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855671

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Apprentices
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 the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	130978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office currently has three apprentices, making 6% of our total workforce. Three other existing members of staff have completed apprenticeships at the Wales Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/03/2018 12:37:47 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

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

845621

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what translation arrangements his Department has put in place to enable efficient and accurate handling of Welsh language correspondence from (a) MPs and (b) the general public.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	128593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>My Department recognises the importance of the Welsh language in its day to day work. Our Welsh Language Scheme makes clear our commitment to treat the Welsh and English languages on the basis of equality, to enable people to interact with the department in their language of choice. We welcome correspondence in Welsh or English, and ensure replies on a consistent basis and to the same timescales irrespective of language. As a small department, my Office uses corporate services provided by the Ministry of Justice. This includes our use of the HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s Welsh language translation service when required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 26/02/2018 15:29:12 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

839093

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have held with the Welsh Government on the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon since 6 December 2017; and when and where such meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	127652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Officials from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales met with Welsh Government representatives on 26 January 2018 at the offices of BEIS, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET. No other meetings with the Welsh Government regarding the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon involving myself, Wales Office ministers or officials have taken place since 6 December 2017.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 20/02/2018 09:38:10 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore