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156141

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if the Crown Prosecution Service will take steps to ensure that all assaults against prison officers are prosecuted.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	906112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is committed to ensuring that assaults against prison officers are dealt with robustly. The CPS considers each case on its own facts and in accordance with the two stage test set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors.The Code outlines that a prosecution is more likely to be in the public interest if the offence was committed against a person serving the public. Furthermore, the specific CPS Legal Guidance on Prison Offences outlines that, if the victim is a prison officer performing his/her duty, the public interest is heavily in favour of prosecution.</p><p>In addition to this, the new joint protocol produced by the Prison Service, CPS and Association of Chief Police Officers will set out that when there are serious assaults on prison staff, the perpetrators will be prosecuted unless there is a good reason why not.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 18/11/2014 15:30:03 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

49368

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Crown Prosecution Service about the pre-signing of abortion forms.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	197309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p>I have had no recent specific discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) about the pre-signing of abortion forms. I am aware, though, that the CPS has had discussions with the Department of Health on this and I await the outcome of these.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
	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

170605

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the costs to small and medium-sized businesses of the practice whereby companies require a supplier company to make a payment in order to join or to remain on that company's list of suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	218934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department is aware that the practice of suppliers having to pay to join or remain on a supplier list is an issue in some sectors. As a result, the Government has already taken action to prohibit this practice in certain sectors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting to understand the prevalence and impact of this practice economy wide. The consultation will strengthen the evidence we have on supplier lists, and will allow us to understand the necessary scope, and implications of further changes. This will ensure that any action is appropriately targeted and achieves real change on the ground.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 07/01/2015 11:56:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

631765

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Local Government Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with parish council representatives on the Local Government Finance Settlement Technical Consultation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	52269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>During the consultation period, both I and officials at the department met a variety of representatives from the parishes sector to discuss the Local Government Finance Settlement 2017-18 Technical Consultation. This included a meeting between the minister and representatives from the National Association of Local Councils (NALC), as well as several official-level meetings with representatives of the NALC, the Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) and a variety of larger parishes. The minister also spoke at the NALC’s annual conference via video link on 19 October, and an official spoke at the SLCC’s annual conference on 14 October.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/11/2016 17:13:26 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

167986

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Television Licences: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that the television licence fee is not deducted by Direct Debit from the accounts of those aged over 7l; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	217144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>There are no such plans.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 11/12/2014 13:33:45 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

179136

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Radio: Wycombe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to arrange for licensing of the Wycombe Sound radio station to be expedited.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	224161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom is responsible for licensing community radio stations and has awarded over 270 licences to date.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom conducts licensing in rounds and invites applicants from each region of the UK in turn. Ofcom has published timetables for the latest round of community radio licensing and anticipate inviting applications from the South East of England outside the M25 in the first half of 2015.</p><p> </p><p>For reasons of fairness, Ofcom assesses all the applications it receives in a region before awarding any licenses.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/02/2015 10:35:25 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

62035

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) feasibility and (b) cost to the public purse of enabling supply teachers to contribute to the teachers' pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Steve Baker
	uin	200849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Supply teachers are able to participate in the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS) where they are employed by an ‘accepted employer'. In the main, these are local authorities (LAs), academies and further education colleges. This includes supply teachers who are recruited by a supply agency but then employed directly, under a contract of employment, by the accepted employer. The LA, academy or further education college is responsible for meeting a number of obligations that fall to employers under the teachers' pensions regulations, not least of which is to pay the employer contribution to the TPS.</p><p> </p><p>However, where supply teachers are self-employed or remain employed by the supply agency, and their services are provided under a ‘contract for services', it is not possible for them to participate in the TPS. This is because the Department for Education cannot mandate that private sector employers participate in the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>It is for LAs, academies and further education colleges to determine how supply teachers are employed – which can in turn enable access to the TPS under the current arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/06/2014 12:18:25 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	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