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1421138

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Hill Farming: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of planned UK trade deals on Welsh hill farmers.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	905492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>Wales’ identity is intrinsically linked to its landscape and the farming communities who work that land. The Government is committed to supporting Welsh farmers in seizing new opportunities the trade deals bring.</p><p>The Department for International Trade’s Wales-based team will help Welsh business, including farmers and food producers, grow abroad.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 09/02/2022 14:15:15 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1421139

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: 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 First Minister of Wales on the Shared Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	905494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>My Right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, and I have regular discussions with the First Minister of Wales on a range of issues, including how the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will help to level up communities right across Wales.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 09/02/2022 14:16:32 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

1421140

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Veterans: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps the Government is taking to work with the Welsh Government to deliver the Veterans Strategy Action Plan 2022-24.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	905495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>A key commitment in the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan is to appoint a Veterans’ Commissioner for Wales, ensuring that all parts of the UK have an independent voice representing the interests of veterans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 09/02/2022 14:17:28 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1421166

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Crime: Newport West
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 Cabinet colleagues on the impact of police funding for Wales on crime levels in Newport West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	121918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with my Cabinet colleagues on a wide range of subjects, including policing and criminal justice matters in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Welsh Police Forces will receive £820 million in total in 2022/23, an increase of up to £39.2 million on the 2021/22 settlement, and Gwent Police Force, which covers the Newport West constituency, will see an increase of £7.7 million in its 2022/23 funding.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, Police forces in Wales have been allocated a combined total of 603 additional officers for years one and two of the police uplift. At 31 December, they had recruited 479 officers towards this allocation, with Gwent Police Force having recruited 93 additional uplift officers against an allocation of 124 officers.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a considerable impact on the levels of crime across the country, during this reporting period. In respect of the levels of crime in Newport West, Gwent Police Force recorded a 6% drop in crime (excluding fraud) on the previous year in September 2021.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/02/2022 14:06:48 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1421167

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Government Departments: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on Government Departments procuring more products that are made in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	121919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with my Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues, including those around procurement. The Government wants businesses from every corner of the UK to be successful in bidding for UK public contracts.</p><p> </p><p>We are reforming the procurement rules to make it simpler, quicker and cheaper for suppliers, including small and mid-size enterprises and social enterprises, to bid for public sector contracts. The Welsh Government has confirmed that it will also join the reforms.</p><p> </p><p>The reforms will support the Government’s levelling up priorities by making it easier for public sector buyers to take account of social value when awarding contracts. This will allow public sector procurement to play into the strengths of Welsh businesses, including those in Newport West, who are well placed to deliver benefits.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/02/2022 14:12:20 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1421168

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Energy: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent steps the Government has taken to tackle the impact of rising energy costs on industry and businesses in Newport West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	121920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises this is a worrying time for businesses of all sizes, due to significant increases in global energy prices.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2013, we have provided Energy-Intensive Industries with extensive support, with more than £2 billion to help with the costs of electricity, including over £600 million for the steel industry. This support includes electricity price relief schemes for eligible Energy Intensive Industries in sectors such as steel, chemicals, cement, ceramics, paper, and glass. We also have funds in place to support businesses with high energy use, to cut their bills and reduce their carbon emissions, including the £315 million Industrial Energy Transformation Fund.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 21/02/2022 14:10:12 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1421556

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the First Minister of Wales regarding the Shared Prosperity Fund.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wilcox of Newport
uin	HL6165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government has regular contact with the First Minister of Wales on a range of issues, including how the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up communities in Wales.</p><p> </p><p>Through its share of the £2.6 billion UKSPF, we will boost productivity, jobs and living standards right across Wales whilst empowering local leaders to restore local pride and a sense of community. This is in addition to the investment Wales will receive though other local growth funds such as the Levelling Up Fund and the Community Ownership Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 21/02/2022 15:43:34 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	4730 label Biography information for Baroness Wilcox of Newport

1420726

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Wales
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 impact of the First Minister of Northern Ireland's resignation on trade between Wales and Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	120912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is monitoring and assessing these critical trade routes between Wales, Northern Ireland, and the rest of the UK. Ministers meet regularly to discuss such matters.</p><p>The decision by the Democratic Unionist Party to withdraw the First Minister from the Northern Ireland Executive is extremely disappointing. The Government’s priority is to see a strong functioning Northern Ireland Executive delivering a better, more prosperous, shared future for all the people of Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 16/02/2022 14:19:47 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1420739

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	National Insurance Contributions: Newport West
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 Cabinet colleagues on the impact of the National Insurance contribution rise on (a) households and (b) employers in Newport West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	120925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with my Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues, including National Insurance contributions (NICs).</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to responsible management of the public finances. That is why the Government has taken the tough but responsible decision to increase taxes, introducing a UK-wide 1.25% Health and Social Care Levy based on NICs, in order to fund a significant increase in permanent spending on the NHS and social care. <ins class="ministerial">There is a significant Union dividend for Wales within this levy, meaning that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will benefit by around 15% more than is generated from their residents, equivalent to around £300 million every year on average.</ins></p><p> </p><p>Regarding the impact on households; NICs is progressive, the Primary Threshold means that the lowest earners do not pay any NICs. The highest earning 15% will pay over half the revenues raised by the Levy and 6.1 million people earning less than the Primary Threshold (equivalent to £9,880 a year in 2022-23) will not pay the Levy.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the impact on businesses; while it is fair that businesses contribute, as they benefit from having a healthy workforce, big businesses will pay the most. 70% of the money raised from business will come from the biggest 1% of employers (those with at least 250 employees). Just under 40% of all employers with employer NICs/Levy liabilities (630,000 employers) are expected not to pay the Levy due to the Employment Allowance. The next 42% of businesses (675,000 employers) will face an average increase of £475 per year, less than 1% of their overall wage bill.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 14/02/2022 12:39:05 question first ministerially corrected 18/02/2022 09:44:37 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart previous answer version 50799 answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1420963

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Chief Scientific Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many meetings he had with his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser from (a) 1 March to 31 May 2021, (b) 1 June to 31 August 2021 and (c) 1 September to 30 November 2021.
tabling member constituency	Tunbridge Wells
tabling member printed	Greg Clark
uin	120711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales does not have a Chief Scientific Adviser.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 14/02/2022 12:35:58 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark