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1523945

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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 discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential benefits of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Simon Baynes
uin	901677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues on how Wales’ £585 million share of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will level up communities across Wales.</p><p /><p>With local authorities, businesses, the third sector and civil society fully engaged, the UKSPF will mean quicker delivery, better targeting and closer alignment with local priorities than previous EU funding.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 19/10/2022 12:13:55 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes

1524409

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Welsh Local Government’s report that higher energy bills could means that councils across Wales have £200 million less to spend than in 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	67170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>We understand the pressure that businesses, charities, and public sector organisations are facing with their energy bills, which is why the UK Government is taking immediate action to ensure customers are protected over the winter period.</p><p> </p><p>Through the new Energy Bill Relief Scheme, the Government will provide a discount on energy prices for local authorities whose bills have been significantly inflated by the global energy crisis.</p><p> </p><p>A Treasury-led review will be launched to inform a decision on future support after March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Local Government Finance in Wales is devolved and is a matter for the Welsh Government. The Spending Review 2021 set the largest annual block grant, in real terms, of any spending review settlement since devolution.  Over the Spending Review period, the UK government is providing the Welsh Government with 20% more funding per person than equivalent UK Government spending in other parts of the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 25/10/2022 09:03:02 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1523821

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Local Growth Deals: North 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 potential merits of the North Wales growth deal for universities in that region.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	65635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is investing £790 million in city and growth deals across Wales, including £120 million in the North Wales Growth Deal.</p><p>The six local authorities in North Wales are driving forward the Deal and collaborating with the region’s universities and higher education institutions to develop research and innovation projects which increase growth, deliver jobs and build a skilled workforce for the future.</p><p>Bangor University recently received £3m in Growth Deal funding for its Digital Signalling Processing Centre. This exciting project will improve the handling and transmission of data, and is putting North Wales at the forefront of this emerging sector. Growth Deal partners are also considering two other potential projects at the University; a low-carbon centre of excellence and a centre for environmental biotechnology.</p><p>The Growth Deal is also working with Wrexham Glyndwr University to develop an enterprise engineering optic centre, focusing on reducing the use of carbon in manufacturing.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 21/10/2022 09:09:41 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1523099

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people held electronic purchasing cards that allowed them to make purchases against his Department’s budget as of 31 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	63983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2022, there are eight people in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales who hold corporate credit cards which allows them to make purchases against the Departmental budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 20/10/2022 09:53:41 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1521337

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	61761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales spent the following on first class train travel for (a) ministers (b) civil servants in 2020, 2021 and 2022 (to the end of September).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Spend on First Class Train Travel (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022 </strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministers</p></td><td><p>6,846.75</p></td><td><p>12,055.15</p></td><td><p>5,059.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Servants</p></td><td><p>399.00</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>77.45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,245.75</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,055.15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,136.60</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 19/10/2022 16:10:11 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1519176

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Subject Access Requests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many subject access requests his Department has (a) received and (b) responded to within the statutory limit in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	59206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>My Department has received two subject access requests in the last five years. One request was responded to within the statutory limit. The other request was sent to my Department in error and was forwarded to the Ministry of Justice as the correct Department to provide a response.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 18/10/2022 10:06:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1506976

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on communications staff in each year between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	51732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The total salary costs (including National Insurance and pension costs) spent on communications staff between 2010-11 to 2015-16 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Salary Costs* (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>201,848</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>262,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>326,146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>183,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p>350,637</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>330,759</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>* </strong>The spend on salaries includes staff on maternity leave and those covering their post in their absence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 22/09/2022 15:12:19 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1507155

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by his Department as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	51540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>There are no recorded instances where the provision of mandatory training of staff regarding their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 have been cited by the Department as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 22/09/2022 15:09:38 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1504745

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Railways: 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 the Welsh Government on establishing a new Wales Rail Board to bring forward Welsh rail projects, including upgrading the North Wales mainline.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	47711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>In response to a recommendation from the Welsh Affairs Select Committee, the UK and Welsh Governments agreed to establish a Wales Rail Board. The Board met for the first time in March and continues to meet regularly. It will establish a strategic programme with an agreed prioritisation for the future progression of rail schemes in Wales. This includes improvements to the North Wales main line for which we expect to receive an Outline Business Case from Network Rail early next year.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 08/09/2022 08:42:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1504932

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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 assessment his Department has made of the differential in domestic energy costs between Wales and the rest of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	47573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) publishes annual estimates of gas and electricity bills along with statistics on household expenditure of fuel. The most recent statistics published by BEIS regarding average variable unit costs and standing charges for gas demonstrates that in 2021, in North Wales and Merseyside the average variable unit price (£/kWh) was on par with the average across Great Britain, while in South Wales the average was £0.0006 per kWh higher. Similarly, in 2021, the most recent statistics published by BEIS regarding average variable unit costs and standing charges for standard electricity saw those in South Wales see an average variable unit price (£/kWh) on par with the UK average, with those in North Wales and Merseyside paying £0.01 more than the UK average. This Government is committed to ensuring that all regions pay a fair price for energy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and today, the Prime Minister set out further measures of support that this government will be providing as we deal with these global challenges. Action taken by this government will see a typical household in Great Britain pay no more than £2,500 on their energy bills from October for each of the next two years. This will save a typical household £1,000 a year and comes in addition to the non-refundable £400 Energy Bill Support Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Sir Robert Buckland question first answered 08/09/2022 15:13:23 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens