Luke Evans MP: written questions
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NHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: We recognise there may be some short-term upfront costs as we undertake the integration of NHS England and the Department but these costs and more will be recouped in future years because of a smaller and leaner centre. By the end of the process, we estim...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPets: DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 38388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of (a) the training, (b) registration and (c) regulation of (i) dog trainers and (ii) dog behaviourists.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPets: DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 38387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the police and (b) local authorities on the (i) effectiveness of current legislation and (ii) adequacy of resources to help encourage respon
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 38386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19399 Dangerous Dogs, what steps he is taking to help improve the (a) collection and (b) recording of data on dog attacks; and wh
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 38385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the police, (b) local authorities and (c) animal welfare groups on preventing dog on dog attacks.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 36448 on Pension Credit, how many staff were seconded from the Child Maintenance Services and Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt to process pension cr
Answer: 100 colleagues have been redeployed from Child Maintenance Services and 20 colleagues redeployed from Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt to support Pension Credit activity.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) police forces, (b) local authorities and (c) animal welfare groups on helping to prevent future dog-on-dog attacks.
Answer: Defra is continuing to work with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to explore measures to reduce dog attacks and promote responsible dog ownership across all breeds of dog. This includes continuing to consider how we can improve data...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19399 on Dangerous Dogs, what the outcomes were from his discussions on improving data (a) collection and (b) recording on dog at
Answer: Defra is continuing to work with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to explore measures to reduce dog attacks and promote responsible dog ownership across all breeds of dog. This includes continuing to consider how we can improve data...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsHome OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with (a) police forces and (b) local authorities on the (a) effectiveness of current legislation on and (b) adequacy of resources for encouraging responsible dog own
Answer: The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police and local authorities with a range of flexible tools and powers, including Community Protection Notices, Civil Injunctions and Public Spaces Protection Orders, that they can use to...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDogs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had on the adequacy of the (a) training, (b) registration and (c) regulation of dog (i) trainers and (ii) behaviourists.
Answer: Defra is working hand in hand with the police, local authorities and animal welfare groups to encourage responsible dog ownership across all breeds of dog, including considering the role of education and training (for both dogs and their owners).
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: Marine EnvironmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided through the Blue Belt Programme to help protect ocean health in the British Indian Ocean Territories since 2022.
Answer: The Blue Belt Programme, which is funded by the FCDO, has provided £1,230,562 since 1 April 2022 to support the British Indian Ocean Territory manage its Marine Protected Area. This includes measures to prevent illegal fishing through satellite monitoring...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: MauritiusForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed treaty with Mauritius on the Chagos Islands on the long term sustainability of the Chagos Marine Protected
Answer: The agreement will be supported by an enhanced partnership between the UK and Mauritius on conservation. This partnership will prioritise high conservation standards, with the UK supporting Mauritius' ambitions to establish a Marine Protected Area (MPA) t...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: Marine Protected AreasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the annual cost to the public purse is of maintaining the Chagos Marine Protected Area.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provides money for the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Administration for the good governance of the territory, including environmental protection. The FCDO does not itself spend money for main...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSovereignty: British Indian Ocean TerritoryTreasuryTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36451More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on using funding reallocated from the Overseas Development Assistance budget to fund the Chagos settlement.
Answer: FCDO and the MOD are the lead departments for the Chagos agreement, and must balance any commitments under an agreement against wider priorities in their budgets – and in line with the Managing Public Money framework. OECD Development Assistance Committee...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Products: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February to Question 31434 on Animal Products: Labelling, what discussions he has had with (a) statutory bodies and (b) animal welfare campaign groups on i
Answer: The Government was elected on a mandate to improve animal welfare and has committed to introducing the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation. The Department is engaging with a range of key animal welfare stakeholders as part of the d...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question 31507 on Pension Credit, whether she is taking steps to ensure that backlogs of work are actioned within directorates that have seconded additional
Answer: The directorates within DWP where colleagues were redeployed to support Pension Credit activity were from Child Maintenance Service and Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt. Other additions were via use of a flexible pool of DWP colleagues that move across ...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question 31507 on Pension Credit, from which directorate have the additional staff been deployed to process pension credit applications; and for how long th
Answer: The directorates within DWP where colleagues were redeployed to support Pension Credit activity were from Child Maintenance Service and Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt. Other additions were via use of a flexible pool of DWP colleagues that move across ...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Pharmacy England and National Pharmacy AssociationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the dates on which (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Care has met with (i) Community Pharmacy England and (ii) the National Pharmacy Association since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Ministers regularly engage with external stakeholders on a variety of issues, including but not limited to pharmacy. Details of ministerial meetings with external stakeholders are published quarterly in arrears on the GOV.UK website.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question 31507, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of additional staff on pension credit application processing times.
Answer: The Government has recently put in place the biggest ever pension Credit tave-up drive. To help ensure it has the capacity to assess all claims within reasonable timeframes, the Department has deployed over 500 additional staff through a combination of in...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question, what performance matrix she is following to monitor the effectiveness of the funding for additional staffing to reducing pension credit applicatio
Answer: The Government has recently put in place the biggest ever pension Credit tave-up drive. To help ensure it has the capacity to assess all claims within reasonable timeframes, the Department has deployed over 500 additional staff through a combination of in...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question 31507 on Pension Credit, what departmental budget stream is supporting the funding for additional staff to process pension credit applications.
Answer: The Government has recently put in place the biggest ever pension Credit tave-up drive. To help ensure it has the capacity to assess all claims within reasonable timeframes, the Department has deployed over 500 additional staff through a combination of in...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMyasthenia Gravis: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) NHS England, (b) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and (c) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the availability of (i
Answer: Working under the UK Rare Diseases Framework, the Government is committed to improving the lives of those living with rare diseases, such as myasthenia gravis. My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has not specifically discu...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCadetsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to increase the (a) offer and (b) size of cadet forces in the context of proposed increases to defence expenditure.
Answer: We want more young people to be able to become Cadets given the tremendous benefits which can be gained from the experience. We are committed to sustaining Cadet Forces across the UK, and we are looking to significantly grow Cadet numbers and support youn...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCadetsMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with local cadet forces on increasing the (a) offer and (b) size of those forces.
Answer: We want more young people to be able to become Cadets given the tremendous benefits which can be gained from the experience. We are committed to sustaining Cadet Forces across the UK, and we are looking to significantly grow Cadet numbers and support youn...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including pension fraud as part of the Government's forthcoming fraud strategy.
Answer: The Government committed in our manifesto to introduce an expanded Fraud Strategy, which will cover all relevant types of fraud where criminals target the UK public and businesses, including pension fraud.We will be engaging all relevant stakeholders in t...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
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