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1694141

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date	06/03/2024
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Fraud and Maladministration
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 amount of money lost to fraud and error by his Department in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is proud of its record in proactively seeking to find and prevent more fraud in the system. We have established the dedicated Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA). In its first year, it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The PSFA produces a Fraud Landscape Report (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cross-government-fraud-landscape-annual-report-2022</a>). This provides data on fraud and error detection, loss and recoveries in central government, outside of the tax and welfare system. The 2020/21 Report was published in March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no reported or detected fraud and error in the Department during the last three financial years.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 12/03/2024 10:49:36 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1693766

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: WhatsApp
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	17062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>All Departments in central government, including arms-length bodies apply the published guidance: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business" target="_blank">Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business</a> published by Cabinet Office in March 2023. It applies to all individuals in central government (ministers, special advisers, officials, contractors, non-executive board members and independent experts advising ministers). The Wales Office uses the central guidance and has applied it since March 2023.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 09:35:50 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1693929

registered interest
date	05/03/2024
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Tŷ William Morgan: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average level of staff attendance has been at the UK Government hub in Cardiff, Tŷ William Morgan in each month since December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	17149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Wales Office does not hold data on average levels of staff attendance for UK Government departments and agencies, and other public bodies, based in the UK Government hub in Ty William Morgan, Cardiff.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 09:38:01 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1693248

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Publishing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Dame Nia Griffith
uin	16628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) produced the following reports during the last three years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reports Produced</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Spend on Printing </strong> <strong>and Distribution* (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>OSSW Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21</p></td><td><p>3,420.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p>The UK Government’s Sixth Annual Report on the Implementation and Operation of Part 2 (Finance) of the Wales Act 2014</p></td><td><p>2,593.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022-23 </strong></p></td><td><p>OSSW Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22</p></td><td><p>1,245.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023-24 to date</strong></p></td><td><p>OSSW Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23</p></td><td><p>1,200.61</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*The Department outsources its printing and the invoices received do not split the costs between printing and distribution.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brecon and Radnorshire answering member printed Fay Jones question first answered 07/03/2024 11:14:50 answering member 4763 label Biography information for Fay Jones
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith