Written Assembly Questions tabled on 4 July 2013 for answer on 11 July 2013

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(Self identifying Question no. shown in brackets)

To ask the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty

Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): What estimate has the Minister made of the total cost of implementing the Tackling Poverty Action Plan in this Assembly? (WAQ65085)

Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): What is the Minister’s budget for the Tackling Poverty Action Plan? (WAQ65086)

To ask the Minister for Economy, Science and Transport

Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): Will the Minister confirm when the decision was taken not to issue a formal response to the recent report by the Integrated Transport Task Force and on what basis that decision was taken? (WAQ65079)

Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): How much did the Welsh Government spend on the recently published Integrated Transport Task Force report and how much does the Minister expect the new independent report into the South Wales metro system to cost? (WAQ65080)

Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): Will the Minister confirm whether she intends to consider the recommendations proposed by the Integrated Transport Task Force alongside the independent report she has recently commissioned into a South Wales metro system. (WAQ65081)

Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): When does the Minister expect to publish the findings of her new independent report into a South Wales metro system? (WAQ65082)

Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): Will the Minister provide a list of all the people involved in the production of the independent report into a South Wales metro system? (WAQ65083)

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills

Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): Will the Minister give a total figure for the Education and Skills Department budget lines attached to those areas for which the Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology is responsible? (WAQ65087)

To ask the Minister for Finance

Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): Can the Minister detail what discussions she has had with the Office of National Statistics regarding the availability of Welsh specific economic statistics, giving the number and date of each meeting? (WAQ65084)

To ask the Minister for Health and Social Services

Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): What consideration has the minister given to the principle that changes to the Nursery Milk Scheme aimed at delivering better value for money should only be made if it can be guaranteed that no parent, child, or childcare provider is disadvantaged? (WAQ65088)

Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): Will the Minister make a statement on the principles and criteria the Welsh Government is seeking to secure regarding the Department of Health’s consultation, ‘Next Steps for Nursery Milk’? (WAQ65089)

Julie Morgan (Cardiff North): Will the Minister outline, with reference to the department of Health's consultation, 'Next Steps for Nursery Milk', how he will ensure that both (a) the number of children entitled to free nursery milk; and (b) the number of children actually receiving free nursery milk will be maintained in Wales? (WAQ65090)