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823164

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Ministerial Powers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many ministerial directions were issued to his Department in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	122847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 18/01/2018 12:18:36 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

821565

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many vehicles in his Department's fleet are (a) electric vehicles and (b) ultra-low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	122483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>None. The Wales Office does not own or lease any vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/01/2018 13:20:35 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

820805

registered interest
date	11/01/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has a carer's policy for its employees; and what other steps his Department has taken to support employees with caring responsibilities.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	122223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Wales Office is not an employer in its own right; our staff are employed under Ministry of Justice contracts. We therefore follow the carer policy commitments of the Ministry of Justice. The Wales Office offers supportive inclusive practices for staff with caring responsibilities which include special leave and flexible working options tailored to individual needs; access to a carers’ network; and provision of advice and counselling through the Employee Assistance Programme.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/01/2018 13:18:34 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

810547

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the title was of each set of regulations introduced by his Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a></p><p> </p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 120979 question first answered 11/01/2018 11:51:25 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810575

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department he is planning to propose (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will retain EU law as it applies in the UK on exit day. We expect between 800 and 1000 statutory instruments will be required across Government to correct this EU retained law to ensure the statute book functions appropriately outside the EU. All Departments are engaged in this process.</p><p> </p><p>Once we leave the EU, we will make our own laws. As we leave the EU, the Government’s EU exit legislative programme is designed to cater for the full range of negotiated and non-negotiated outcomes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/01/2018 11:49:39 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810633

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 119948, on Wales Office, whether the regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues included discussion of the Shared Prosperity Fund with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	120978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Yes.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 08/01/2018 15:16:10 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

810634

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what processes his Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a></p><p> </p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 120892 question first answered 11/01/2018 11:51:25 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810312

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Economic Situation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on its recently published economic action plan for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	120778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on economic policy for Wales.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and I met with the Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure to discuss the UK Government’s Industrial Strategy and the Welsh Governments Economic Action Plan. Our officials have since continued this conversation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 08/01/2018 15:15:24 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

809731

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Written Questions
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 his Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions in the 2017-18 Session to date have referred to the information requested not being (a) collected or (b) collated centrally.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Wales Office have answered 1 written parliamentary question explaining that the requested information was not available on the grounds of it not being collected or held centrally. This is out of a total of 173 parliamentary questions that have been answered (as at 20 December).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 21/12/2017 10:41:07 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

809847

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Social Mobility
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 improve social mobility in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	120467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Many of the levers which affect Social mobility are devolved in Wales and therefore the responsibility of the Welsh Government. However, my office works closely with a variety of Government departments to ensure that action in non-devolved areas fully considers the needs of Wales and helps to improve social mobility across the UK.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 21/12/2017 10:44:55 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane