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63560

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Trade Unions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will retract his request to government departments to end check-off payroll deductions for trades union subscriptions.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	202194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>Departments are required to recover the cost of check off.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East during Cabinet Office Orals on 25 June 2014 (Official Report) Column Ref: 302W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 26/06/2014 16:24:05 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

748046

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that all content on the gov.uk website is accessible to Welsh language users.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	2917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Cabinet Office is committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met.<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a> gives every central government organisation the ability to publish content in Welsh.</p><p><strong><br></strong>There are currently more than 2,000 Welsh-language pages on<a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a>, an increase of over 50 percent in the past 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/07/2017 16:17:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

748048

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government services are only available in the Welsh language on request.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	2919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Government departments are accountable for the provision of their services in the Welsh language, guided by the requirements of their individual Welsh Language schemes. Each department has its own system for understanding the need to translate services, for example whether they accept translation requests from the public.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/07/2017 16:16:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

748049

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a right to equality of service for Welsh language users of Government digital services.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	2920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met. The Government Digital Service is working together with Wales Office to understand how high-quality online user journeys can best be provided to Welsh-language speakers.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 2921 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:18:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

748050

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Welsh Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing all Government digital services in the Welsh language in addition to English.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	2921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met. The Government Digital Service is working together with Wales Office to understand how high-quality online user journeys can best be provided to Welsh-language speakers.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 2920 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:18:31 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

713053

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	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	Aerospace Industry: Wales
	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 recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on the Welsh aerospace sector of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	68676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>We have engaged with the sector across the breadth of the UK, including through ADS (the national trade association for the sector), representatives of each of the Devolved Administrations, and directly with companies including in Wales. We are aware of the key areas of importance to the aerospace sector ahead of our negotiations to exit the European Union. Our aim is to retain the UK aerospace sector’s leading position in the global market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/03/2017 13:09:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

720931

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	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	Energy: Competition
	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 steps his Department is taking to review the efficacy of energy switching sites.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	70572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>It is important that consumers are confident they can find the best deals on price comparison websites.</p><p>Currently all energy switching sites accredited to the Ofgem Confidence Code need to provide a comparison of all tariffs available across the market, as a default, regardless of whether the switching site has a commercial arrangement in place with the supplier.</p><p>Following a recommendation by the Competition and Markets Authority, Ofgem launched a consultation on changes to the Confidence Code so that price comparison sites could show, as a default, only those tariffs for which it receives commission, provided it also includes clear and easy access to a whole of market comparison.</p><p>Ofgem is due to publish its decision on the consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/04/2017 13:01:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

723944

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Energy: Housing
	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 assessment the Government has made of the accuracy of the data held by energy companies on the energy consumption patterns of households in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	71750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Under terms in the supply license, energy companies must take all reasonable steps to obtain a meter reading for each customer at least once a year.</p><p>Customers may submit their own meter readings to energy companies at any time to avoid an estimated bill. If a supplier considers a customer’s reading to be reasonably accurate they must take all reasonable steps to reflect the meter reading in the next bill or statement of account. If a meter reading provided by a customer is considered not to be reasonably accurate, the supplier will ask for another reading or arrange to read the meter themselves.</p><p>The installation of smart meters, which is scheduled to be completed by 2020, should enable suppliers to provide more accurate bills, based upon actual readings transmitted by each meter.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/04/2017 08:52:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

732344

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	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	Carrington Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has received representations from Duro Felguero UK Ltd on the payment of contractors involved in the construction of Carrington Power Station.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department was made aware in early April that Duro Felguera’s UK subsidiary had gone into liquidation. Officials were in touch with Duro Felguera at that time to ascertain the situation, but it is the role of the appointed liquidator to secure the best result for the creditors. A creditors’ meeting was held on April 12<sup>th</sup>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/06/2017 14:56:40 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

179357

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of apprenticeships to be created over each of the next five years and (b) the cost of those apprenticeships.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	224336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the number or cost of future apprenticeships. Apprenticeships are a demand led programme and therefore not subject to government targets or projections.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest information on apprenticeship starts and participation can be found in the Statistical First Release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The average apprenticeship programme cost to government of learners who completed (or left) in the 2013/14 academic year is estimated at £5,300 for 16-18 year olds and £2,000 for learners aged 19 and over. Please note that this is the government contribution only and does not include any employer contributions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 23/02/2015 14:47:58 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams