Luke Evans MP: written questions
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Tourist Attractions: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase of employer National Insurance on the (a) operational costs and (b) financial profitability of small and medium sized tourist
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role that small and medium-sized tourist attractions play in supporting local economies and driving economic growth across all regions of Great Britain. The increase in employer National Insurance contributions will aff...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of Pension Credit applications rejected by decision makers since September 2024; and what the reasons were for the rejection of those applications.
Answer: The latest published data on Pension Credit applications and awards was published on 27 February [Pension Credit applications and awards: February 2025 - GOV.UK]. This showed that DWP cleared 232,200 Pension Credit claims between 29 July 2024 and 23 Febru...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCharities: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of the £233 million funding for homelessness services is expected to be spent on covering increased employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: The £233 million uplift in homelessness funding has been provided to get back on track to ending homelessness. This brings total for funding for homelessness services to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26.The Government has also announced £502 million in fundin...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is to respond to the consultation on fairer food labelling.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central, Gareth Snell on 23 December 2024, PQ 20692.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: MaintenanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to seek improvements to the child maintenance system; and what recent discussions she has had with statutory and non statutory bodies to discuss system improvements.
Answer: The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is taking steps to make improvements across the child maintenance system and create a modern, accessible and robust service through our Service Modernisation Programme and CMS reforms.Throughout our Service Modernisatio...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAutism: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the opportunities available to improve diagnosis times for autism spectrum disorder.
Answer: It is the responsibility of the integrated care board (ICBs) to make available appropriate provision to meet the health and care needs of their local population, including autism assessments and diagnosis, in line with relevant National Institute for Heal...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: PolicyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Hospitality Sector Council on informing wider government policy towards Pubs and the Hospitality Sector.
Answer: The Hospitality Sector Council is designed as a collaboration between government and the sector. The Council has several working groups led by business which work through specific issues and recommend policy initiatives as appropriate. Through this collab...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: InspectionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the statistics, published by Sky News, showing that the Care Quality Commission has inspected
Answer: No such assessment has been made. The number of concerns raised with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and highlighted by Sky News, include those which are being handled by another body, for example, a local authority or the police. It may also include d...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Remedial Service Statements (a) are required in total (b) have been issued to date (c) are calculated and awaiting fulfilment and (d) still outstanding.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), the scheme administrator, has identified that 381,920 remedial service statements are required for affected members who have retired. Of these, 21 statements have been issued and 393 have been calculated and a...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2025 to Question 23858 on NHS Business Services Authority: Workplace Pensions, how many remedial pension savings statements (a) were required in total, (b) had
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), the scheme administrator, has identified that 137,694 remedial pension savings statements are required. Of these, 60,630 statements have been calculated and issued, and 1,887 statements have been calculated an...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS appointments were lost due to strike action between July to November (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
Answer: NHS England publishes data on the number of rescheduled appointments due to industrial action, which is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/preparedness-for-potential-industrial-action-in-the-nhs/We are pleased that a de...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Pharmacy EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Care last met with Community Pharmacy England.
Answer: I last met with Community Pharmacy England on 25 February 2025.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the NHS-commissioned independent economic analysis of pharmacy funding before the conclusion of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework contract negotiations.
Answer: NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. Both the interim and draft final reports of the economic analysis have been shared with Ministers and Community ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 23859 on General Practitioners: Recruitment, what his planned timetable is for collecting that data.
Answer: Data on numbers of general practitioners (GPs) employed through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme is not currently published. Information on the number of recently qualified GPs for which primary care networks are claiming reimbursement via the Ad...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: FinanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the forthcoming consultation about the Flooding funding formula will consider instances when small communities do not qualify for the threshold for funding due to the (a) size
Answer: A consultation will be launched in the coming months on the flood investment framework. This will include a review of the existing floods funding formula to ensure that the challenges facing businesses and rural and coastal communities are adequately take...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Care Quality Commission's ability to oversee safe care of patients in hospital premises.
Answer: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is not operationally fit for purpose and has been subject to a review from Penny Dash. It has itself commissioned reviews from Mike Richards and Vic Rayner to support recovery of the organisation. It is working at pace to...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Care Quality Commission on trends in the quality of patient hospital care.
Answer: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is not operationally fit for purpose and has been subject to a review from Penny Dash. It has itself commissioned reviews from Mike Richards and Vic Rayner to support recovery of the organisation. It is working at pace to...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22689 on Carers: Social Security Benefits, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Kinship Allowance Trial on investment in kinship care
Answer: As previously mentioned, the government has recently announced a £40 million package to trial a new kinship allowance. The pilot will begin in 2025, and the department will evaluate the pilot to build an evidence base on how best to deliver financial supp...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCharities: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on (a) homelessness charities and (b) homelessness service provision
Answer: Due to the difficult economic inheritance from the previous government, we had to take a number of difficult decisions on tax, welfare and spending to fix the public finances, fund public services, and restore economic stability. The Government has consid...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods Resilience TaskforceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the outcome was of the Flood Resilience Taskforce Meeting held on 5 February 2025.
Answer: The Flood Resilience Taskforce met for the second time on 5 February. It included representation from national and local government, the emergency services, businesses and environmental interest groups. The Taskforce discussed the impacts and learning fro...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31508More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion and Belief on the role of freedom of religion or belief in his policies.
Answer: The Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) holds regular discussions with the Minister for Human Rights on key FoRB issues and reports to the Foreign Secretary through the Minister for Human Rights. The UK Government champions the right to...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 5385 on Pension Credit, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that funding for additional staffing is reducing pension credit application proces
Answer: As referenced in previous responses HL4289 and Question 5385, DWP works to a planned timescale of 50 working days to clear Pension Credit claims. The funding was the first stage followed by securing staffing resource, training those people and enabling le...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCerebral PalsyDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31506More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) level of support and (b) opportunities to access long-term education for people with cerebral palsy with no cognitive impairment.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth to the answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22163.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question HL4289 on Pension Credit and with reference to the oral contribution of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 3 December 2024, Official Re
Answer: As referenced in previous responses HL4289 and Question 5385, DWP works to a planned timescale of 50 working days to clear Pension Credit claims. The funding was the first stage followed by securing staffing resource, training those people and enabling le...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRegional Planning and Development: MidlandsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31504More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 22692, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Midlands Engine on business investment in the East and Wes
Answer: Midlands Engine have undertaken a range of valuable work and have supported collaboration on shared growth opportunities. Moving forward, the government intends to support Mayors in collaborating at pan-regional level and creating convening bodies whose p...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
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