Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequential funding the Welsh Government will receive from the £874million announced to address rough sleeping in England.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Barnett consequentials associated with the £874 million rough sleeping announcement at Budget 2026 will be included in the next iteration of the Block Grant Transparency which will be published in due course.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Barnett consequential funding the Welsh Government will receive as a consequence of the Good Growth Funding for 2027-28 financial year.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Barnett consequentials associated with Good Growth funding scored at Budget 2026 will be included in the next iteration of the Block Grant Transparency which will be published in due course.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the £1.5billion borrowing facility for Mayors available from 2028 represents the total funding available across all eligible mayoral authorities or the amount available to each individual mayoral authorities.
Answered by Jim McMahon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Government has allocated a total of £1.5 billion in financial transactions to set up the devolved borrowing facility for Mayoral Strategic Authorities, which will be available from 2028. The total quantum is scored across 28/29-31/32 – the profile for this is set out in table 6.2 on page 109 of the Budget document which can be found here.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the £1.5 billion borrowing facility available to English Mayors from 2028 will be available annually or over the course of a multi-year spending period.
Answered by Jim McMahon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Government has allocated a total of £1.5 billion in financial transactions to set up the devolved borrowing facility for Mayoral Strategic Authorities, which will be available from 2028. The total quantum is scored across 28/29-31/32 – the profile for this is set out in table 6.2 on page 109 of the Budget document which can be found here.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing dedicated apprenticeship funding for (a) Gwyndod Power Station and (b) other nationally significant infrastructure projects in Wales.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to PQ UIN 34914 on 19 October.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK Internal Market Act on the practicable application of devolved food labelling powers.
Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
As food policy is devolved, the four governments work together through the Food Compositional Standards and Labelling Common Framework to discuss issues of importance to consumers and businesses, and to seek to avoid or mitigate divergence and agree changes to regulations where possible. The UK Government's review of the UK Internal Market Act in 2025 implemented clear improvements to how the four governments work collaboratively through Common Frameworks to manage the UK internal market.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether money paid by Welsh businesses via the Apprenticeship Levy is transferred in full to the Welsh Government.
Answered by Emma Reynolds - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
While the Apprenticeship Levy is UK wide, apprenticeship policy and spending is devolved. This means that the devolved governments receive funding through the Barnett formula in relation to English apprenticeship spending as part of their block grant. It is for the devolved governments to allocate their funding in devolved areas as they see fit, including investing in their skills programmes.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she plans for Wales to be included within the remit of the Warm Homes Agency.
Answered by Martin McCluskey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
We intend the Warm Homes Agency to support households across the UK, including in Wales.
We recognise Wales’s distinct devolution settlement and will respect devolved responsibilities. Our approach is to avoid duplication, build on arrangements that already work well and work collaboratively to ensure the Agency’s offer reflects local priorities and household needs.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring Ofgem to produce disaggregated energy debt data for each UK nation.
Answered by Polly Billington - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Data regarding the total value of energy debt in the UK is held by Ofgem. Ofgem publish debt and arrears indicators on their website: Debt and arrears indicators | Ofgem. In 2026 Q2, the total financial value of domestic customer debt and arrears (existing for more than 91 days) was £5.02 billion for electric and gas. The Department has not made an assessment of the value of debt in each UK nation.
We are working closely with Ofgem to consider a range of options to reduce energy debt in the system and understand the impacts of different approaches on consumers.
Asked by: Llinos Medi (Plaid Cymru - Ynys Môn)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate she has made of the total value of energy debt in each UK nation.
Answered by Polly Billington - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Data regarding the total value of energy debt in the UK is held by Ofgem. Ofgem publish debt and arrears indicators on their website: Debt and arrears indicators | Ofgem. In 2026 Q2, the total financial value of domestic customer debt and arrears (existing for more than 91 days) was £5.02 billion for electric and gas. The Department has not made an assessment of the value of debt in each UK nation.
We are working closely with Ofgem to consider a range of options to reduce energy debt in the system and understand the impacts of different approaches on consumers.