Written Assembly Questions tabled on 16 June 2017 for answer on 23 June 2017
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Written Questions must be tabled at least five working days before they are to be answered. In practice, Ministers aim to answer within seven/eight days but are not bound to do so. Answers are published in the language in which they are provided, with a translation into English of responses provided in Welsh.
To ask the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure
Russell George (Montgomeryshire): With regards to the Dyfi Bridge, when will the draft Statutory Orders be published along with the Environmental Statement and how can the public and stakeholders express their views? (WAQ73670)
Answer received on 23 June 2017
The Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure (Ken Skates): The draft Orders and Environmental Statement will be published during the summer. Once published stakeholders will be able to access the documents and express their views at a public exhibition and, if required, a Public Local Inquiry.
Mohammad Asghar (South Wales East): What action will the Cabinet Secretary take to ensure people in Wales are provided with the fullest information about when they can expect to receive Superfast Broadband? (WAQ73671)
Answer received on 21 June 2017
The Minister for Skills and Science (Julie James): Information about when premises can expect to get superfast broadband is available on the availability checker on the Welsh Government website. The information for the checker is provided by BT and contains the latest position.
We are currently consulting on the successor project to Superfast Cymru and I would encourage your constituents to take part to ensure we have the best information to ensure we best target future delivery.
http://lle.gov.wales/map/ngaomr2017
Mohammad Asghar (South Wales East): What action will the Cabinet Secretary take to increase the pace at which Superfast Broadband is made available in Wales? (WAQ73672)
Answer received on 21 June 2017
Julie James: The Superfast Cymru programme has already delivered access to fast fibre broadband to over 645,000 premises. By the end of the contract with BT in December 2017 690,000 premises will have been given access to superfast broadband with download speeds of over 30Mbps. Last week I set out our progress towards introducing successor project to build on the success of Superfast Cymru.
Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Will the Cabinet Secretary confirm the date that the Parc Tŷ Gwyn site in Llanrwst will be occupied? (WAQ73673)
Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Will the Cabinet Secretary provide the total amount that has been provided in funding by the Welsh Government to develop Parc Tŷ Gwyn, Llanrwst? (WAQ73674)
Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Will the Cabinet Secretary advise how long Parc Tŷ Gwyn in Llanrwst has been unoccupied, and the total running costs for this site that have been incurred by the Welsh Government during this time? (WAQ73675)
Answer received on 21 June 2017
The Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure (Ken Skates): The Parc Tŷ Gwyn site in Llanrwst was developed by the then Welsh Development Agency in the mid 1990’s. There are numerous developments on the site which have had varying levels of occupation over that time period. The Welsh Government adopted the site in 2006. It would take a disproportionate amount of time to calculate the total funding and running costs for each of those developments on the site since that time.
To ask the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs
Andrew RT Davies (South Wales Central): Will the Minister provide the compensatory costs incurred by the Welsh Government from Bovine TB for each of the last 5 financial years, broken down by a) compensation paid to farmers, b) valuation commissions, c) veterinary costs, d) transportation and slaughter, and e) any other miscellaneous costs? (WAQ73676)R
Answer received on 27 June 2017
The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs (Lesley Griffiths): Over the last 5 years the Welsh Government has paid the following TB compensation to farmers:
| Year | Compensation paid to farmers |
| 2012/13 | £17,024,000 |
| 2013/14 | £11,761,000 |
| 2014/15 | £10,905,000 |
| 2015/16 | £14,480,000 |
| 2016/17 | £14,426,000 |
Other Welsh Government spend associated with TB:
| Year | Valuation | Haulage / Slaughter / Disposal | TB Programme Delivery (includes TB testing and general TB Eradication Programme Delivery) |
| 2012/13 | £429,000 | £406,000 | £16,944,000 |
| 2013/14 | £350,000 | £269,000 | £12,844,000 |
| 2014/15 | £349,000 | £363,000 | £12,411,000 |
| 2015/16 | £363,000 | £487,000 | £13,929,000 |
| 2016/17 | £355,000 | £598,000 | £14,085,000 |