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1082724

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date	06/03/2019
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: 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 Home Secretary on trends in violent crime in Wales; and what the outcomes were of those discussions.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	229131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and I have regular discussions on a range of issues. Furthermore, ministers from my Department are members of the Inter-Ministerial Group on the Serious Violence Strategy.</p><p>The Government’s Serious Violence Strategy, published in April 2018, sets out the action we are taking to address serious violence and in particular the recent increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide.</p><p>The Strategy outlines an ambitious programme of robust commitments and actions. It sets out a very significant programme of work involving a range of Government Departments and partners in the public, voluntary and private sectors.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/03/2019 12:34:52 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1082725

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will list the (a) visits he has made to Welsh Parliamentary constituencies and (b) the purpose for each of those visits in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	229132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Ministers regularly visit Parliamentary constituencies in Wales. In each instance, the respective honourable Member is notified of the visit. Details of Ministerial visits and meetings are published on the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales website and in Quarterly Ministerial Transparency Returns. In addition, visits and meetings conducted in support of the Wales Office Business Plan are published in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Ministers are always keen to receive invitation requests from honourable Members.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/03/2019 12:36:27 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1082726

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund: 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 Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential effect of the Stronger Towns fund on Welsh communities.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	229133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>I have had discussions with a number of cabinet colleagues about the Stronger Towns Fund and how this will apply across the UK. We will ensure that towns in Wales can benefit from the Fund, building on the success of our City and Growth Deals initiative.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/03/2019 12:33:00 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1041744

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wylfa Power Station
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 (a) ministerial colleagues, (b) his counterpart in the Japanese Government, and (c) representatives of Hitachi on the future of the proposed Wylfa Newydd power plant.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>I have had regular discussions with my ministerial colleagues, Hitachi, Horizon Nuclear Power and the Japanese Government regarding the proposed Wylfa Newydd power plant, as well as visiting senior executives of Hitachi in Tokyo in August 2017. I recently met with the Japanese Prime Minister and representatives of Hitachi at Downing Street last week. We fully recognise that Hitachi’s decision will be a disappointment to people in Anglesey and North Wales, especially given the efforts of many stakeholders to support this project. The UK Government continues to discuss options for Hitachi and others to take the project forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 21/01/2019 10:27:21 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1041409

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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, what discussions his Department had with the Prime Minister's office on the content of the Prime Minister's Brexit speech in Stoke-on-Trent on 14 January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and civil servants in my Department have regular discussions with No 10 colleagues on a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 17/01/2019 11:41:42 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1038536

registered interest
date	09/01/2019
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Brexit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the Ministers Quarterly Transparency Return July to September 2018, published on 19 December 2018, if he will publish the names of the (a) the attendees of the expert panel on 17 October 2018 to discuss EU exit issues, and (b) the outcomes of that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	206759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>My Department’s Quarterly Transparency Return for July to September 2018 recorded in error a meeting of my EU Expert Panel on 17 October. The meeting took place on 17 September and this has now been corrected.</p><p> </p><p>The September meeting enabled me to engage directly with key stakeholders in Wales on the progress of EU exit work and to hear their views. We discussed a wide range of EU exit matters including the government’s white papers and technical notices.</p><p> </p><p>The meeting was attended by representatives from the following organisations:</p><p> </p><p>Farmers Union of Wales</p><p>National Farmers Union Cymru</p><p>South and Mid Wales Chamber of Commerce</p><p>Snowdonia Enterprise Zone</p><p>Wales Council for Voluntary Action</p><p>Country Landowners Association Cymru</p><p>Confederation of British Industry (Wales)</p><p>Welsh Local Government Association</p><p>Wales Environment Link</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 14/01/2019 11:25:16 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1027536

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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, whether his Department uses an internal system to classify written parliamentary questions according to their political sensitivity.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	203238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>No.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 07/01/2019 12:50:01 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1015541

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Billing
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 27 November 2018 to Question 194068 on Wales Office: Billing, what the reasons were for the undisputed and valid invoices that were not paid within 10 days of receipt in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	196135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales aims to pay all invoices within 10 days of receipt, and currently achieves this target in 90% of cases. The target is not met in a small number of cases for a variety of reasons, including invoices with incorrect or incomplete information and delays in the processing of payments by our service provider.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 03/12/2018 09:36:27 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1015030

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Sick Leave
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 number of days lost due to staff absences in his Department as a result of (a) physical ill health, (b) mental ill health, (c) stress and (d) anxiety disorders in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	195493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provides employment services on our behalf, including collection of absence data.</p><p> </p><p>The physical and mental wellbeing of our staff is crucially important to the department and staff have access to all MoJ employee services that help to sustain physical and mental wellbeing, including Occupational Health and a 24-hour employee assistance helpline.</p><p> </p><p>The information below outlines the number of days lost due to staff absences as a result of (a) physical ill health, (b) mental ill health, (c) stress and (d) anxiety disorders. MoJ categorise stress and anxiety disorders as mental ill health. We have therefore extracted the relevant data from (b) and recorded these in (c) and (d) below. Please note that this data is collected by calendar year and therefore data is not yet available for 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Number of working days lost due to:</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) physical ill health</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) mental ill health,</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(c) stress</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(d) anxiety disorders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>27.5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>135</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>289</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 29/11/2018 16:05:11 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1015155

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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, what the largest EU funded projects in Wales were in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	195498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Details of the projects in Wales funded by the European Union in the last ten years are available at the following addresses:</p><p> </p><p><strong>2014-2020:</strong> <a href="https://gov.wales/funding/eu-funds/2014-2020/approved-projects/?lang=en" target="_blank">https://gov.wales/funding/eu-funds/2014-2020/approved-projects/?lang=en</a></p><p><strong>2007-2013:</strong> <a href="https://gov.wales/funding/eu-funds/previous/searchprojects1/?lang=en" target="_blank">https://gov.wales/funding/eu-funds/previous/searchprojects1/?lang=en</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 29/11/2018 11:15:07 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane