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For the department in use from 1965 to 1999, seeWelsh Office.

Ministerial department of the UK Government

Wales Office
Department overview
Welsh:Swyddfa Cymru

Gwydyr House inWhitehall, London
Formed	1 July 1999^[1]^[2]
Preceding Department	Welsh Office
Type	Ministerial department
Jurisdiction	Wales
Headquarters	Wales Tŷ William Morgan, 6 Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1EP Westminster Gwydyr House, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2NP
Employees	52 (2016–2017)
Annual budget	~£4.7 million for 2016–2017
Secretary of State responsible	The Rt. Hon.Jo Stevens MP,Secretary of State for Wales Anna McMorrin MP,Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales
Department executives	Glynne Jones CBE, Director Huw Bryer, Deputy Director, Constitution, Domestic Affairs and Regional Growth Dafydd Jones, Deputy Director, Communications Louise Parry, Deputy Director, Policy Kate Starkey, Deputy Director, Policy
Parent department	Ministry of Justice
Website	gov.uk/wales-office

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TheWales Office (Welsh:Swyddfa Cymru), known as theOffice of the Secretary of State for Wales (Welsh:Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru) between 2017 and 2024, is adepartment ofHis Majesty's Government. It replaced the formerWelsh Office, which had extensive responsibility for governingWales prior toWelsh devolution in 1999.^[1]

History

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In the past, the Office was called "Wales's voice in Westminster and Westminster's voice in Wales". However, it is significantly less powerful since theGovernment of Wales Act 2006: it is primarily responsible for carrying out the few functions remaining with theSecretary of State for Wales that have not been transferred already to theSenedd (Welsh Parliament); and for securing funds for Wales as part of the annual budgetary settlement.^[3]

The Secretary of State for Wales has overall responsibility for the office, but it is located administratively within theMinistry of Justice (until 2007, the Department for Constitutional Affairs).

Ministers

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The ministers in the Wales Office are as follows, with cabinet members in bold:^[4]^[5]

Minister	Portrait	Office	Portfolio
Jo StevensMP		Secretary of State for Wales	Overall responsibility; Welsh Government and Senedd Liaison; Foreign Affairs; Defence.
Anna McMorrinMP		Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales	Supporting the Secretary of State in their duties

UnlikeScotland andNorthern Ireland, Wales does not have its ownLaw Officers of the Crown; it is part of theEngland and Wales legal jurisdiction. TheAttorney General for England and Wales therefore advises the United Kingdom Government on its law.^[6] His deputy is theSolicitor General for England and Wales.

Future

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Following the 'yes' vote in the2011 referendum on giving the Assembly direct law-making powers, some politicians in Wales, particularly fromPlaid Cymru, have called for the abolition of the Wales Office.^[7]Lord Elis-Thomas, Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales, said:

Now that the responsibility of Ministers for administration of policy and indeed for legislation is here, it makes more sense for us to be organised in a proper inter-governmental and inter-parliamentary way. That is, Assembly to Westminster, Government to Government.^[8]

However, Lord Elis-Thomas was accused of following a "separatist agenda" by the Conservative Cheryl Gillan, then Secretary of State for Wales. She was supported by her Labour predecessorPeter Hain, who declared that Wales "still needs a voice around theCabinet in Westminster".^[7]

References

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^^a ^bHistory Archived 3 March 2012 at theWayback Machine – Walesoffice.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2012
^"Service Delivery Agreement 2000". Office of the Secretary of State for Wales. 2000. Archived from the original on 25 February 2001. Retrieved4 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^About the Wales Office Archived 1 March 2012 at theWayback Machine – Walesoffice.gov.uk. Last modified 14 December 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2012
^"Our ministers".GOV.UK. Wales Office. Retrieved1 August 2019.
^"Ministerial appointments: November 2023". UK Government. Retrieved14 November 2023.
^Cabinet Office List of Government Departments and Ministers: Attorney General's Office
^^a ^bPresiding officer suggests dropping Welsh secretary – BBC News. Published 7 March 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012
^Lord Elis-Thomas says the Wales Office should be scrapped – WalesOnline. Published 7 March 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2023

External links

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Official website

v t e Wales Office
Headquarters:Gwydyr House,Whitehall, London, andTŷ William Morgan,Cardiff
Secretary of State	Jo Stevens
Under-Secretary of State	Anna McMorrin
Attorney General	Richard Hermer
Predecessor:Welsh Office Politics portal United Kingdom portal Wales portal

v t e Secretaries of state for Wales
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1970–1974	P. Thomas
1974–1979	Morris
1979–1997	Edwards Walker Hunt Redwood Hunt Hague
1997–2010	R. Davies Michael Murphy Hain Murphy Hain
2010–2024	Gillan Jones Crabb Cairns Hart Buckland D. Davies
2024–present	Stevens

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