Luke Evans MP: written questions 2025
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Pension 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
Original Parliament recordTourist 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
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