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1664409

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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, whether State Pension data will be included in the Pensions Dashboard Programme.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	202262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Pensions dashboards will allow individuals to view information about their pensions, including the State Pension, for free in one place online. Dashboards will show individuals the estimated State Pension amount they would get based on their current National Insurance contribution record, their forecasted State Pension amount that assumes they pay National Insurance contributions going forward, the date they will reach State Pension age, and supporting messages regarding the data displayed.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/10/2023 10:53:55 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1655883

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Lex Greensill: Credit Suisse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the role of Lex Greensill in Credit Suisse's risk management failures.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	195760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The regulation of individual firms is a matter for the independent financial regulators to comment on.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 07/09/2023 09:26:52 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1652330

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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, what estimate he has made of the cost of the (a) development of the Pensions Dashboard Programme to date and (b) programme on completion.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	193574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>MaPS has been allocated £91.1M for the delivery of the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) through the relevant Spending Review periods covering financial years 2019/20 to 2024/25.</p><p>The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has spent £45.3M between 2019/20 and the end of May 2023 (with spend relating to 2022/23 and to 2023/24 subject to final audit). Further spend for the programme will be available on an annual basis.</p><p>Expenditure allocations for years beyond 2024/25 will be the subject of future Spending Review processes.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 17/07/2023 15:26:27 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1652332

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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 he plans that the Pensions Dashboard Programme will be ready for use.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	193575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Dashboards Available Point will be when the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is satisfied that the dashboards ecosystem – which is being developed by the Pensions Dashboards Programme – is ready to support widespread use by the general public. This will come following consultation with the Money and Pensions Service, the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022 specify that the Secretary of State will provide notice of at least six months ahead of the Dashboards Available Point. The Secretary of State will consider factors including sufficient level of coverage, assurance of the safety, security and reliability of the service, and testing of the user experience.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 17/07/2023 15:26:37 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1642660

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	South Tees Mayoral Development Corporation and Teesworks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much from the public purse the Government has provided to (a) the South Tees Development Corporation and (b) Teesworks Joint Venture as of 7 June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	188235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>On 7 June, the Department published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findependent-review-teesworks-joint-venture-reviewer-appointment-letters-and-terms-of-reference&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C480575530a714ca7916808db6b679f98%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638221865018293497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EOWGd%2FNOpdezJLDCSGfCGcNHW2aQijoUugMvv5p87x0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">letters</a> appointing three reviewers to the independent review into the South Tees Development Corporation and Teesworks Joint Venture, alongside a copy of the review's <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findependent-review-teesworks-joint-venture-reviewer-appointment-letters-and-terms-of-reference%2Fterms-of-reference&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C480575530a714ca7916808db6b679f98%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638221865018293497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HBlCrwhVIIUV%2Bxwt0U4guAi%2BnUSlOc2k3BS2RrBRwlg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">terms of reference</a>. This followed my Written Ministerial Statement to the House on 25 May, announcing the review (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2023-05-25%2Fhcws813&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C480575530a714ca7916808db6b679f98%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638221865018293497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=W%2FdTN7JPOWu7UODTwtQ%2FpZsBeIKProL382zWKRa5BgY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HCWS813</a>).</p><p>As set out in Parliament on 7 June, in line with existing practice, we have matched the skills, expertise, and experience of the panel, all of whom have held senior positions in local government, to the specific requirements of the review.</p><p>Details of the government funding provided to Tees Valley Combined Authority for the development of South Tees Development Corporation site are available on gov.uk. No funding has been provided by the Government to the Teesworks Joint Venture.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 188236 question first answered 13/06/2023 11:00:39 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley previous answer version 80642 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1642662

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Teesworks Joint Venture Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what set of criteria he plans to use to appoint panellists to the Independent review: Teesworks Joint Venture.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	188236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>On 7 June, the Department published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findependent-review-teesworks-joint-venture-reviewer-appointment-letters-and-terms-of-reference&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C480575530a714ca7916808db6b679f98%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638221865018293497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EOWGd%2FNOpdezJLDCSGfCGcNHW2aQijoUugMvv5p87x0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">letters</a> appointing three reviewers to the independent review into the South Tees Development Corporation and Teesworks Joint Venture, alongside a copy of the review's <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Findependent-review-teesworks-joint-venture-reviewer-appointment-letters-and-terms-of-reference%2Fterms-of-reference&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C480575530a714ca7916808db6b679f98%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638221865018293497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=HBlCrwhVIIUV%2Bxwt0U4guAi%2BnUSlOc2k3BS2RrBRwlg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">terms of reference</a>. This followed my Written Ministerial Statement to the House on 25 May, announcing the review (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2023-05-25%2Fhcws813&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C480575530a714ca7916808db6b679f98%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638221865018293497%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=W%2FdTN7JPOWu7UODTwtQ%2FpZsBeIKProL382zWKRa5BgY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HCWS813</a>).</p><p>As set out in Parliament on 7 June, in line with existing practice, we have matched the skills, expertise, and experience of the panel, all of whom have held senior positions in local government, to the specific requirements of the review.</p><p>Details of the government funding provided to Tees Valley Combined Authority for the development of South Tees Development Corporation site are available on gov.uk. No funding has been provided by the Government to the Teesworks Joint Venture.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 188235 question first answered 13/06/2023 11:00:39 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley previous answer version 80643 answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1642674

