Cabinet Office Ministerial Responsibilities

Wales Office

The role of the Secretary of State for Wales and the Wales Office is to promote the devolution settlement for Wales, to promote the interests of Wales in policy formulation by the Government, to promote government policies in Wales, to steer through Parliament legislation giving specific powers to the National Assembly for Wales, to operate the constitutional settlement under the Government of Wales Act 2006, to undertake Parliamentary business, and to deal with Royal matters.

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Contact information

• Address: Gwydyr House, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ER
• Telephone: 020 7270 0583
• Website: www.walesoffice.gov.uk [External website]
• Generic Email format: firstname.lastname@walesoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Parliamentary Branch

• Telephone: 020 270 0544
• Fax: 020 270 0570
• Email: mike.williams@walesoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Ministerial Correspondence Section

• Telephone: 020 7270 0540
• Fax: 020 7270 0561
• Email: wales.office@walesoffice.gsi.gov.uk

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Ministers

Secretary of State for Wales: The Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP

Leads on:

• Ensuring the smooth operation of the devolution settlement for Wales under the Government of Wales Act 2006
• To Promote the interests of Wales in policy formulation by the UK Government
• To Promote UK Government Polices in Wales
• To Steer through Parliament Legislation giving Specific Powers to the National Assembly for Wales
• To undertake Parliamentary business
• To deal with Royal Matters

In addition to this role, the Secretary of State has the following Ministerial responsibilities:

• Minister responsible for digital inclusion
• Chair of the new cross Departmental committee on IT and Information Security
• Chair of the committee on Local Government and the regions
• Overseeing the British Irish Council
• Overseeing the Joint Ministerial Committee on Devolution

Private Office to Paul Murphy

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Huw Irranca–Davies MP

Leads on:

• Assists the Secretary of State for Wales in ensuring that the interests of Wales are recognised in the primary legislative programme of the Government.
• Regional Development
• Social Services
• Housing
• Health
• Education and Training
• Transport
• Agriculture
• Information Age Government
• Local Government Crime Prevention
• Women’s issues and Green issues
  

Private Office to Huw Irranca-Davies

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Private Office

Private Office to Paul Murphy 

• Telephone: 020 7270 0538
• Fax: 020 7270 0568
• Email: amanda.kirk@walesoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Private Office to Huw Irranca-Davies

• Telephone: 020 7270 0569
• Fax: 020 7270 0548
• Email: PS.PUSS@walesoffice.gsi.gov.uk

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