Chris Evans MP: written questions
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Gambling: AddictionsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66147More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that gambling (a) advertisements and (b) websites provide reference to gambling addiction support platforms.
Answer: To improve and expand the services available to understand, tackle and treat gambling-related harm, the Government has introduced a statutory levy on gambling operators to fund research, prevention and treatment. This includes dedicated investment for pre...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Mental HealthDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help reduce the stigmatisation by gambling websites of people with gambling harms.
Answer: To improve and expand the services available to understand, tackle and treat gambling-related harm, the Government has introduced a statutory levy on gambling operators to fund research, prevention and treatment. This includes dedicated investment for pre...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChristianity: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to help tackle the digital persecution of Christians.
Answer: There is no space for religious intolerance in pluralistic, modern societies. We are championing the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all and promoting tolerance and mutual respect through our engagement in multilateral fora, our bilatera...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBangladesh: ChristianityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to help prevent the religious persecution of Christians in Bangladesh.
Answer: The UK has a long-standing commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights, including Freedom of Religion or Belief. In November 2024, I visited Bangladesh and discussed the importance of the protection of religious minorities, including Christ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChristianity: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on tackling the persecution of Christians across the world.
Answer: There is no space for religious intolerance in pluralistic, modern societies. We are championing the right to freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) and promoting tolerance and mutual respect through our engagement in multilateral fora, our bilateral work, ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of whether there is an association between video game loot boxes and problem gambling behaviours in young people.
Answer: Loot boxes in video games are not classed as gambling as individuals are unable to cash out their purchases as currency. However, we are aware of the challenges posed by the blurring of boundaries between gambling and video games and, where products do am...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AddictionsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure (a) university students and (b) other young people have access to education on gambling harms.
Answer: Since 2020, children have been taught about the risks relating to gambling as part of the statutory Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum in England. There are also a range of initiatives in place to inform university students about gambling-...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: EducationMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve reading education provision in prisons.
Answer: All prisons are legally required to offer a library service, and all prisoners are regularly able to access appropriately stocked libraries that support them in their learning and personal development.HMPPS has recently issued best practice guidance to al...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationTreasuryTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31020More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce the administrative cost of the tax system.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024 the government committed to simplifying the tax system as part of its three strategic priorities for HMRC: closing the tax gap, modernisation and reform, and improving customer service. A key aim for the Government is to reduce the a...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: LibrariesMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve use of prison libraries to increase prisoners' literacy.
Answer: All prisons are legally required to offer a library service, and all prisoners are regularly able to access appropriately stocked libraries that support them in their learning and personal development.HMPPS has recently issued best practice guidance to al...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: BuildingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the building maintenance backlog relating to prisons.
Answer: To keep our prisons safe and secure, we are investing £220 million in prison and probation service maintenance in 2024-25, and up to £300 million in 2025-26. This is the largest investment in maintenance per annum since 2021-22.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Courts and Tribunals Service: BuildingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to tackle the building maintenance backlog for courts and tribunals.
Answer: It is important that the infrastructure of our courts does not prevent hearings from taking place. It is a priority for this Government to ensure that cases can be heard, and victims can be given the justice that they deserve.HM Courts & Tribunals Ser...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to limit children's exposure to gambling advertisements on popular streaming platforms.
Answer: We are committed to protecting children and young people from harmful gambling. There are existing robust rules in place to ensure that gambling advertising, whenever it appears, is socially responsible, with a particular regard to the need to protect chi...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: OverpaymentsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress her Department has made on tackling benefit overpayments made due to (a) fraud and (b) error.
Answer: This government is determined to reduce fraud and error in the social security system. To tackle benefit overpayments, we agreed £8.6bn of savings at the Autumn Budget 2024 – the biggest fraud and error package on record, which led the independent Office ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: BuildingsMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the building maintenance backlog on Ministry of Defence properties.
Answer: Service Family Accommodation (SFA): The Ministry of Defence (MOD) conducts more than 300,000 maintenance tasks per year. These tasks relate to health and safety works, as well as proactive and reactive repairs, to maintain safe and compliant homes in line...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: AdvertisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of gambling advertising on (a) children under 18, (b) adults and (c) people with a gambling addiction.
Answer: This government recognises that while advertising is a legitimate advantage which licensed operators have over illegal gambling firms, increased exposure to gambling advertising can have an impact on gambling participation. Some forms of advertising can a...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: BillingMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help reduce late payment to SMEs (a) directly contracted by the Ministry of Defence and b) in the supply chain of firms contracted by the Ministry of Defence.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) aims to pay 90% of undisputed and valid invoices from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within five days. In the last quarter of this financial year, over 95% of invoices have been paid within this timescale. Addition...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: Sodium ValproateDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made by the (a) Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and (b) the Commission on Human Medicines to (i) understand the (A) current and (B) historic risks
Answer: The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), taking advice from the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM), has worked to raise awareness among healthcare professionals and patients of the risks of valproate when taken during pregnancy thr...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEquality: HairWomen and EqualitiesTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24154More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to amend the list of protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010 to include hair colour.
Answer: The Government has no such plans.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBoxing: HomophobiaDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle homophobia in boxing.
Answer: Sport must be open to everyone. There is absolutely no place for homophobia, or discrimination of any kind, in sport or society.The Government expects sports bodies, including the boxing authorities, to take robust action to tackle discrimination whenever...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of standards of (a) maintenance and (b) repair work to (i) Single Living and (ii) Service Families Accommodation.
Answer: Within each Future Defence Infrastructure Services (FDIS) contract, there is an embedded assurance and verification process to check the adequacy of the maintenance and repair service provided to Single Living and Service Families Accommodation. The asses...
Answered 6 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wildlife Crime UnitHome OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support the National Wildlife Crime Unit.
Answer: Wildlife crime can have devastating consequences for our natural environments and countryside communities. This Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas and anyone exploiting or deliberately harming British wildlife should face the full fo...
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making wildlife crimes notifiable offences.
Answer: Wildlife crime can have devastating consequences for our natural environments and countryside communities. This Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas and anyone exploiting or deliberately harming British wildlife should face the full fo...
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMortgagesTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19675More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the recommendations of the report entitled Releasing Mortgage Prisoners: proposed solutions and illustrative costings, published by the LSE in Feb
Answer: This Government understands the challenges that mortgage prisoners face and will work with regulators and the industry to ensure that this issue is properly considered, including looking at the recommendations of the 2023 LSE report. There are significant...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCommunity RelationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to promote community cohesion.
Answer: The Government has made £15 million available to the places most severely affected by the violent disorder of the summer through the Community Recovery Fund. Officials from my department have also carried out an extensive engagement process with these pla...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
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