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997255

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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 steps she is taking to ensure that private pensions are accessible through the pensions dashboard.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	185015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Private Pensions information will be available through dashboards. Delivery of these will be led by industry and facilitated by government. We will set out and consult on our proposed approach to delivery, including how to maximise private pension schemes participation in the dashboard in our feasibility report, which will be published shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>People can already access the online ‘Check your State Pension’ service through GOV.UK to get a forecast of their State Pension. This includes information about how they may be able to improve the amount of State Pension they are entitled to, as well as providing a view of their National Insurance contribution record. Check Your State Pension service has provided more than ten million online estimates since its introduction in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 185016 question first answered 01/11/2018 15:42:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

997256

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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 she will take steps to ensure that State Pension information is accessible through the pensions dashboard to enable (a) pensioners and (b) people approaching retirement age to make informed decisions.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	185016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Private Pensions information will be available through dashboards. Delivery of these will be led by industry and facilitated by government. We will set out and consult on our proposed approach to delivery, including how to maximise private pension schemes participation in the dashboard in our feasibility report, which will be published shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>People can already access the online ‘Check your State Pension’ service through GOV.UK to get a forecast of their State Pension. This includes information about how they may be able to improve the amount of State Pension they are entitled to, as well as providing a view of their National Insurance contribution record. Check Your State Pension service has provided more than ten million online estimates since its introduction in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 185015 question first answered 01/11/2018 15:42:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

938558

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review: Surgical Mesh Implants
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 Written Statement of 10 July 2018 on Update on the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, HCWS841, what the (a) names and (b) objectives are of the clinicians on the clinical advisory group for surgical mesh.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	163087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The name of the clinicians on the clinical advisory group for surgical mesh are:</p><p> </p><p>Professor Keith Willett – National Medical Director for Acute Care and Emergency Preparedness, NHS England</p><p>Professor Jonathan Duckett – Chair – British Society of Urogynaecology (BSUG)</p><p>Mr Chris Harding - Chairman – British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS) subsection of female, neurological and urodynamic urology</p><p>Mr Roland Morley – President, Urology section of The Royal Society of Medicine; Chairman, Specialist Advisory Committee on Urology (United Kingdom)</p><p>Mr Nigel Acheson – Regional Medical Director, NHS England</p><p>Mr Alfred Cutner – NHS England Specialised Commissioning Clinical Reference Group</p><p>Dr Heather Payne – Senior Medical Officer for Maternal and Child Health (Wales)</p><p> </p><p>The objectives of the Clinical Advisory Group, with subject matter expert members representing NHS England, BSUG and BAUS, are to:</p><ol><li>Recommend the mesh/tape procedures included in the high vigilance restriction.</li><li>Recommend and justify any mesh/tape procedures that should be excluded from the restriction, with or without increased vigilance.</li><li>Recommend any alternative non-mesh procedures that should be subject to increased vigilance, given the change in practice caused by the pause on mesh/tape use.</li><li>Advise on high vigilance processes which must be followed by NHS and private hospitals for any mesh/tape surgery defined in (A) deemed clinically essential during the pause, and for the unrestricted procedures defined in (B) and (C). This includes:</li></ol><p>- Ensuring the appropriateness of the procedure and exclusion of alternatives.</p><p>- Ensuring that all appropriate surgical options have been offered, including where secondary referral would be required. Local unit capability should not restrict treatment options;</p><p>- Ensuring that appropriate information and consenting processes are in place in all cases;</p><p>- A process for provider trust Medical Director’s sign-off of the surgeon’s competence; and</p><p>- A process for documenting and registering the procedures.</p><p>5.Recommend how trusts and general practitioners should support patients with advice, including patients newly referred or diagnosed, patients on the waiting list, and patients who have had previous mesh surgery who may have concerns.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/07/2018 17:08:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

938559

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review
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 Written Statement of 10 July 2018 on Update on the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, HCWS841, what estimate he has made of the number of potential exceptions there will be to the pause in the use of mesh for stress urinary incontinence; and how exceptions to the suspension will be determined.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	163088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The pause in the use of vaginally inserted mesh to treat prolapse and tape/sling used to treat stress urinary incontinence will be implemented through a high vigilance programme of restricted practice. This is not a blanket ban as for some patients this can be a last treatment option for a debilitating condition.</p><p> </p><p>These operations will therefore be available for carefully selected patients based on a multidisciplinary team decision, where the patient understands the risks involved and has provided informed consent. It is therefore not possible at this stage to quantify the number of exceptions that will take place.</p><p> </p><p>This is similar to the position in Scotland, where mesh used to treat stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse has been temporarily suspended, but is allowed in certain tightly controlled circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/07/2018 17:18:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

938560

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review
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 Written Statement of 10 July 2018 on Update on the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, HCWS841, if he will publish in detail the Government’s plan for a high vigilance programme of restricted practice for the use of surgical mesh to treat stress urinary incontinence.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	163089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>On 10 July, alongside the Government’s announcement of a pause in the use of sling/tape to treat stress urinary incontinence and vaginally inserted mesh to treat prolapse, NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to provider Chief Executives and Medical Directors, advising on implementation of the pause through a high vigilance programme of restriction. It was advised that, for the majority of patients, a delay until the high vigilance programme ceased would be the preferred option. This information is in the public domain and available on the NHS Improvement website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://i.emlfiles4.com/cmpdoc/9/7/2/8/1/1/files/47633_mesh-letter-to-acute-ceos-and-mds.pdf" target="_blank">https://i.emlfiles4.com/cmpdoc/9/7/2/8/1/1/files/47633_mesh-letter-to-acute-ceos-and-mds.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>A Clinical Advisory Group has been formed, with subject matter expert members representing NHS England, British Society of Urogynaecology and British Association of Urological Surgeons. The Clinical Advisory Group is developing clinical recommendations for implementation following the initial advice given to providers. NHS England will ensure that these clinical recommendations are communicated to providers once they are agreed.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 16/07/2018 17:09:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

909421

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
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	Surgical Mesh Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the three-year limit in medical negligence cases for mesh-injured patients.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	146835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>There is no plan to extend the three-year limit in medical negligence cases specifically for mesh-injured patients.</p><p> </p><p>Under section 11 of the Limitation Act 1980 a patient is able to bring a claim for damages for clinical negligence against a trust or any other healthcare provider within three years from the date of injury. However, this can be longer if the patient is a child, when the three year period only begins on his/her eighteenth birthday the patient has a mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983 so as to be incapable of managing his/ her own affairs, when the three year period is suspended or there was an interval before the patient realised or could reasonably have found out that he/she had suffered a significant injury possibly related to his/her treatment.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘date of knowledge’ of an injury could be a number of years after the treatment. In recognition that there may be some cases where the prescribed period is inadequate, the Limitation Act 1980 also gives the court discretion to disapply the limitation period in respect of claims for personal injuries when it considers it just and equitable to do so.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 04/06/2018 14:30:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

830209

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	European Capital of Culture: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what support her Department provided to the joint bid by Belfast City Council and Derry and Strabane District Council to be named European Capital of Culture.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	124870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Belfast City Council, working in partnership with Derry City and Strabane District Council, submitted a bid to become the UK’s host for European Capital of Culture in 2023. While the Department has not been involved in that council-led process, the UK Government is disappointed with the European Commission’s actions in discontinuing the competition and will seek further dialogue on this issue. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is continuing to work closely with the five cities that submitted bids. <br></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 29/01/2018 17:22:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

830210

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	European Capital of Culture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government became aware that UK cities would not be able to bid to be named European Capital of Culture; and when this was communicated to those cities that were so bidding.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	124871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The European Commission wrote to the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 22 November 2017. A copy of the letter has been placed in the Library. The five candidate cities were informed of the European Commission’s decision on 23 November 2017.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 01/02/2018 10:51:32 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

830211

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many staff were employed by her Department in each year since 1996.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	124872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>Because of the devolution of policing and justice functions on 12 April 2010, and subsequent reconfiguration of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), the NIO does not hold figures for the periods prior to 2010. Attempting to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost. The figures below are taken from the NIO annual report and accounts for 2010/11 to 2016/17 and show the numbers of staff employed by the NIO or loaned from other government departments, and seconded staff working in the core NIO.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Reporting Years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Directly Employed/loaned Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Seconded Staff</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overall Staff Numbers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>103</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18*</strong></p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* As of 25 January 2018</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 29/01/2018 16:39:42 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

830212

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Coordination Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Conservative–DUP coordination committee last met to discuss future Government business; and whether she plans to publish details and minutes of such meetings.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	124873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Coordination Committee last met on 29 January 2018 and will meet again soon. The agendas and summaries of these meetings are regularly published on Gov.uk:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conservative-and-dup-agreement-and-uk-government-financial-support-for-northern-ireland" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/conservative-and-dup-agreement-and-uk-government-financial-support-for-northern-ireland</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 06/03/2018 16:40:08 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith