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673491

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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

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

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

669013

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that NHS trusts provide prompt and accurate payments to small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	58747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts are required to follow the advice within HM Treasury’s ‘Managing Public Money’ which sets out that they should include a clause in their contracts requiring contractors to pay their suppliers within 30 days. The Department has also developed standard ‘NHS Terms and conditions’ for use by NHS trusts and foundation trusts which reiterate these terms when procuring goods and services from suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health Group’s own Manual for Accounts sets out that NHS bodies must disclose their compliance with the Better Practice Payment Code target (to pay at least 95% of invoices, both for NHS and non-NHS suppliers within 30 days of receipt of an invoice) and detail their performance in their annual reports. The NHS Provider Regulators (NHS Improvement) has also raised awareness of compliance with the Code through its official monthly bulletin.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/01/2017 11:37:00 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
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

657885

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Iranian government on the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	57376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have raised Mrs Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's detention repeatedly, at all levels, with the Iranian government. The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), and The Foreign Secretary, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Mr Johnson), raised Mrs Zaghari- Ratcliffe's case with their Iranian counterparts during the UN General Assembly in September. The Prime Minister followed up her concerns in writing to President Rouhani on 3 October. I also met with the Iranian Ambassador and Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband, Richard Ratcliffe, on 7 December, and we will continue to raise these cases with the Iranian Government at every available opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 22/12/2016 14:39:45 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
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

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

634215

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
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	Trade Agreements
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 make it his policy not to include provision such as subsidy arrangements or preferential treatment arrangements in his industrial strategy; and to rescind such provision for negotiations of free trade agreements.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	52597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>Our industrial strategy will focus on driving improved growth and productivity across the UK economy.</p><p>The strategy will support and encourage companies to trade internationally, and create a business environment that will attract overseas investors to locate for the long term, and keep the UK one of the best and most competitive places in the world to invest and export.</p><p>We will set out our plans to deliver the best international trading framework for the UK in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/11/2016 16:05:22 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

631721

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to accelerate the processing of tax credit change of circumstances notifications.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Steve Baker
uin	52294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>There are currently three ways to report a change of circumstance: telephone, paper form or digitally. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has processed UK tax credit change of circumstances in an average of less than ten days during the current tax year and is meeting all internal targets for dealing with changes. HMRC keeps performance levels under constant review, including opportunities for further improvements in this area.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/11/2016 14:42:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker