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753352

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government on what date the Welsh Government was given a draft copy of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill; and on what date they received written comments from the Welsh Government on the proposed contents of that Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL1040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill was shared with officials in the Welsh Government and the other devolved administrations on 30 June. Since then, Government officials have continued discussions on the Bill with their colleagues in the Welsh Government. The Government expects those discussions to intensify over the coming weeks and months as we work through the legislative preparations for our exit from the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2017 10:04:44 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

753600

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of children were living in poverty in Neath in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	5857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The poverty threshold as measured by the UK Government and the European Union is 60 per cent of median household income. Statistics are published as part of the Department for Work &amp; Pensions (DWP) Households below Average Income (HBAI) release. The HBAI statistics are not produced on a constituency basis.</p><p> </p><p>Estimates of child poverty by constituency are published by HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC), based on benefits and tax credits data. These are available for the years 2006-2014 on the constituency profiles website. Differences in methodology mean the HMRC estimates are not directly comparable with the headline national and regional poverty estimates published in DWP’s HBAI release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 24/07/2017 10:12:13 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

753601

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Electoral Register: Neath
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many 18 to 25-year-olds in Neath are (a) included in the latest census estimate and (b) recorded on the electoral register.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	5858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The ONS published experimental data on mid-2015 population estimates for Parliamentary constituencies in October 2016. The data shows that there were 6,500 18 to 25 year olds in Neath.</p><p> </p><p>A breakdown of the constituency register by age is not available.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 24/07/2017 10:13:28 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

753602

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Public Sector: Neath
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of constituents in Neath worked in the public sector in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	5859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The tables below detail the number and proportion of public sector workers in Neath between 2004 and 2017, as reported in the ONS Annual Population Survey (APS).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Time</p></td><td><p>Public Sector Workers</p></td><td><p>Total Workers</p></td><td><p>% of workers in Public Sector</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2004-Mar 2005</p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td><td><p>28,200</p></td><td><p>31.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2005-Mar 2006</p></td><td><p>9,100</p></td><td><p>29,700</p></td><td><p>30.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2006-Mar 2007</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td><td><p>29,700</p></td><td><p>33.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2007-Mar 2008</p></td><td><p>9,700</p></td><td><p>29,700</p></td><td><p>32.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2008-Mar 2009</p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td><td><p>31,300</p></td><td><p>31.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2009-Mar 2010</p></td><td><p>9,600</p></td><td><p>29,300</p></td><td><p>32.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2010-Mar 2011</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td><td><p>30,500</p></td><td><p>32.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2011-Mar 2012</p></td><td><p>9,300</p></td><td><p>31,300</p></td><td><p>29.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2012-Mar 2013</p></td><td><p>11,300</p></td><td><p>30,700</p></td><td><p>36.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2013-Mar 2014</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td><td><p>32,200</p></td><td><p>39.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2014-Mar 2015</p></td><td><p>10,500</p></td><td><p>32,200</p></td><td><p>32.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2015-Mar 2016</p></td><td><p>10,100</p></td><td><p>32,500</p></td><td><p>31.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr 2016-Mar 2017</p></td><td><p>9,500</p></td><td><p>33,100</p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: ONS, Annual Population Survey via nomisweb</p><p>Data is rounded to nearest 100</p><p> </p><p>The preferred source of statistics for public sector employment is the Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey (QPSES), however, figures from this source are not available at constituency level, therefore the APS statistics are provided above. Individuals in the APS are classified according to their responses to the survey. Consequently, the classification of an individual’s sector may differ from how they would be classified in QPSES statistics.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 26/07/2017 16:20:46 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

753603

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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, how much and what proportion of his Department's expenditure has been identified as relating to its work on the UK leaving the EU in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	5634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union has responsibility for overseeing preparations for the withdrawal of the UK from the EU and conducting these withdrawal negotiations in support of the Prime Minister. In doing this it is working very closely with other Government departments, including the Wales Office.</p><p> </p><p>The Wales Office does not identify expenditure on EU exit separately from overall expenditure. Work relating to exiting the EU forms part of the policy portfolio of most staff.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 24/07/2017 10:10:38 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

752452

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what they communicated to the Welsh Government about the implications for capital provision or borrowing capacity consequent upon the possibility of government financial guarantees being provided by the Welsh Government to the Heads of the Valley Development Company Circuit of Wales project.
tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
uin	HL898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>HMT officials provided informal advice to the Welsh Government on the likely factors that would be considered by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the classification of financial guarantees for the Heads of the Valley Development Company Circuit of Wales projects. It is for the Welsh Government to manage the implications for capital provision or borrowing capacity on any ONS classification of financial guarantees.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2017 10:05:15 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley

752453

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they consider that the government financial guarantees sought by the Heads of Valleys Development Company for the Circuit of Wales project would mean that the expenditure on the project would be regarded as public sector capital expenditure.
tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
uin	HL899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>The classification of public sector capital expenditure is a matter for the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS).</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2017 10:05:32 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley

752454

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so when, the Welsh Government asked HM Treasury and the National Infrastructure Commission for their view or advice concerning the public sector accountancy treatment of government financial guarantees to the Circuit of Wales project.
tabling member printed	Lord Lansley
uin	HL900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>HMT have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on a range of subjects. Any decisions on the classification of government financial guarantees to the Circuit of Wales project are for the Office for National Statistics.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/07/2017 10:05:54 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	123 label Biography information for Lord Lansley

753016

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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, how many staff in his Department have responsibilities relating to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	5514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union has responsibility for overseeing preparations for the withdrawal of the UK from the EU and conducting these withdrawal negotiations in support of the Prime Minister. In doing this it is working very closely with other Government departments, including the Wales Office.</p><p>The Wales Office has refocused its priorities following the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union and work relating to exiting the EU now forms part of the policy portfolio of most staff.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 20/07/2017 11:10:16 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

753017

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	European Union (Withdrawal) Bill: Wales
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 3 July 2017 to Question 982, for what reason the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill makes no reference to powers set to be devolved to the National Assembly for Wales.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	5541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill establishes a transitional arrangement that replicates current EU frameworks in UK law, referred to as retained EU law. The Government is now beginning intensive discussions with the devolved administrations about where common frameworks are needed in the areas covered by the transitional arrangement. Where frameworks are not needed, the Bill provides a mechanism for passing powers to the devolved nations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 20/07/2017 11:03:06 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn