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100692

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the actual and percentage change in pay for school support staff has been in each of the last 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The requested 15 year time series is not available. The Department for Education now collects data on school support staff pay through the annual School Workforce Census but, to date, the pay data has been too incomplete to publish.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 30/10/2014 15:28:45 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101094

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Inspections
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will reinstate references to child wellbeing in the Ofsted inspection framework.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>This is a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw. A copy of his reply will be placed in the library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/11/2014 13:16:46 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

174385

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Behaviour Disorders: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the difference is in (a) attainment levels and (b) classroom behaviour in a child who has conduct disorder and has (i) been treated and (ii) not been treated for that disorder.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	221158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not collect or hold information on whether a child has a ‘conduct disorder’ or whether the disorder has been treated or not.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, information on the attainment of pupils by ‘type of need’ including pupils with ‘behaviour, emotional and social difficulties’ at the end of key stage 2 is published in table 9a of the ‘National curriculum assessments at key stage 2, 2014 (revised)’[1] Statistical First Release.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For key stage 4 the same information is published in table 1 of the Statistical Release ‘GCSE and equivalent attainment by pupil characteristics, 2012/13’.[2]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-at-key-stage-2-2014-revised" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/national-curriculum-assessments-at-key-stage-2-2014-revised</a></p><p>[2] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gcse-and-equivalent-attainment-by-pupil-characteristics-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 26/01/2015 15:04:58 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

758622

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the total amount of foreign investment to the UK from other EU member states was; and what percentage of this investment was for Wales in each year for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the total amount of stock investment into the UK from EU Member States for each year from 2006 to 2015. This data is published by the Office for National Statistics, but it is not available at a UK geographical level.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount £ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>299,906</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>290,801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>317,375</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>344,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>347,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>366,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>452,276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>462,342</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>490,245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>431,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Source:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Office for National Statistics</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 14/09/2017 09:00:15 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760973

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2017 to Question 9573, what discussions he has had with those EU companies which are investing most significantly in Wales after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	105359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade and other Ministers regularly meet with companies that invest in the UK, including on visits abroad, to the regions, and in London. This includes companies investing in regions across the whole of the UK, including Wales.</p> answering member constituency Wyre Forest answering member printed Mark Garnier question first answered 10/10/2017 09:57:22 answering member 4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

759479

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Agriculture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what meetings his Department has had with (a) farming unions and (b) devolved administrations to discuss matters relating to farming since June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union has met a number of stakeholders from the agricultural sector, including the National Farmers Union, National Pig Association, the Country Land and Business Association and the International Meat Trade Association.</p><p>The Government is also working closely with the Devolved Administrations. The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is meeting his ministerial counterparts in the Welsh and Scottish Governments, along with a senior official from the Northern Ireland Executive Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in late September for on-going discussions on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. Further joint ministerial meetings will take place on a regular basis, as well as continued bilateral discussions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 19/09/2017 14:44:08 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

166439

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Denbighshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each ward of (a) the Vale of Clwyd and (b) Denbighshire have received tax credits in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	216067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The number of households in receipt of Tax Credits for 2012-13 and 2011-12 are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</a>, in the publications ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics’ of each tax year. Information for Denbighshire can be found in Table 2 of each publication and information for the Vale of Clwyd can be found in Table 3.</p><p> </p><p>Years prior to 2011-12 are available at <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/final-award-geog.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/final-award-geog.htm</a> and can be found in the publications ‘Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics Finalised annual awards- Geographical analyses’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HM Revenue and Customs does not record the number of people in receipt of a Tax Credit award as awards are calculated on a household basis and so the figures provided in the referenced publications are the number of households in receipt of Tax Credits. Households are interpreted by HM Revenue and Customs as single or couple claimants, with or without children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/12/2014 15:14:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

168845

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	In Work Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of in-work tax credits claimed in the (a) UK and (b) Vale of Clwyd in each year since 2008.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	217803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The total value of in-work Tax Credit entitlement for the UK population over the past five tax years can be found in the publication <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/384915/cwtc_awards_revised.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/384915/cwtc_awards_revised.xls</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The total values of in-work Tax Credits for the Vale of Clwyd constituency have been calculated using figures in the National Statistics Publications ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics’ which can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These figures have been provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Value of In-Work Tax Credits for the Vale of Clwyd (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2008-09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27.2</p></td><td><p>29.3</p></td><td><p>29.9</p></td><td><p>28.7</p></td><td><p>27.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/12/2014 17:01:32 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101221

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	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	Employment: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2014 to Question 206874, if his Department will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Men's Sheds movement on (a) increasing confidence and volunteering, (b) reducing isolation and mental ill health and (c) improving job readiness for the unemployed.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	212116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The “Men’s Sheds movement”, which began in Australia, aims to improve the health and wellbeing of men through providing inclusive environments where members can share tools, resources, skills and engage in personal and community projects. The Department has no plans to carry out any formal assessment of the effectiveness of the Men’s Sheds movement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 16:48:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

142370

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with disabilities have moved home since becoming subject to the under-occupancy penalty; and what proportion such people are of all those who have moved house since becoming subject to that penalty.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	213812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Information requested is not readily available and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support vulnerable people who require extra help we have provided increased Discretionary Housing Payment funding of £345 million since April 2013 to the end of the spending review period.</p><p> </p><p>This includes £25 million per annum intended to help support disabled people to continue to live in homes that have been significantly adapted, and which are larger than they need but where it makes no sense for them to move to alternative accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/11/2014 14:11:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane