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753967

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	6058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>Government departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill [‘Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union’], published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800-1,000 EU-exit related Statutory Instruments will be required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 05/09/2017 13:09:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

754083

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Hedges and Ditches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to preserve verges and hedgerows as valuable reserves for wildlife.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	6013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter.</p><p> </p><p>Hedgerows and verges play an important role in conserving and enhancing biodiversity. Most countryside hedgerows are legally protected and land managers in receipt of Basic Payment Scheme payments are required to protect hedgerows on their land. Through our agri-environment schemes such as Countryside Stewardship, we further recognise their valuable role by funding the management of hedgerows to deliver recognised benefits for wildlife, landscape and the historic environment.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities and other public bodies (including county, district and parish councils) in England and Wales have a statutory duty, under section 40 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006, to consider the conservation of biodiversity in exercising their functions, including decisions on managing local roadside verges. Defra and the Welsh Assembly have issued guidance for local authorities and other public bodies on implementing their biodiversity duty.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 05/09/2017 10:47:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

754245

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of his Department's online services are available in the Welsh language only on request.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	6064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Most DWP services are available in Welsh without the need for a request, via the online services provided by the Department through <a href="https://www.gov.uk/cymraeg" target="_blank">GOV.UK </a>:</p><p> </p><p>Jobseekers Allowance Online</p><p>Carer’s Allowance</p><p>Access to Work</p><p>Reporting Benefit Fraud</p><p>Universal Jobmatch</p><p>Budgeting Loan</p><p>Find a Lost Pension</p><p>Check Your State Pension</p><p>State Pension Online</p><p>Tell Us Once</p><p> </p><p>An Online complaints portal, to allow customers to raise any complaints about Jobseekers Allowance or Universal Credit, is also available in Welsh from the DWP corporate pages on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit can be claimed online in English. We are planning a Welsh Language solution due in 2018. In the interim, Universal Credit can be claimed in Welsh over the telephone via our Service Centres.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 06/09/2017 10:11:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

754246

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	6060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Government departments have been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in their areas of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p><p> </p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill ‘Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union’, published on 30 March 2017, we estimated around 800 - 1,000 EU-exit related <strong>Statutory Instruments</strong> will be required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/09/2017 10:09:47 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

754255

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what amount of his Department's annual expenditure is allocated to work relating to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	6022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>EU Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Work and Pensions is working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union to support the UK’s exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Given the interactions between EU Exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to provide a precise figure on the annual expenditure of work relating to the UK leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 06/09/2017 10:48:22 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

754293

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the potential number of Acts or parts of Acts that will be subject to repeal as a result of provisions in the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	6059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for International Trade has been analysing the UK statute book and directly applicable EU law in its area of responsibility to enable an assessment of the scale of the changes needed. This is likely to include the repeal, but also the amendment, of provisions in Acts but we are not in a position to give a sense of scale at this time.</p><p>In the Government White Paper on the Repeal Bill [‘Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union’], published on 30 March 2017, the Department for Exiting the European Union estimated around 800 - 1,000 EU-exit related Statutory Instruments will be required.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/09/2017 11:56:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

754294

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Department for International Trade: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which of his Department's online services are available in the Welsh language only on request.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	6063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met, in accordance with the requirements of departmental Welsh Language Schemes.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/09/2017 13:57:43 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

754297

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Department for Exiting the European Union: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which of his Department's online services are available in the Welsh language only on request.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	6062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the needs of Welsh language speakers are recognised and met, and to enabling Welsh speakers to interact fully with its services. The Welsh Language Act does not require government departments to prepare Welsh Language Schemes. However, the Government aims to provide services in Welsh when it is both appropriate and reasonably practicable to do so.</p><p>This department has provided publications on GOV.UK in both English and Welsh including the White Paper on the United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union and the White Paper on Legislating for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Mr Steve Baker question first answered 11/09/2017 15:40:05 answering member 4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

753393

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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	5633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>Planning for the UK’s exit from the EU relates to many different policy areas the Treasury works on. The Treasury has therefore not identified a separate figure for expenditure on EU-exit work in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/07/2017 14:20:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

753446

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much and what proportion of her 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	5622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of our preparations for exiting the European Union, the Department for Education, along with all Government departments, is assessing the impact of exiting the EU and we are planning for a range of scenarios, working alongside HM Treasury and the Department for Exiting the European Union.</p><p>The Department has four members of staff working full time on co-ordinating and contributing to cross-department and cross-government work on EU exit. The cost over the 2017/18 year will be £212,000, which is less than 1% of the Department’s administration expenditure. This cost is based on London rates of pay as well as associated overhead costs.</p><p>These staff are supported by a range of civil servants across the department who lead on specific policy areas and whose work includes, but is not limited to EU exit work.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/07/2017 17:58:16 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams