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1379059

registered interest
date	16/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Breakfast Clubs: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of Government contracts for the provision of school breakfasts.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	75878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to continuing support for school breakfast clubs in England and is further investing up to £24 million to continue our national programme for the next two years. This funding will support around 2,500 schools in disadvantaged areas in England, including opportunity areas. This means that thousands of children from low-income families will be offered free nutritious breakfasts to better support their attainment, wellbeing, and readiness to learn.</p><p>The breakfast clubs programme is operated by our provider Family Action.</p><p>Throughout the current contract we will be working with this provider to monitor different aspects of the current programme and its effectiveness on school breakfast provisions. We will consider the best opportunities to share information as it progresses.</p><p>The department made a £38 million investment in the National School Breakfast Programme between March 2018 and July 2021. This has helped to set up or improve breakfast clubs in up to 2,450 schools in disadvantaged areas and to sustain them in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 23/11/2021 17:06:11 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1377852

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that the savings induced by his reforms to alcohol duty will be passed to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	73821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>These are commercial matters between vendors and their suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/11/2021 15:24:24 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1378129

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an announcement on the local government finance settlement to ensure that councils are notified of that settlement before Christmas 2021.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	73825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department intends to publish the next provisional Local Government Finance Settlement later this year.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 22/11/2021 17:29:55 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1378131

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to ensure that assessments of the areas to be tackled by the Government's levelling up agenda are conducted on a geographical basis no larger than a Middle Layer Super Output Area; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	73826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>Levelling up is about addressing disparities within and between regions. It means empowering local leaders and communities to seize their own destiny; boosting living standards, particularly where they are lower; spreading opportunity and improving public services, particularly where they are weak; and restoring local pride across the UK. The Government is taking a data-driven approach to assessing geographic areas, ensuring that we are focusing our efforts on the places that need the most support. Each place and its requirements are unique, and therefore the support it receives must reflect this.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 22/11/2021 17:13:47 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1366808

registered interest
date	08/11/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Off-payroll Working: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his planned timetable is for the (a) completion and (b) publication of the independent research commissioned by the Government into the short-term impacts of the April 2021 reform of the off-payroll working rules.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	71326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>HMRC has commissioned external research into the short-term effects of the April 2021 off-payroll working rules reform in the private and voluntary sectors, and fieldwork for this research started in October.</p><p> </p><p>The research is expected to be completed in spring 2022 and will be published in due course once complete.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 17/11/2021 11:08:18 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1364819

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Dance and Music: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the cost-effectiveness of the Music and Dance Scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	67138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The department has a long-term commitment to ensuring that high-quality dance and music education is not the preserve of the elite, but the entitlement of every single child.</p><p>The Music and Dance Scheme (MDS) allows exceptionally talented children to attend specialist music and dance education providers. The scheme provides bursaries and grants totalling around £30 million per annum to children and young people with exceptional potential, regardless of their personal circumstances, to benefit from world-class specialist music or dance training.</p><p>The department regularly assesses the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of all programmes, including the MDS. The department is working with MDS providers to improve the information collected from them each year, so future assessments can be improved.</p><p>Following the Spending Review, the department will continue to invest around £115 million per annum in cultural education over the next three years, though our music, arts and heritage programmes, and this includes the Music and Dance Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 08/11/2021 17:18:38 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1361101

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of IR35 on the number of drivers in the haulage industry.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	58833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>The Tax Information and Impact Note published in March 2021 sets out expected impacts of the April 2021 reform of the off-payroll working rules: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021/off-payroll-working-rules-from-april-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government committed to commission independent research into the short-term impacts of the reform by October 2021 during the debate on the Finance Bill 2020. That research has now been commissioned, and the findings will be published once complete.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/10/2021 11:19:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1361141

registered interest
date	19/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Afghan citizens’ resettlement scheme will be re-opened.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	58840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) is not yet open. Officials are working urgently to stand up the remaining elements of the scheme, amid the complex and changing picture.</p><p>The Government will continue to work closely with other government departments, non-governmental organisations, charities, local authorities and other partners and relevant organisations in the development and implementation of the ACRS.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/10/2021 16:35:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1355286

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase the supply of specialist housing for the elderly.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	49106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>Offering vulnerable people a better choice of accommodation to suit their changing needs can help them live independently and feel more connected to their communities. This Government is committed to the provision of suitable homes for older people, including extra care housing, which contributes to levelling up across communities. Housing-with-care allows individuals to choose where they want to live, with whom, how they can best be supported, and what happens in their home. Both the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Department of Health and Social Care provide capital funding to incentivise their supply. Our planning rules already mean councils must consider the needs of older people when planning for new homes. In 2019, we published guidance to help councils implement the National Planning Policy Framework policies.</p><p>We are investing over £12 billion in affordable housing over 5 years, the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade. This includes the new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme, where 10 per cent of delivery over the course of the programme will be used to increase the supply of much needed specialist or supported housing, including retirement housing. The Department of Health and Social Care are also continuing to subsidise new supply of specialist housing for older and disabled people through the Care and Support Specialised Housing (CASSH) Fund.</p><p>The Government's plan for health and social care, announced on Tuesday 7 September, also recognised the important role of housing, and supported housing in particular, in providing care and support to people in the community.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the older people's housing sector and across Government to look at how we can further support its growth. I look forward to engaging with representatives in the sector further and value their insight.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 49065 question first answered 22/09/2021 16:06:54 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1355333

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Sheltered Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will provide guidance to local authorities on planning provision for extra care housing communities,
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	49107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to the provision of suitable homes for older people, including extra care housing, which contributes to levelling up across communities.</p><p>Our planning rules already mean councils must consider the needs of older people when planning for new homes. In 2019, we published guidance to help councils implement the National Planning Policy Framework policies.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the older people's housing sector and across Government to look at how we can further support its growth. I look forward to engaging with representatives in the sector further and value their insight.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 22/09/2021 16:03:34 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker