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1699042

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pensions: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of the number of users that will have accessed Pensions Dashboards by (a) 30 April 2025 and (b) 31 October 2026.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	20580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Pensions dashboard services will become available for widespread use by the general public at the Dashboards Available Point. A specific date for the Dashboards Available Point cannot yet be determined as the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions must first have regard to a number of relevant matters, including sufficient level of coverage, assurance of the safety, security and reliability of the service and testing of the user experience. Once satisfied that the dashboards ecosystem is ready to support widespread use, following consultation with the Money and Pensions Service, The Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority, the Secretary of State will then issue a notice at least six months in advance of the launch of pensions dashboard services for use by the general public.</p><p>Under the central scenario (best estimate) in the impact assessment for the Pensions Dashboards (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (which can be found at: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2023/89/pdfs/ukia_20230089_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2023/89/pdfs/ukia_20230089_en.pdf</a>), we estimate the number of users of pensions dashboard services will increase to around 16 million in the years following the Dashboards Available Point.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/04/2024 14:57:57 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1699045

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pensions: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when users of the new Pensions Dashboard will be able to access financial information relating to their pensions.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	20581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Users of pensions dashboard services will be able to access financial information relating to their pensions at the Dashboards Available Point. The Dashboards Available Point is the point at which pensions dashboard services will be available for widespread use by the general public.</p><p> </p><p>A specific date for the Dashboards Available Point cannot yet be determined as the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions must first have regard to a number of relevant matters, including sufficient level of coverage, assurance of the safety, security and reliability of the service and testing of the user experience. Once satisfied that the dashboards ecosystem is ready to support widespread use, following consultation with the Money and Pensions Service, The Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority, the Secretary of State will then issue a notice at least six months in advance of the launch of pensions dashboard services for use by the general public.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/04/2024 14:19:42 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1699046

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral question from the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent of 19 March 2024, Official Report, column 794, when he expects the Financial Conduct Authority will complete its investigation into Safe Hands Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	20582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Treasury and FCA have worked closely throughout the process of bringing the pre-paid funeral plan sector into regulation, as well as during the implementation of the new regulatory framework.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 October 2023 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it was conducting a criminal investigation into Safe Hands Plans Limited. As I am sure you will understand, I am unable to comment on this ongoing investigation.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 20583 question first answered 15/04/2024 11:27:13 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1699047

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his oral contribution in response to the question from the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent of 19 March 2024, Official Report, column 794, if he will commit to an Independent Review of the funeral firm Safe Hands Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	20583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Treasury and FCA have worked closely throughout the process of bringing the pre-paid funeral plan sector into regulation, as well as during the implementation of the new regulatory framework.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 October 2023 the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it was conducting a criminal investigation into Safe Hands Plans Limited. As I am sure you will understand, I am unable to comment on this ongoing investigation.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami grouped question UIN 20582 question first answered 15/04/2024 11:27:13 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1699048

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement in response to the question from the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent on 25 March 2024, Official Report, column 1253, how many RAF pilots successfully completed their training in each year since 2018.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	20584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2024 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Training Year (April to March)</p></td><td><p>Number of Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots successfully completed Phase 2 Military Flying Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: The figures detailed in the table above are for RAF pilots who successfully completed Phase 2 military flying training. Phase 2 flying training is defined as commencing after completion of Initial Officer Training (IOT) and up until (but not including) Front Line Operational Conversion Units (OCUs).</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 16/04/2024 11:14:21 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1684138

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Air Force: Military Bases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the use of RAF airfields by private planes.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	10786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by Baroness Goldie to the Noble Lady Baroness Randerson on 13 December 2021 to Question HL4655 in the House of Lords.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 25/01/2024 15:11:59 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge attachment 1 file name HL 4655.docx title Military Bases: Aviation
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1680454

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS suffered a financial shortfall from the Earnd scheme following the failure of Greensill Capital.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	8403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>As detailed in the National Audit Office (NAO) report, of the seven National Health Service trusts reported on by the NAO as having used the EARND scheme, two were reported as having lost money totalling £21,429. NHS England was not aware of any other NHS trusts losing money through the EARND scheme.</p><p>The identities of the seven NHS trusts were anonymised in the NAO report and therefore it is not possible to provide information on the costs to these trusts of using alternative salary advance schemes since the date of the report.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 8404 question first answered 11/01/2024 18:44:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 10516 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1680456

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NAO report Investigation into supply chain finance in the NHS, HC 734, published on 29 October 2021, what the costs have been to NHS Trusts which used the Earnd of switching to alternative salary advancement initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	8404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>As detailed in the National Audit Office (NAO) report, of the seven National Health Service trusts reported on by the NAO as having used the EARND scheme, two were reported as having lost money totalling £21,429. NHS England was not aware of any other NHS trusts losing money through the EARND scheme.</p><p>The identities of the seven NHS trusts were anonymised in the NAO report and therefore it is not possible to provide information on the costs to these trusts of using alternative salary advance schemes since the date of the report.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 8403 question first answered 11/01/2024 18:44:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 10517 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1679415

registered interest
date	05/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Greensill: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6145 on Greensill: Redundancy Pay, whether she has made an assessment of the likelihood of success of the claim.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	7876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2024 answer text <p>The Administrators of Greensill Capital have previously indicated they expect to make distributions to unsecured creditors, including the claim by the Redundancy Payments Service. The Administrators confirmed to the Redundancy Payments Service on 8 January that the quantum and timing of any distribution is uncertain.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 10/01/2024 09:58:39 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1678525

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Greensill: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6145 on Greensill: Redundancy Pay, if she will make an estimate of the amount that will be returned to the Redundancy Payments Service.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	7312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government's Redundancy Payments Service is currently unable to make an estimate of the amount that will be received from the Administrators of Greensill Capital Management Company (UK) Ltd.</p><p>The last Administrator's Progress Report covering the period 8 March 2023 to 7 September 2023 confirmed the timing and amount of funds payable to creditors was uncertain. A copy of the Administrator's Progress Report is available to view at Companies House.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/01/2024 10:32:55 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith