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Written Question
Domestic Visits: Wales
Monday 24th July 2023

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many visits he has made to Wales since his appointment.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

I attended a Civil Service Live event at Cardiff’s City Hall on Thursday 13 July 2023, marking my first official trip to Wales since being appointed. I look forward to visiting Wales again in the future.


Written Question
Domestic Visits: Wales
Friday 21st July 2023

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, how many visits he has made to Wales since his appointment.

Answered by Rishi Sunak - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, and Minister for the Union

As Prime Minister I visit all parts of the United Kingdom. My last official visit to Wales was on 22 - 23 March when I was delighted to announce, on a joint visit with the First Minister, that Anglesey Freeport and Celtic Freeport had been successful in their bids to establish new Freeports - backed by up to £26 million each in UK Government funding, and expected to bring forward an estimated £5 billion of private and public investment and create around 20,000 new, high-skilled jobs.


Details of my official visits can be found on the gov.uk website as part of the government’s transparency agenda. I also undertake party political visits across the United Kingdom, including most recently to Wales in April.


Details of my future official visits will be announced in the usual way.


Written Question
Government Departments: Energy
Wednesday 15th February 2023

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason some Government buildings are lit internally outside of normal working hours.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

The Government Property Agency (GPA) in the Cabinet Office manages government office buildings on behalf of occupying departments. This response is limited to the office estate that it manages.

There are many reasons why government buildings could be lit outside normal working hours. For example, cleaning, engineering, and security teams all carry out duties out of hours, alongside civil servants and ministers undertaking urgent tasks.. This work could not be done without internal lighting in government buildings.


Written Question
Government Departments: Energy
Tuesday 14th February 2023

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to improve the energy efficiency of Government buildings.

Answered by Jeremy Quin

As set out in the Net Zero Strategy, the Government aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from public sector buildings by 75% by 2037. To support this, £2.5 billion is being invested through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme over the financial years 2020/21 to 2024/25 to provide grants for public sector bodies in England to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures.

The Office for Government Property has published the Net Zero Estate Playbook providing guidance to support government property organisations to decarbonise their estate. This includes recommendations of how to reduce operational energy use, including through fabric improvements.

The Government Property Function on 15 November published its Government Property Strategy, which commits to delivering a range of interventions designed to create a smaller, better, and greener public estate. The greener element is focused on supporting delivery of the Greening Government Commitments, which include carbon emissions reduction targets for all government departments.


Written Question
First Minister of Wales
Monday 24th October 2022

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, how many times she has (a) met and (b) spoken to the First Minister of Wales since 6 September 2022.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

I most recently met the First Minister of Wales at the Service of Reflection for the Life of Her late Majesty The Queen at Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff on 16 September. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Wales, most recently met the First Minister of Wales at the opening of South Wales Police Learning Centre on 30 September.


Written Question
Republic of Ireland: Foreign Relations
Monday 24th October 2022

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, how many times she has (a) met and (b) spoken to the Taoiseach since 6 September 2022.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

I refer the hon. Member to the details of my official meetings, which can be found on gov.uk at:
PM call with Taoiseach Micheál Martin: 9 September 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
PM meetings with foreign leaders: 17 and 18 September 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

I also met the Taoiseach at the Service of Reflection for the Life of Her late Majesty The Queen in St. Anne's Cathedral, Belfast, on 13 September.


Written Question
Chequers
Friday 21st October 2022

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Prime Minister has visited Chequers since her appointment as Prime Minister.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer of UIN 54005, 18 October 2021 [of session 2021 - 2022].


Written Question
Chequers
Friday 21st October 2022

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on which date the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip made his last visit to Chequers.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer of UIN 54005, 18 October 2021 [of session 2021 - 2022].


Written Question
Food: Newport West
Friday 21st October 2022

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the average annual grocery bill for residents in Newport West constituency.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 12 October is attached.


Written Question
British Irish Council
Tuesday 6th September 2022

Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, how many meetings of the British-Irish Council he has attended in person since July 2019.

Answered by Boris Johnson

A list of ministerial delegates at each ministerial meeting or summit are included in the official communiques. These can be found on the British-Irish Council website https://www.britishirishcouncil.org/publications.