Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of his Department's spending on (a) departmental Christmas cards and (b) postage for Christmas 2018.
Answered by Nigel Adams
The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales has not yet estimated departmental spending on Christmas cards and postage for Christmas 2018.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which trade unions he has met in the last 12 months; and on what dates those meetings took place.
Answered by Alun Cairns
I regularly meet representatives from the full array of unions in Wales and this week I will be hosting a roundtable with unions from across the various industry sectors in Wales.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent bilateral meetings he has had with (a) the Welsh First Minister, (b) other Welsh Cabinet Ministers and (c) UK Government Cabinet Ministers on ensuring that the proposed Shared Prosperity Fund respects devolution settlements.
Answered by Alun Cairns
I hold regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues and Welsh Government ministers on a range of issues, including EU Exit. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund provides the UK with an enormous opportunity to redefine the way we invest our own money in line with the specific priorities of all nations of our Union.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much funding he allocated to Welsh lessons for staff in his Department in each of the last five years.
Answered by Nigel Adams
Funding for Welsh language learning forms part of the training budget for staff in the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales. The training budget in each of the last 5 years was £15,000 per annum.
Asked by: Chris Ruane (Labour - Vale of Clwyd)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to incorporate the Prime Minister's cross-governmental loneliness strategy into the policy-formulation and decision-making processes of his Department.
Answered by Nigel Adams
The strategy commits the UK Government to work with the devolved administrations to ensure that the work to implement the strategy is complementary and to share insights and learn from one another.