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1105731

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Economic Situation: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what forecasts the Government has made of the potential effect on the Welsh economy of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	237781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. This has not changed. However, the Government is continuing with our no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality. It is the responsible thing to do.</p><p>The UK Government’s analysis shows that under the White paper proposals GVA for Wales will be 8.1 percentage points higher than in the no deal scenario.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 01/04/2019 10:40:58 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1105240

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how officials in his Department have (a) retired, (b) transferred it to a different Department and (c) left the civil service in each year since the Department’s creation.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	237174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union was set up as a time limited department and as such the majority of staff are employed on fixed term contracts or are loaned from other Government Departments. Attrition has remained stable at about 3% monthly average for most of the department’s life. These figures are not considered out of line for a department that has a staff profile as above.</p><p>Many of those who have left to date have been planned leavers who have moved to other government departments due to their loan or job rotation coming to an end, or have left the civil service following the end of their fixed-term appointment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/04/2019 09:13:26 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1105243

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many officials in his Department were on long term paid sick leave as of 1 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	237176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Health and Wellbeing forms part of the Department for Exiting the European Union’s commitment to making the Department a great place to work. The DExEU Absence Management Policy defines long term sickness as: ‘A continuous period of sickness absence ...reaches 14 consecutive calendar days.’</p><p>Due to the small numbers of staff affected, the Department is unable to release this information as disclosure would contravene one of the data protection principles. All staff who are absent are offered various support mechanisms through our Employee Assistance Programme and their line management.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/04/2019 11:29:00 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1105006

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the Barnett consequentials for Wales of the introduction of the Stronger Towns Funds.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	236491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 26 March 2019 to Question UIN 228691.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 28/03/2019 13:38:17 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1105007

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on the adequacy of the funding settlement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	236492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>My Department is responsible for the Local Government Finance Settlement in England. Local authority funding in Wales is a devolved matter and funding is the responsibility of the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 28/03/2019 12:54:13 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1092754

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) conducting tribunal cases on personal independence payments and (b) providing legal representation at tribunal cases on personal independence payments in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	235345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>For part (a); the information is not readily available and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has interpreted part (b) as the costs of external counsel’s fees in PIP cases at the Upper Tribunal in the last 12 months. External counsel’s fees billed to date are £42, 279.92. The Department does not instruct counsel to provide legal representation for PIP cases at the First-tier Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/03/2019 17:26:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1092755

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Naturalisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to estimate the number of people in the UK who are entitled to British citizenship but have not yet been naturalised.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	235402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>Information on the UK’s resident population and their characteristics is a matter for the independent Office for National Statistics. Naturalisation as a British Citizen is by discretion and until an individual makes an application to be naturalised, and their application is assessed, it is not possible to tell whether they will qualify for British Citizenship.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/03/2019 17:06:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1092756

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Naturalisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many M1N1 application forms have been submitted in each of the last three years; and what proportion were (a) refused and (b) withdrawn.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	235403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The available information relates to total grants and refusals of citizenship by general category, and are published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics citizenship table cz_01 and , latest available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#citizenship </a></p><p>The large majority of cases decided in 2018 were grants (94%).</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/03/2019 17:16:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1092757

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total amount of solar energy captured in the UK is for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	235404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Electricity and heat generated in the UK each year from solar technologies are presented below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Electricity generated</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Solar thermal generation (MTOE)</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total solar energy consumption (MTOE)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(GWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(MTOE)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2,010</p></td><td><p>173</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p><strong>222</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>4,054</p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p><strong>399</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>7,533</p></td><td><p>648</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p><strong>699</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>10,411</p></td><td><p>895</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p><strong>947</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>11,525</p></td><td><p>991</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p><strong>1,044</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p><p> </p><p>The data above excludes unsubsidised solar generation not currently reported to BEIS or Ofgem. This is estimated to be very small.</p><p>Data for electricity generation in 2018 will be published on Thursday March 28 at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766384/ET_6.1.xls" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/766384/ET_6.1.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures for solar thermal generation in 2018 will be published on Thursday July 25 at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729372/DUKES_6.1-6.3.xls" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/729372/DUKES_6.1-6.3.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/03/2019 17:33:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1091054

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Sports: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department has taken to encourage female participation in team sports at (a) amateur and (b) professional level.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	233631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The fantastic performances at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, the UEFA Women’s Euros, World Athletics Championships, Women’s Rugby World Cup and the Commonwealth Games among others, have been truly inspirational. It is vital we build on these successes at the grassroots and elite levels.</p><p> </p><p>This government supports some fantastic initiatives that encourage women to take up sport and physical activity at the grassroots level. For example Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign which promotes team sports such as rugby, basketball and goalball. Sport England have also committed around £85 million into the England talent system and currently fund England Talent Pathways in 43 sports (including team sports). In August 2018 Sport England published their Talent Plan in which they committed to working with new partners to identify and develop talent from under-represented groups in other environments or locations.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/03/2019 11:45:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens