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1240743

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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: Compensation
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 12 June 2020 to Question 55665 on Surgical Mesh Implants, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review's recommendation that a redress agency be established to administer compensation to those affected by surgical meshes.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	99538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2020 answer text <p>All recommendations of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review are being considered carefully. The Government will provide an update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 02/11/2020 13:35:36 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1240829

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to advise people who had previously been shielding to do so again in response to increasing infection rates across the UK.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	99539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Shielding was paused on 1 August 2020 in England and clinically extremely vulnerable people are now required to follow the Local COVID Alert Level arrangements in place in their area. Advice has also been provided to the clinically extremely vulnerable to follow in addition to these measures.</p><p>It is important that guidance and support to the clinically extremely vulnerable balances the risk of exposure to the virus with the potential negative consequences on people’s mental and physical health caused by prolonged social and financial isolation.</p><p>In the future, we will only introduce shielding in the worst affected areas and this decision will be based on the latest evidence and on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer. The Government will write to those affected if they are being asked to shield.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/10/2020 13:20:27 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill previous answer version 53732 answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1239324

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many personnel make up the Post Office policy team within his Department.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	97476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>The Post Office Policy team in BEIS has 4 full-time equivalent staff. The team works with the UKGI Post Office Shareholder team as well as experts from other functions within BEIS, including analysts, lawyers, and a correspondence team.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/10/2020 10:08:45 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1239325

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of Lord Callanan of 25 February 2020, Official Report, column 95GC, what plans he has to further expand the post office policy team.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	97477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>In April 2019 the BEIS Post Office policy team was made up by 2 staff members and has doubled in size since then.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/10/2020 10:09:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1238964

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the evidence from Paula Vennells to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee on 24 June 2020, what the identify is of the law firm involved on behalf of his Department with which the UKGI POL representative was fully engaged.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	96784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The legal defence of the litigation was handled solely by Post Office Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/10/2020 16:52:57 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1238965

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether a lawyer representing his Department attended meetings of the POL GLO sub-Committee from the time of its inauguration in March 2018 until the conclusion of the litigation in December 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	96785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>No legal advisor representing BEIS attended the Post Office Limited GLO Sub-Committee. Among the committee’s attendees were the UKGI Shareholder Representative and the UKGI General Counsel as an observer.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/10/2020 16:43:50 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1238966

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the legal costs incurred by his Department as a result of the Post Office Ltd Horizon IT system litigation case for each tax year.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	96786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The Post Office appointed Womble Bond Dickenson and Herbert Smith Freehills in the latter stages of the litigation. BEIS was not a party to the litigation and did not take part in the proceedings which were handled by Post Office Limited and their own legal team. Therefore, BEIS incurred no external legal costs.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 96787 question first answered 07/10/2020 16:54:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1238967

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the legal costs incurred (a) within his Department as a result of the Post Office Ltd Horizon IT system litigation case and (b) as a result of his Department engaging external specialist advice on that case.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	96787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>The Post Office appointed Womble Bond Dickenson and Herbert Smith Freehills in the latter stages of the litigation. BEIS was not a party to the litigation and did not take part in the proceedings which were handled by Post Office Limited and their own legal team. Therefore, BEIS incurred no external legal costs.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 96786 question first answered 07/10/2020 16:54:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1238968

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Office: Accounting Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 6 July 2020 to Question HL5975 on Post Office: Accounting Officers, if he will publish the (a) correspondence and (b) papers relating to meetings that took place between Post Office Limited and his Department in which changes to the Post Office Limited's strategy and legal team were discussed.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	96788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>Discussions between the Post Office and BEIS on this matter are legally privileged and therefore will not be subject to publication.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 96789 question first answered 08/10/2020 07:08:27 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1238969

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Office: Accounting Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 6 July 2020 to Question HL5974 on Post Office: Accounting Officers, if he will publish the (a) correspondence and (b) papers relating to meetings that took place between UKGI and his Department in which changes to the Post Office Limited's strategy and legal team were discussed.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	96789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>Discussions between the Post Office and BEIS on this matter are legally privileged and therefore will not be subject to publication.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 96788 question first answered 08/10/2020 07:08:27 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones