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1489935

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/07/2022
	date	18/07/2022
	date tabled	18/07/2022
	ddp created	18/07/2022 21:35:14
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	18/07/2022 21:50:38 25/07/2022 08:32:12
	hansard heading	National Lottery: Licensing
	house id	1
	identifier	38645
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	25/07/2022 08:01:10
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Gambling Commission takes into account potential national security implications when awarding National Lottery licences.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 38645
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	38645
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The process of awarding the licence to run the National Lottery is governed by the National Lottery etc. Act (1993)​​. Under the Act, the Gambling Commission has a duty to ensure that any person who either runs or benefits from the running of the National Lottery is fit and proper and that the Licensee’s operation meets high standards of propriety. The award of the licence is distinct from an acquisition - at no point is the operator appointed to run the lottery the owner of the National Lottery as an asset. The 4th National Lottery licence is due to begin in 2024.</p><p>During the competition to run the 4th National Lottery licence, the Commission carried out fit and proper tests on all 4 final stage applicants. Fit and proper checks examine the identity, integrity, criminality and financial standing of those who run, or benefit from running, the National Lottery, or are applying to do so. As part of its duties under the Act, the Commission cannot award the licence unless it is satisfied that the proposed licensee is fit and proper. The Commission is also required to revoke a licence if it becomes satisfied that the licensee is no longer, or indeed never was, fit and proper.</p><p>Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Gambling Commission, as a responsible regulator, sought assurances that none of the final stage applicants were impacted by sanctions against the Russian regime. The Commission was satisfied that this was the case.</p><p>In addition, following the announcement of Allwyn as the preferred applicant in March 2022, standard vetting checks (Baseline Personnel Security Standard or BPSS level) are being carried out as planned, on behalf of the Commission, by UK Security Vetting on key people connected with the proposal. These include Qualifying Direct Shareholders, which is any person who holds at least 5% interest in the licensee. Full details of what is included in a BPSS level check is outlined on the UKSV <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels" target="_blank">website</a>.</p>
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1486521

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2022
	date	05/07/2022
	date tabled	05/07/2022
	ddp created	05/07/2022 19:40:08
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	ddp modified	05/07/2022 19:52:04 12/07/2022 14:56:25
	hansard heading	Pensioners: Energy
	house id	1
	identifier	31085
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	12/07/2022 14:24:55
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take further steps to assist pensioners who are experiencing increased energy bills.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 31085
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	31085
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Chancellor announced on 26 May a cost-of-living package which included a pensioner cost of living payment of £300 per household to be paid alongside the winter fuel payment this coming winter increasing the amount to £500/£600 depending on age. Once added to the non-repayable £400 discount on energy bills this autumn for domestic electricity customers, this will result in all pensioners households in Great Britain receiving £900 for households with someone of state pension age and under 80 and £1,000 for households with someone aged 80 or over to help with increased fuel costs. In addition, there is a £650 Cost of Living Payment deliberately targeted at low-income households in receipt of a means tested qualifying benefit. For people above State Pension age, this is those in receipt of Pension Credit.</p>
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1486522

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2022
	date	05/07/2022
	date tabled	05/07/2022
	ddp created	05/07/2022 19:40:11
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	05/07/2022 19:52:09 13/07/2022 16:57:14
	hansard heading	Commuters: Fuels
	house id	1
	identifier	31086
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	13/07/2022 16:25:38
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take further steps to assist commuters with the rising cost of petrol.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 31086
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	31086
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>At Spring Statement 2022 in response to fuel prices reaching record levels, the government announced a temporary 12-month cut to duty on petrol and diesel of 5p per litre.</p><p> </p><p>This is the largest cash-terms cut across all fuel duty rates at once, ever, and is only the second time in 20 years that main rates of petrol and diesel have been cut. This cut represents savings for households and businesses worth around £2.4 billion in 2022-23.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that it expects those in the supply chain to pass the fuel duty cut through to consumers as promptly as possible. Following a request from the Business Secretary, the Competition and Markets Authority will undertake a short and focused review of the fuel market and will provide advice to the Government on steps that could be taken to improve outcomes for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes, including fuel duty, remain under review.</p>
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1486547

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2022
	date	05/07/2022
	date tabled	05/07/2022
	ddp created	05/07/2022 19:41:28
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	05/07/2022 19:53:52 13/07/2022 16:21:14
	hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
	house id	1
	identifier	31087
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	13/07/2022 15:50:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ease queues for passport checks at airports.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 31087
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	31087
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Border Force’s number one priority is to maintain a secure border. Building on the successes so far this year Border Force will seek to maximise all available resource to minimise wait times for passengers travelling into the UK.</p><p>We are also working with other Government Departments and UK ports and airports to implement robust and dynamic plans which allow us to anticipate and quickly respond to the effects of increased passenger travel on the UK’s border controls, whilst continuing to maintain border security and facilitating the movement of people and legitimate goods.</p>
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1486579

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/07/2022
	date	05/07/2022
	date tabled	05/07/2022
	ddp created	05/07/2022 19:43:09
	answering body	Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	ddp modified	05/07/2022 19:55:33 13/07/2022 16:55:14
	hansard heading	Fuel Poverty
	house id	1
	identifier	31088
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	13/07/2022 16:23:55
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take further steps to support households at risk of fuel poverty.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 31088
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	31088
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government recognises that millions of households across the UK have been impacted by rising energy bills and the wider cost of living. That is why the Government is providing over £15 billion in further support, targeted particularly on those with the greatest need. This package is in addition to the over £22 billion announced previously, with government support for the cost of living now totalling over £37 billion this year. The package includes:</p><ul><li>£400 off GB energy bills from October through the expansion of the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS);</li><li>A £650 Cost of Living Payment for over 8 million households across the UK in receipt of means tested benefits;</li><li>A £150 one-off disability Cost of Living Payment for 6 million people who receive non-means tested disability benefits;</li><li>An extra one-off £300 this year for over eight million pensioner households to help them cover the rising cost of energy this winter;</li><li>An extra £500 million of local support, via the Household Support Fund, for households that are not eligible for Cost of Living Payments or for families that still need additional support.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Government has also expanded and increased the Warm Home Discount. Three million vulnerable households will now receive £150 each year. The Government’s objective for the Warm Home Discount is to focus the support towards those on the lowest incomes and in, or at greatest risk of, fuel poverty.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has robust plans in place to improve the efficiency of peoples’ homes. The Heat and Buildings Strategy, published in October, detailed the £3.9 billion committed over the Spending Review period to improve the energy efficiency of our building stock and help to reduce bills.</p><p> </p><p>We are also expanding the Energy Company Obligation, which places an obligation on larger energy suppliers to provide energy efficiency and heating measures for fuel poor households across Great Britain, to £1 billion per year from 2022-2026. This will help 133,000 low-income households annually to improve their energy efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor how global events affect energy bills and the cost of living into the winter.</p>
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1484623

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/07/2022
	date	29/06/2022
	date tabled	29/06/2022
	ddp created	29/06/2022 19:51:09
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	ddp modified	29/06/2022 20:05:51 08/07/2022 09:41:21
	hansard heading	Evusheld
	house id	1
	identifier	27586
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	08/07/2022 09:09:29
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make Evusheld available on prescription to people with immunosuppressed conditions.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 27586
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	27586
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department is conducting an assessment of Evusheld, including seeking advice from clinicians on the most appropriate option for the National Health Service in line with available data, the public health situation and other treatments available. While we are considering the advice received, we are unable to confirm a timetable for any decision.</p>
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1484643

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/07/2022
	date	29/06/2022
	date tabled	29/06/2022
	ddp created	29/06/2022 19:52:01
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	29/06/2022 20:15:34 04/07/2022 13:39:25
	hansard heading	Nuisance Calls
	house id	1
	identifier	27587
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	04/07/2022 13:06:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to combat unsolicited and nuisance calls.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 27587
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	27587
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is fully aware that unsolicited direct marketing calls, known as nuisance calls, can cause anxiety and distress, particularly for the most vulnerable people in our society.</p><p>Companies that send direct marketing communications are regulated by both the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) and the data protection legislation (the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018). The PECR was designed to complement the data protection legislation and impose strict obligations on organisations that make direct marketing calls to individuals in the UK. The legislation is regulated and enforced by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).</p><p>The Government’s response to the consultation <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/data-a-new-direction/outcome/data-a-new-direction-government-response-to-consultation#:~:text=The%20government%20launched%20its%20consultation,the%20UK's%20National%20Data%20Strategy." target="_blank">Data: A New Direction</a> which proposed reforms to improve the UK’s data protection regime, including potential changes to the PECR, was published on the 17th June 2022.</p><p>The Government plans to introduce new legislation to allow the ICO to take enforcement action against organisations on the basis of the number of communications (calls, texts and emails) that they generate rather than just on the number that are connected. It will also require public communications service and network providers to inform the ICO of suspicious traffic transiting their networks when they have reasonable suspicion; and increase fines for direct marketing companies that continue to break the rules. In the future, this will mean that ICO could levy fines of up to £17.5m or 4% of a businesses’ global turnover for serious infringements of the Regulations, rather than the current maximum which is set at £500,000.</p><p>These measures will upgrade the PECR enforcement regime to make it more effective, proportionate and dissuasive.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1484644

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/07/2022
	date	29/06/2022
	date tabled	29/06/2022
	ddp created	29/06/2022 19:52:03
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	29/06/2022 20:15:39 08/07/2022 14:32:10
	hansard heading	Internet: Business
	house id	1
	identifier	27588
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	08/07/2022 14:00:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the Online Safety Bill on business-to-business services.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 27588
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	27588
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Online Safety Bill has been designed to be targeted and proportionate. Companies providing services to other companies on a business-to-business basis are not in scope of the regulatory framework.</p>
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1484645

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/07/2022
	date	29/06/2022
	date tabled	29/06/2022
	ddp created	29/06/2022 19:52:07
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	ddp modified	29/06/2022 20:15:43 08/07/2022 14:30:13
	hansard heading	Internet: Business
	house id	1
	identifier	27589
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	08/07/2022 13:58:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with business representatives on the potential effect of the Online Safety Bill on business-to-business services; and if she will take steps to ensure that relevant business stakeholders are supported in understanding the effects of those legislative proposals on those services.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 27589
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	27589
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Business to business services are not in scope of the regulatory framework set out in the Online Safety Bill.</p><p>Ministers and officials have regular meetings and discussions with a wide range of stakeholders on a variety of issues, including business to business services. Details of Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the<a href="https://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank"> GOV.UK</a> website.</p>
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1484695

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	04/07/2022
	date	29/06/2022
	date tabled	29/06/2022
	ddp created	29/06/2022 19:54:15
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	29/06/2022 20:18:53 07/07/2022 13:05:17
	hansard heading	National Security and Investment Act 2021
	house id	1
	identifier	27590
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	07/07/2022 12:34:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the Gambling Commission's decisions on control of assets, in so far as those decisions may affect national security, within the scope of the National Security and Investment Act 2021.
	session	2022/23
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Wycombe
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2022/23 27590
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	27590
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The National Security and Investment Act 2021 enables the Government to scrutinise and – if necessary – intervene in qualifying acquisitions which may raise national security risks. We will not hesitate to use these powers where our national security is at risk.</p>
	creator	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker