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483145

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which measures originating in the EU have an effect on the level of energy bills.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	31915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>Many EU policies, energy related and wider, have the potential to impact on the level of energy bills. These include the single European market for energy, product standards to improve energy efficiency and measures to meet climate change objectives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 11/04/2016 11:05:59 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

142114

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the transparency of mortgage pricing; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	213670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring fair and effective competition across all financial services markets. It has established the independent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and given them the responsibility, enshrined in law, to promote effective competition in the interest of consumers. The FCA has the power to create, supervise and enforce any rules it thinks are needed to promote consumer protection, transparency and competition, including with respect to the transparency of mortgage pricing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/11/2014 14:42:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

673608

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that HS2 Ltd produces Route Management, Improvement and Safety Plans for roads in Buckinghamshire affected by the construction of High Speed 2 by 28 February 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	60010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>Route Management, Improvement and Safety Plans for works which may be necessary to enable worksite access for main civil works by large goods vehicles (where lorry route approvals are required) are currently being prepared and will be discussed with the relevant local highway authorities, including Buckinghamshire, ahead of the start of any works.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/01/2017 09:55:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

673491

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Nuclear Submarines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that Britain's nuclear submarine fleet systems have robust and up-to-date operating systems installed in place of Windows XP.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	60008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>We continually assess the capability of the United Kingdom's nuclear submarine fleet to ensure its operational effectiveness and to maintain resilience against potential threats.</p><p>I am withholding information on the specific systems used by our submarines as disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of our Armed Forces.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 23/01/2017 17:50:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

631981

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	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	Social Security Benefits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that all benefit applications are processed within five working days.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	52292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>All claims for benefit are processed as quickly as possible and individual expectations on the number of days this takes is tailored across all our different products and services.</p><p> </p><p>We are now processing benefits more quickly and accurately with 90% of key out-of-work benefits processed within planned timescales in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Where claimants are in urgent financial need and have claimed Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support, Employment and Support Allowance, Carers Allowance, Pension Credit and State Pension they can apply for an advance on their first benefit payment. This is called a Short Term Benefit Advance.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/11/2016 17:26:51 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

634213

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2016
	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	Food Banks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to conduct research into whether timely and accurate administration of benefits affects the level of use of food banks.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	52524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>In the last five years we have made significant improvements in the service we provide and as a consequence benefits are paid faster than ever before; at the same time some food banks have reported increases in the amount of food supplies that they issue. Reasons for food bank use are complex and overlapping so it is misleading to link them to any one issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 21/11/2016 14:37:59 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

48904

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of sustained low interest rates on incentives to save; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	903726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p>Low interest rates have benefited everyone, including through reducing mortgage rates, but the Government recognises that this has made it harder for people's savings to grow and to secure an adequate income for retirement. The Government believes it is right, therefore, to support hard working people that have taken the long term decisions to save and plan for their future.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget package announced last month aims to help all savers at all stages of life. It reduces tax for the lowest income savers; reforms the ISA regime to give all savers greater flexibility as to where and how they save their money; and creates new products to help retired savers see a better return.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

657964

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce delays in securing dates for First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum) hearings.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	57377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>We do everything we can to avoid unnecessary delay in the Immigration &amp; Asylum Tribunal and we have provided an additional 4,950 tribunal sitting days for this financial year to ensure current caseloads do not increase. We are keeping performance under close review.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 21/12/2016 16:06:02 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

658477

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2016
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Penn School
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Education Funding Agency and (b) other statutory bodies about the future use of the former Penn School site; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	57553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The department has received and responded to correspondence about the site of the former Penn School. There is a meeting scheduled to take place with Mr Baker and Martin Post, Regional Schools Commissioner (RSC) for North West London and South Central England, on 13 January 2017 in order to discuss the future of the school site and provide some assurances. A representative from the Free Schools Regional Delivery team is also available to be contacted prior to this meeting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 19/12/2016 18:33:12 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

673502

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Free Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the free school application process to ensure that hon. Members, local councillors and other relevant stakeholders are kept informed of proposed developments in their area.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	60009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The free schools programme is a demand-led programme. We assess applications to establish free schools against published criteria. At the beginning of each application wave we write to local authorities to ask for their views about any free school applications received. We consult them again about the ones that have been invited to attend an interview and then again about the ones that are proceeding to the next stage of the process, the pre-opening stage. In addition Lord Nash writes to all the relevant Hon. Members at the end of the application wave to let them know which applications in their constituencies have been successful.</p><p>Under section 10 of the Academies Act 2010 the trust behind the proposal must consult the people they think appropriate on whether to enter into a funding agreement with the Secretary of State. The funding agreement needs to be signed before the school can open. This statutory consultation informs stakeholders and the local community about the project and gives them the opportunity to comment on it.</p><p>We are continually looking for ways to improve the application process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Edward Timpson question first answered 23/01/2017 13:40:47 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker