Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many visits he has made to businesses in Wales in each of the last 12 months.

I positively engage with businesses in Wales via regular meetings, literature and phone calls organised by my Department. I regularly meet with business stakeholders at roundtables, seminars, fairs and other such events and have restructured my department to ensure we put stakeholders at the heart of everything we do and are responsive to their interests and needs. I also routinely meet with my EU Exit Expert Implementation Panel of Stakeholders.

In each of the last 12 months, myself and Minister Bebb have made the following number of visits to individual businesses in Wales. In addition to the below, members of the UK Government cabinet regularly visit businesses across Wales.