Luke Evans MP: written questions 2025
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NHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of staff being made redundant from NHS England.
Answer: As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure that we continue to evaluate impacts of all kinds, and will consider carefully how any information is published. At this stage it is too early to say what the u...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40596More
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 that 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 as a result of a smaller, leaner centre. By the end of the process, w...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: RedundancyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish modelling outlining the estimated cost of staff being made redundant from NHS England.
Answer: As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure that we continue to evaluate impacts of all kinds, and will consider carefully how any information is published. At this stage it is too early to say what the u...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 21 March 2025 to Question 38389 on NHS England and Question 38390 on NHS England: Redundancy Pay, if he will publish modelling outlining (a) how the short-term upfront co
Answer: As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure that we continue to evaluate impacts of all kinds, and will consider carefully how any information is published. At this stage it is too early to say what the u...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 21 March 2025 to Question 38389 on NHS England and Question 38390 on NHS England: Redundancy Pay, what the short-term upfront costs of integrating NHS England and his Dep
Answer: As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure that we continue to evaluate impacts of all kinds, and will consider carefully how any information is published. At this stage it is too early to say what the u...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his interview with BBC Radio 5 Live on 28 February 2025, if he will publish the data showing that 900 new GPs have been employed since July 2024.
Answer: Data on the number of general practitioners in the workforce is available through the General Practice Workforce series of Official Statistics, at the following link: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/general-and-persona...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of (a) importance of the Adoption and Special Guardian Support Fund to families with adopted children and (b) funding provided to families out of the Fund in the last r
Answer: As part of spending review discussions, there are regular conversations between the department and His Majesty’s Treasury. We will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how we will allocate the department’s budget for the next financial yea...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to ensure the continuance of the funding for the Adoption and Special Guardian Support Fund after March 2025.
Answer: As part of spending review discussions, there are regular conversations between the department and His Majesty’s Treasury. We will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how we will allocate the department’s budget for the next financial yea...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she is having with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of the Adoption and Special Guardian Support Fund.
Answer: As part of spending review discussions, there are regular conversations between the department and His Majesty’s Treasury. We will shortly be finalising business planning decisions on how we will allocate the department’s budget for the next financial yea...
Answered 29 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of the redundancy package for staff being made redundant from 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 recordNHS 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
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