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registered interest
date	15/01/2020
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the economic effect on low-income families of the roll-out of universal credit in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Alex Davies-Jones
uin	900131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>Work is the most effective route out of poverty. Universal Credit makes it easier for people to move into work and keep more of what they earn.</p><p>We have listened to concerns and as a result ensured that claimants can access 100% advance payments on day one of a Universal Credit claim and continue to receive Housing Benefit for two weeks after transitioning.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 15/01/2020 15:55:46 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4849 label Biography information for Alex Davies-Jones

91565

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many copies of his Department's report, Building a more prosperous Wales: Infrastructure for a modern economy, were distributed; and what feedback he has received on that report.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	208952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Copies of the report were circulated to the Wales Office Infrastructure Working Group and distributed at the Policy Forum for Wales event on 30 June. The report was also sent to the Welsh Affairs Committee. The report is available online in Welsh and English on gov.uk.</p><p>Feedback on the report was positive, including from CBI Wales. The estimated cost for the publication of this report is £174.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb grouped question UIN 208953 question first answered 15/10/2014 14:49:03 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

91566

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what costs arose from the publication of his Department's report, Building a more prosperous Wales: Infrastructure for a modern economy.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	208953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Copies of the report were circulated to the Wales Office Infrastructure Working Group and distributed at the Policy Forum for Wales event on 30 June. The report was also sent to the Welsh Affairs Committee. The report is available online in Welsh and English on gov.uk.</p><p>Feedback on the report was positive, including from CBI Wales. The estimated cost for the publication of this report is £174.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb grouped question UIN 208952 question first answered 15/10/2014 14:49:03 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

91568

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	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 staff the Wales Office employs on zero hour contracts.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	208893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Wales Office does not have any staff employed on zero hour contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 26/09/2014 11:44:09 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

91569

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent representations he has made to his Cabinet colleagues about the cost of gas and electricity in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	208870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of topics, including matters relating to the energy sector.</p><p>The UK Government is committed to tackling people’s energy costs which spiralled out of control under the last Government. We have legislated to ensure that energy companies put customers onto the lowest tariff that meets their preference, and we have provided £540 million in funding over three years to support and encourage energy efficiency across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 16/10/2014 15:55:22 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

91571

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Block Grant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the real term change in the Welsh Government's block grant has been since the start of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	208867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>We have taken the necessary decisions to restore this country to financial stability to deliver a brighter economic future.</p><p>As a result of the positive Barnett consequentials the Welsh Government has received from our ongoing protections to UK health and schools budgets, the reductions to the Welsh Government’s block grant are less than the overall reductions for the whole UK Government and considerably less than the reductions for non-protected departments.</p><p>The following details the changes to the Welsh Government’s block grant in real terms since the start of the current parliament.</p><p><strong>Welsh Government’s block grant, real terms percentage change per annum</strong></p><p><strong>2010-11 to 2011-12 outturn: </strong>-5.1</p><p><strong>2011-12 to 2012-13 outturn: </strong>-0.6</p><p><strong>2012-13 to 2013-14 outturn: </strong>0.4</p><p><strong>2013-14 outturn to 2014-15 plans: </strong>-0.4</p><p><strong>2014-15 plans to 2015-16 plans: </strong>-2.5</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 15/10/2014 15:08:38 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

91572

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Official Engagements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which official engagements have been held in the Wales Office in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	208868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Details of all official ministerial engagements are published on the Wales Office website every quarter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 26/09/2014 11:46:08 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith