:07 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

596080

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much Welsh steel will be used in the construction of the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	46773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government does not hold the specific figures requested. The decision to proceed with the first new nuclear power station for a generation will provide a huge boost to the regional economy including South Wales. Construction at the Hinkley site will provide 26,000 jobs and apprenticeships, and 64% of the project’s costs will be spent in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Welsh companies are already taking advantage of the opportunities this project presents, for example, Express Reinforcements in South Wales was given preferred bidder status for a £100m contract to supply 200,000 tonnes of reinforcing steel for the project.</p><p> </p><p>I would encourage businesses in Wales to register with EDF in order to take advantage of upcoming supply chain opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 46766 46774 46775 question first answered 14/10/2016 11:07:20 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

596081

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Local Growth Deals: North 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 ministerial colleagues about proposals for a North Wales Growth Deal.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	47038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The door is open to a growth deal for North Wales. The Government is looking carefully at proposals which have been developed by local partners in North Wales which could help to strengthen the region’s economy and make the most of its connections to the Northern Powerhouse.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/10/2016 11:17:40 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg