Ministerial Corrections

Monday 20th May 2019 Ministerial Corrections

Monday 20 May 2019

Wales

Monday 20th May 2019 Ministerial Corrections

Policing

The following is an extract from Wales Questions on 15 May 2019.

[Susan Elan Jones]

I welcome the Minister to his place, but I wish he would not just regurgitate Tory twaddle. When the National Audit Office makes it clear that central Government funding to police has fallen by 30% in real terms since 2010-11, and when the cross-party Home Affairs Committee makes it clear that the funding structure is not fit for purpose, can we have some action? Can we have some standing up for Wales instead of the vacuous nonsense we get from this Tory Government?

[Kevin Foster]

It has to be said that anyone who wants to hear vacuous nonsense can just listen to those sort of attacks in the Chamber. Let us be clear: in 2015-16, the combined budget for North Wales police was £139.8 million; in 2019-20, it will be £115.8 million. That shows the increase in funding that is going on. Three out of the four forces in Wales are rated good for effectiveness, which is the subject of the main question.

[Official Report, 15 May 2019, Vol. 660, c. 209.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Wales, the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster):

An error has been identified in the response I gave to the hon. Member for Clwyd South (Susan Elan Jones).

The correct response should have been:

[Kevin Foster]

It has to be said that anyone who wants to hear vacuous nonsense can just listen to those sort of attacks in the Chamber. Let us be clear: in 2015-16, the combined budget for North Wales police was £139.8 million; in 2019-20, it will be £155.8 million. That shows the increase in funding that is going on. Three out of the four forces in Wales are rated good for effectiveness, which is the subject of the main question.

Exiting the European Union

Monday 20th May 2019 Ministerial Corrections

Leaving the EU: Expenditure

The following is an extract from Exiting the European Union questions on Thursday 16 May 2019.

[Mr McFadden]

17. How much Government Departments have spent on preparations for leaving the EU without a deal.

[James Cleverly]

Additional EU exit funding allocated by Her Majesty’s Treasury to Departments and devolved Administrations covers all scenarios. No-deal spending cannot readily be separated from deal spending, given the significant overlap in plans in many cases. Since 2016, the Treasury has allocated more than £2.4 billion of funding for all exit scenarios.

[Official Report, 16 May 2019, Vol. 660, c. 358.]

Letter of correction from the Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, the hon. Member for Braintree (James Cleverly):

An error has been identified in my response to the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton South East (Mr McFadden).

The correct response should have been:

[James Cleverly]

Additional EU exit funding allocated by Her Majesty’s Treasury to Departments and devolved Administrations covers all scenarios. No-deal spending cannot readily be separated from deal spending, given the significant overlap in plans in many cases. Since 2016, the Treasury has allocated more than £4.2 billion of funding for all exit scenarios.