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1109978

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Coalfields Regeneration Trust: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department allocated to the Coalfields Regeneration Trust in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	241418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>This Department has not provided the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT) with any direct funding since 2015. Our investment in the CRT from 2010 to 2015 was designed to assist the organisation to become self-sustaining, supporting them to respond to needs and opportunities in coalfield communities.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 10/04/2019 14:09:05 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1105282

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: South Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the need for UK Government investment in transport infrastructure in South Wales after the UK leaves the European Union; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	237074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government works closely with the Welsh Government on the specification and funding of Network Rail’s operations in England and Wales for each five year railway Control Period. The approach we are using to assess the need for investment into rail infrastructure in South Wales will remain unchanged after the UK leaves the EU. We will continue to consider rail investments in line with the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP). Network Rail’s Control Period 6 Strategic Business Plan, covering the period from April 2019 to 2024, states a total proposed investment of £1.34bn in rail across Wales and Borders.</p><p> </p><p>Investment in road infrastructure is a devolved responsibility and would be a matter for the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 03/04/2019 10:25:48 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1105284

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	Cancer: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the merits of raising the current clinical age limits for screening for (a) breast and (b) cervical cancer.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	237076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>In response to the Independent Breast Screening Review 2018, the United Kingdom National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has commissioned work to help clarify what the upper screening age in breast should be and discussed the findings at its meeting in February. The recommendation will be made to Ministers and minutes of the UK NSC meeting will be made available six weeks after the meeting at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc</a></p><p> </p><p>We continue to wait for the results of the Age Extension Trial to help provide the evidence needed to better understand what the benefits and harms are when offering screening outside the current recommended screening age.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the age for cervical screening, women will stop receiving routine invitations once they reach 65 unless they need ongoing surveillance or follow up. The natural history of cervical cancer means that it is unlikely that women over this age who have been regularly screened will go on to develop cervical cancer; furthermore, we know that screening becomes more uncomfortable for women as the cervix is less visible after menopause.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/04/2019 15:44:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1105285

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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	National Child Measurement Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of extending the National Child Measurement Programme to other primary school age groups.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	237077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care (Steve Brine MP) to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Luciana Berger MP) on 7 February 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-02-04/216349/" target="_blank">216349</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 03/04/2019 11:22:35 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1105286

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current (a) legal (b) administrative and (c) financial penalties for the provision of poor pension transfer advice.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	237078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the independent financial services regulator, to ensure consumers have access to high quality financial advice. The FCA is responsible for ensuring that the financial advice market works well, competitively and fairly. The Government has established a strong regulatory framework to enable the FCA’s work.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA has considerable power to take action where it sees evidence of poor pension transfer advice. For example, they may impose a financial penalty on firms or individuals, require the firm to pay redress to its customers, place restrictions on the firm’s permissions or prohibit individuals from operating in financial services.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 03/04/2019 10:41:01 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1105288

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the level of coordination between the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to defined benefit pension transfer advice.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	237080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The DWP are urging the two organisations to work much more closely together. The Pension’s Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority carry out their functions independently. The Pension’s Regulator launched a joint protocol with Financial Conduct Authority in January 2019. The Protocol is intended to improve coordination between the Financial Conduct Authority, The Pension’s Regulator and the Pensions Advisory Service to help pension scheme trustees to ensure their members are adequately and fully informed when considering transferring their defined benefit pensions.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 02/04/2019 16:28:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith