Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many data breaches occurred in his Department in each of the last three years for which data is available.
Answered by Nigel Adams
None.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the largest EU funded projects in Wales were in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Alun Cairns
Details of the projects in Wales funded by the European Union in the last ten years are available at the following addresses:
2014-2020: https://gov.wales/funding/eu-funds/2014-2020/approved-projects/?lang=en
2007-2013: https://gov.wales/funding/eu-funds/previous/searchprojects1/?lang=en
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many visits he has made to prisons in Wales.
Answered by Alun Cairns
Most recently I visited HMP & YOI Parc, and I intend to visit HMP & YOI Berwyn in the New Year.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of procurement contracts were awarded by his Department to SMEs in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nigel Adams
The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales receives procurement services from the Ministry of Justice and does not issue contracts directly.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what products featuring (a) departmental and (b) Government branding his Department has procured in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nigel Adams
The information below shows the products the Office procured featuring the Departmental/Government name and logo over the last three years.
Year | Products Procured featuring Departmental/Government Name and Logo |
2015-16 | Business cards, stationery, roll up banners and stands, brochures and booklets for Ministerial events, logo sign. |
2016-17 | Business cards, roll up banners and stands, brochures and booklets for Ministerial events, logo sign. |
2017-18 | Business cards, roll up banners and stands, brochures and booklets for Ministerial events, logo sign. |
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what percentage of invoices received from his Department's suppliers were paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Nigel Adams
The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales paid 90% of undisputed and valid invoices within 10 days of receipt over the last twelve months.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many letters he has received from Members of the House of (a) Commons and (b) Lords in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Alun Cairns
In the past 12 months, the office of the Secretary of State for Wales has formally responded to 46 letters from MPs and 2 letters from Peers. A breakdown by month is provided below.
The Secretary of State for Wales also receives copies of letters that do not require responses but this information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
| Secretary of State responses to MPs | Secretary of State responses to Peers | Junior Ministers responses to MPs |
December 2017 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
January 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
February 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
March 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
April 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
May 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
June 2018 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
July 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
August 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
September 2018 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
October 2018 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
November 2018 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) male and (b) female; and what the average hourly pay was for staff identifying as (a) male and (b) female in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nigel Adams
The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales (OSSW) is not an employer in its own right. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) provide employment services on our behalf. Currently the MoJ does not collect data on the way in which staff identify their gender, only data relating to their sex.
As at 31 October 2018, 53% of MoJ employees assigned to OSSW were recorded as being female and 47% as being male.
The average hourly pay for staff recorded as (a) male and (b) female at the end of each of the last 3 financial years, is set out below:
| Average Hourly Rate | ||
| 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 |
(a) Male | £19.55 | £19.02 | £20.67 |
(b) Female | £17.48 | £17.20 | £19.51 |
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many freedom of information requests his Department has received in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nigel Adams
The number of freedom of information requests received by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is shown below:
Year | Number of FOI Requests Received |
2015-16 | 171 |
2016-17 | 121 |
2017-18 | 176 |