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June to Question 186376 on Government Departments: Apprentices, if he will provide a breakdown by Department of the percentage change in digital, data and technology apprenticeships between October 2021 and December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	188237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Digital Data and Technology (DDaT) apprenticeships are a way to gain industry standard qualifications whilst working full time in a salaried DDaT role in the Civil Service. During their programme, apprentices receive training from an apprenticeship provider in their chosen field, and apply their emerging knowledge and skills to their full time role as a DDaT professional.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) is working with departments and commercial teams to address barriers to fully utilising the apprentice levy, including through increasing apprentice provider choice.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have also grown our early talent offers. CDDO is now in the process of building a cross-government digital apprenticeship programme ‘Tech Track’ which aims to upskill existing Civil Servants into the DDaT profession through apprenticeships, targeting 350-500 roles in its first year from Q1 2024.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Apprentice numbers regularly fluctuate year to year as apprentices begin and finish their courses at different stages throughout the year. External factors play a significant role in decisions to invest in apprenticeships. These include the impact of Covid-19 on recruitment and operation of apprenticeships, and proposed reductions to overall Civil Service headcount, prompting departments to prioritise fully developed staff. Changes to the recruitment of apprentices will not be reflected in the number of apprentices in departments until the following year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data provided by the Civil Service Apprenticeship Unit (CSAU) shows that, between September 2021 and December 2022, the number of apprentices fluctuated as per the below table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Department</p></td><td><p>On programme Apprentices September 2021</p></td><td><p>On programme Apprentices December 2022</p></td><td><p>Percentage Change</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Justice</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>1000%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>197%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for International Trade</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Education</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom Statistics Authority</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attorney General's Departments</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Work and Pensions</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>163</p></td><td><p>-4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>-20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (and former partners)</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>-24%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Crime Agency</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cabinet Office</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>-34%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Competition and Markets Authority</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department For Digital Culture Media And Sport</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HM Revenue and Customs</p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>-52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Office</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>-54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>-58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>-62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charity Commission</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Levelling Up, Housing &amp; Communities</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 12/06/2023 17:18:53 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1639741

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report from the National Audit Office entitled Digital transformation in government: addressing the barriers to efficiency, published on 10 March 2023, what assessment he has made of the implications for (a) his policies and (b) digital transformation in Government of that report's finding of a reduction of 20 per cent in the number of digital, data and technology apprenticeships between October 2021 and December 202.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	186376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>Government is committed to strengthening digital and technology specialist skills and has increased the number of recorded specialists by 10% since the establishment of the <em>Transforming for a digital future: 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data.</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individual departments are ultimately responsible for their own resourcing decisions and will have their own rationale for specific choices made. Additionally, apprenticeship headcounts will fluctuate over time linked to factors like the procurement of suppliers and the cohort based nature of apprenticeship recruitment.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Apprentices are a core part of our thriving digital community, as are graduates and interns, and we are committed to ensuring that the trend in reduction of apprentices is reversed. Indeed, since the report was published, the number of recorded apprentices has increased by 6.2%.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) are currently working with departments and commercial teams to address some of the barriers to fully utilising apprentice levy’s in government, including through increasing supplier choice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 05/06/2023 16:35:47 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1628175

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
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	Protective Clothing: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2023 to Question 184346 on Protective Clothing: Contracts and with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled Investigation into the management of PPE contracts published 30 Mar 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of that report's findings that not all due diligence checks on companies not were completed before contracts were awarded for personal protective equipment procurement.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	185225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The 2022 National Audit Office (NAO) refers to an ‘eight stage due diligence process’, a term used by the NAO to describe a structured process of checks and due diligence on potential suppliers of personal protective equipment (PPE) which formalised the checks quickly put in place by the cross-Government PPE procurement cell and which evolved in March and April 2020. The final step was the introduction of a central clearance board on 4 May 2020 to perform checks previously performed by the Department’s Accounting Officer to add an extra level of assurance that the deal met our requirements. From the start all suppliers were evaluated by officials on financial standing, technical compliance and ability to perform the contract.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/05/2023 15:32:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1626493

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	SIMEC Group: Subsidies
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 16 March 2023 to Question 156109 on SIMEC Group: Subsidies, whether (a) Aar Tee Group, (b) Pentech, (c) Simec UK Energy Holdings, (d) Atlantis Resources and (e) Simec Atlantis Energy received public funding following the SIMEC Group's acquisition of the Uskmouth B Powerplant in Newport, South Wales in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	184345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The companies listed have received no public funding from the Department for Business and Trade since 2015.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/05/2023 10:56:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith