Luke Evans MP: written questions 2025
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Department of Health and Social Care: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 34655 on Department of Health and Social Care: Workplace Pensions, by what date all affected individuals will be contacted under the revised deli
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS566 which I gave on 31 March 2025.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 34655 on Department of Health and Social Care: Workplace Pensions, by what date her Department plans to communicate the revised delivery plan for
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS566 which I gave on 31 March 2025.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 34655 on Department of Health and Social Care: Workplace Pensions, by what date his Department plans to finalise production of the revised delive
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS566 which I gave on 31 March 2025.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: SecondmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether staff seconded from NHS England to a transitional operations team in his Departent will focus solely on the transfer of responsibilities from NHS England to the Department for Health and So
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to determine the structure and requirements of the team required to support the creation of a new centre for health and ...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDogs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37715, which (a) local authorities, (b) police forces and (c) animal welfare groups his Department has had discussions with on respo
Answer: Defra continues 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.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41173More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on producing a plan for musical education.
Answer: On 18 March 2025, the department announced its intention to launch a National Centre for Arts and Music Education to promote opportunities for children and young people to pursue their artistic and creative interests in school, including through the gover...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory bodies her Department is consulting on her plans for musical education.
Answer: On 18 March 2025, the department announced its intention to launch a National Centre for Arts and Music Education to promote opportunities for children and young people to pursue their artistic and creative interests in school, including through the gover...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to formulate the National Youth Strategy.
Answer: We are co-producing the National Youth Strategy with young people and cross-sector experts. We have already conducted Ministerial roundtables with young people as well as in-person and online focus groups. We have also launched a national survey to ask yo...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with (a) the National Police Chiefs Council and (b) Leicestershire Police on a rural crime strategy.
Answer: The Home Office is working closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) to develop the next interim of the Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy, and I recently met with the NPCC lead for rural crime to discuss that strategy, and related issues.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFlexible WorkingTreasuryTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41142More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with HMRC on the potential impact of flexible working arrangements on (a) length of call wait times, (b) stability of phone and WiFi connections, (c) privacy and (d) ease of call escalat
Answer: HMRC supports flexible working. HMRC expects most colleagues to spend a minimum of 60% of their working time in the office. They can spend up to 40% of their time working at home if they wish, provided they can do their job effectively from home and this ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had recent discussions with his officials on the potential merits of transferring the British Coal Superannuation Scheme to its members.
Answer: I have asked my officials to consider the impacts of proposals put forward by the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme Trustees.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35774 on Pension Credit: Staff, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of using (a) external providers and (b) external recruitm
Answer: My previous response (UIN 35775) advised we had deployed over 500 additional staff through a combination of internal redeployments, use of external providers and external recruitment. The 24/25 forecast cost of (a) external providers is £1.9 million, and ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35774 on Pension Credit: Staff, what steps she is taking to ensure that the work previously undertaken by internal redeployed staff is continued.
Answer: My previous response reference 36448, advised redeployed colleagues to support Pension Credit were from Child Maintenance Service and Counter Fraud, Compliance and Debt. Since the redeployment, both services have continued with no deterioration in service...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic: Young PeopleDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory bodies her Department has consulted on opportunities for grassroots music collaboration as part of the national youth strategy.
Answer: We are developing a new National Youth Strategy with young people and cross-sector experts, and have set up a Youth Advisory Group and Expert Advisory Group as part of this engagement. Members of our Expert Advisory Group have a range of different profess...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to use external consultants to support the transfer of NHS England responsibilities to his Department.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new transformation team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to determine the structure and requirements of the team required to support the creation of a new centre for health and ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlaying Fields: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the contribution of statutory planning consultees in protecting the role of playing fields for sports and exercise.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 10 March 2025 (HCWS510).
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language Therapy: Labour Turnover and RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of speech and language therapists.
Answer: Decisions about recruitment are matters for individual National Health Service employers. NHS trusts manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeech and Language TherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to speech and language therapy.
Answer: We inherited a broken National Health Service with waiting times across all areas unacceptably high. In his investigation into the NHS in England, Lord Darzi highlighted the crisis in children’s community services with too many children waiting too long f...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the cost to community pharmacies of the proposed increase in employer National Insurance contributions from April 2025.
Answer: NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. This report was published on 28 March 2025. We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the publ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: Living WageDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the cost to community pharmacies of the proposed increase in the National Living Wage from April 2025.
Answer: NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. This report was published on 28 March 2025. We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the publ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 3 March 2025 on the Outcome of the 25-26 GP Contract consultation, HCWS486, which 32 targets will his Department remove from GPs.
Answer: For the 2025/26 GP Contract year, the 32 Quality and Outcomes Framework indicators that were income-protected for 2024/2025 have been permanently retired. The 32 permanently retired indicators are listed in Annex B at the following link:https://www.englan...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Consultants and General PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the minimum tapered annual allowance on trends in the levels of extra work taken on by (a) GPs and (b) consultants.
Answer: From 6 April 2023, the standard annual allowance threshold increased from £40,000 to £60,000, giving individuals scope for greater tax-free pension growth. The tapered annual allowance further restricts the amount of tax-free pension saving available to t...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Consultants and General PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the annual allowance threshold on trends in the levels of extra work taken on by (a) GPs and (b) consultants.
Answer: From 6 April 2023, the standard annual allowance threshold increased from £40,000 to £60,000, giving individuals scope for greater tax-free pension growth. The tapered annual allowance further restricts the amount of tax-free pension saving available to t...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: Labour TurnoverDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the retention of GPs.
Answer: We are investing an additional £889 million through the GP Contract to reinforce the front door of the National Health Service, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to £13.2 billion in 2025/26. This is the biggest increase in over a decade.Under recent...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 33084 on Pharmacy: Finance, when he plans to publish the independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding.
Answer: NHS England commissioned Frontier Economics to undertake an independent economic analysis of National Health Service pharmacy funding in 2024. This report was published on 28 March 2025. We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the publ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
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