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1568653

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on 17 January 2023 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Financial Conduct Authority's response to concerns raised by his Department regarding Safe Hands Funeral Plans; and whether he will publish his Department correspondence with the Financial Conduct Authority on that issue.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	127725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Safe Hands Plans went into administration in March 2022. The government understands that this situation is very concerning for customers of Safe Hands.</p><p> </p><p>Since being made aware of misconduct across the funeral plan sector in 2017, the government and Financial Conduct Authority have dedicated significant resource to regulate the sector fully. This has ensured that those trying to make financial arrangements for their funerals now have the right regulatory protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s work to bring pre-paid funeral plans into regulation has ensured that – for the first time – 1.6 million funeral plan consumers are protected from poor practice within the sector. Because of the action taken, it is now a criminal offence to sell pre-paid funeral plans without FCA authorisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 127726 127727 127728 127729 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:57:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1568655

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, what estimate his Department has had made of the number of consumers who were at risk from Safe Hands Funeral Plans in July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	127726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Safe Hands Plans went into administration in March 2022. The government understands that this situation is very concerning for customers of Safe Hands.</p><p> </p><p>Since being made aware of misconduct across the funeral plan sector in 2017, the government and Financial Conduct Authority have dedicated significant resource to regulate the sector fully. This has ensured that those trying to make financial arrangements for their funerals now have the right regulatory protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s work to bring pre-paid funeral plans into regulation has ensured that – for the first time – 1.6 million funeral plan consumers are protected from poor practice within the sector. Because of the action taken, it is now a criminal offence to sell pre-paid funeral plans without FCA authorisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 127725 127727 127728 127729 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:57:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1568656

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, whether his Department made an assessment of the potential merits of providing support to Safe Hands’ customers at the time that those concerns were raised.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	127727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Safe Hands Plans went into administration in March 2022. The government understands that this situation is very concerning for customers of Safe Hands.</p><p> </p><p>Since being made aware of misconduct across the funeral plan sector in 2017, the government and Financial Conduct Authority have dedicated significant resource to regulate the sector fully. This has ensured that those trying to make financial arrangements for their funerals now have the right regulatory protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s work to bring pre-paid funeral plans into regulation has ensured that – for the first time – 1.6 million funeral plan consumers are protected from poor practice within the sector. Because of the action taken, it is now a criminal offence to sell pre-paid funeral plans without FCA authorisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 127725 127726 127728 127729 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:57:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1568657

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, whether his departmental officials contacted representative's of Safe Hands Plans to inquire into the risk those plans posed to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	127728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Safe Hands Plans went into administration in March 2022. The government understands that this situation is very concerning for customers of Safe Hands.</p><p> </p><p>Since being made aware of misconduct across the funeral plan sector in 2017, the government and Financial Conduct Authority have dedicated significant resource to regulate the sector fully. This has ensured that those trying to make financial arrangements for their funerals now have the right regulatory protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s work to bring pre-paid funeral plans into regulation has ensured that – for the first time – 1.6 million funeral plan consumers are protected from poor practice within the sector. Because of the action taken, it is now a criminal offence to sell pre-paid funeral plans without FCA authorisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 127725 127726 127727 127729 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:57:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1568658

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120941 on Safe Hands Plans: Finance, whether his Department holds data on (a) how many more consumers bought a Safe Hands Plan after July 2017, and (b) the estimated average loss to each consumer who had bought a plan.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	127729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>Safe Hands Plans went into administration in March 2022. The government understands that this situation is very concerning for customers of Safe Hands.</p><p> </p><p>Since being made aware of misconduct across the funeral plan sector in 2017, the government and Financial Conduct Authority have dedicated significant resource to regulate the sector fully. This has ensured that those trying to make financial arrangements for their funerals now have the right regulatory protections.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s work to bring pre-paid funeral plans into regulation has ensured that – for the first time – 1.6 million funeral plan consumers are protected from poor practice within the sector. Because of the action taken, it is now a criminal offence to sell pre-paid funeral plans without FCA authorisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith grouped question UIN 127725 127726 127727 127728 question first answered 25/01/2023 11:57:11 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1566312

registered interest
date	12/01/2023
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	Sante Global
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 held discussions with lobbyists for Sante Global LLP between April and September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	122113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>There were no discussions held.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/01/2023 16:31:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1566003

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Safe Hands Plans: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Treasury were first made aware of the financial risk posed by Safe Hands Plans funeral scheme.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	120941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>During a wide-ranging meeting with industry in July 2017 to discuss pre-paid funeral plans, some concerns about Safe Hands Plans were raised with HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>In response, officials advised that such concerns should more properly be reported to the Financial Conduct Authority, reflecting the fact that HM Treasury has no investigatory or enforcement powers of its own.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 17/01/2023 08:55:36 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1566026

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Unispace Global: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Unispace Global Ltd fulfilled its contractual obligations on all PPE contracts it was awarded prior to its novation to Sante Global LLP.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	120948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department contract with Unispace Global Ltd for gloves was not fulfilled prior to that contract being novated to Sante Global LLP. However, in July <ins class="ministerial">2022</ins><del class="ministerial">2021</del>, a settlement was reached and the contract has now performed.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince previous answer version 48228 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince 51549 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince question first answered 31/01/2023 12:42:58 question first ministerially corrected 06/02/2023 10:23:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1566048

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Unispace Global: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the PPE contracts awarded to Unispace Global Ltd were novated to Unispace Health LLP, now Sante Global LLP.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	120953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>On 16 December 2020, contracts under Unispace were novated to Sante Global LLP, whom at the time were Unispace Health Products LLP, by a deed of novation made between the Department, Unispace and Sante Global LLP.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 31/01/2023 12:39:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 48229 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1550767

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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	5G
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the economic impact of the rollout of standalone 5G (a) in Blaenau Gwent constituency and (b) nationally.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	108143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>In 2017, the government set an ambition for the majority of the UK population to have access to 5G by 2027. This has been met five years early, with basic “non-standalone” 5G - which uses 5G equipment on 4G infrastructure.</p><p>We expect the Mobile Network Operators to begin deploying Standalone 5G in 2023. This next phase of investment will help unlock the full potential of 5G as a foundational technology for the knowledge-based economy, to support uses in industrial and innovation in the provision of public services, bringing both significant economic and societal benefits to the UK.</p><p>We are developing a Wireless Infrastructure Strategy which will establish a new ambition for 5G rollout, and set out how the UK can realise the full socioeconomic benefits of advanced wireless connectivity. We aim to publish the strategy early next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/12/2022 12:38:26 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith