Luke Evans MP: written questions 2025
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Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment for the reasons for the difference in the number of additional NHS appointments that were provided between (a) July 2024 and June 2025 and (b) the preceding 12 months.
Answer: Between July 2024 and June 2025, we delivered over 5.2 million additional appointments compared to the previous year, more than double our pledge of two million. Further information is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS England: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 87411 on NHS England: Redundancy, what proportion of the £860 million will be spent in each financial year.
Answer: The £860 million figure reflects funding brought forward from the Department’s 2025 Spending Review settlement. It will be brought forward to earlier years to bring NHS England into the Department, resulting in one organisation, and significantly reducing...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to question 87411, if he will publish the calculations for the figure of £860 million.
Answer: The £860 million figure reflects funding brought forward from the Department’s 2025 Spending Review settlement. It will be brought forward to earlier years to bring NHS England into the Department, resulting in one organisation, and significantly reducing...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the number of additional NHS appointments delivered between (a) July 2024 and June 2025 and (b) July 2023 and June 20
Answer: Between July 2024 and June 2025, we delivered over 5.2 million additional appointments compared to the previous year, more than double our pledge of two million. Further information is available at the following link:https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to continue the Mental Health Investment Standard.
Answer: Despite the challenging fiscal environment, the Department expects all integrated care boards to continue to meet the Mental Health Investment Standard in 2025/26. Spending on mental health support in 2025/26 is forecast to increase compared with 2024/25,...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs during Environment, Food and Rural Affairs questions on 13 November 2025, Hansard col 291, o
Answer: As set out by the Prime Minister, we will publish our Animal Welfare Strategy this year which will set out our priorities for animal welfare.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Net Zero during Energy and Net Zero questions on 18 November 2025, on what date he plans to launch the fuel fi
Answer: The government is committed to launching Fuel Finder as quickly as possible. The Motor Fuel Price (Open Data) Regulations 2025 were debated in the House of Lords on 4 December 2025 and should be in place from 18 December 2025.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to consider legislative and non-legislative options to take forward changes to low-welfare activities abroad.
Answer: The Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 provides a framework for the introduction of future bans on the advertising and offering for sale, in England and Northern Ireland, of low-welfare animal activities abroad. We continue to engage with st...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 31508 on religious freedom, what issues have been recently considered between the Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion
Answer: The UK Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief continues to work closely with ministers and officials across a range of issues and geographies, including the current situations in Sudan, Nigeria and Syria. He also works to strengthen international...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPostal Services: Universal Service ObligationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with OFCOM on a) the business challenges facing Royal Mail and (b) Royal Mail's ability to meet the Universal Service Obligation.
Answer: Ministers and officials meet with Ofcom regularly to discuss a range of issues in relation to its role as the independent regulator for the postal sector. It is for Ofcom to oversee Royal Mail’s delivery of the universal service obligation and decide how ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: SubsidiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2025 on WPQ 90372 on Agriculture: Subsidies, what plans her department has to (a) conclude and (b) publicise the outcomes of their work on future
Answer: We are working to simplify and rationalise our grant funding from 2026 onwards to ensure they are targeted towards those who need them most and where they can deliver the most benefit for food security and nature. We will communicate more on future grants...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth: MenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the patterns of social engagement by young men about issues concerning (a) anabolic steroids and (b) image and performance enhancing drugs are captured as par
Answer: On 19 November 2025, to coincide with International Men’s Health Day, we published the first ever Men’s Health Strategy for England. The strategy includes tangible actions to improve access to healthcare, provide the right support to enable men to make he...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to provide clarity to the trustees of the British Coal staff superannuation scheme on the possibilities of return of the £2.3 billion investment reserve of the British Coal
Answer: The Department is engaging with HM Treasury with a view to agreeing a way forward on the transfer of the reserve to members. The Government is aiming to reach agreement on an outcome that can be implemented later this year which will benefit scheme member...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent conversations he has had with Treasury about the potential impact of the return of the £2.3 billion investment reserve of the British Coal staff superannuation scheme on the econo
Answer: As at 30 October 2024, there were 39,251 members of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme. Any transfer of the reserve would be used to enhance member benefits.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent conversations he has with the Treasury regarding the return of the £2.3 billion investment reserve of the British Coal staff superannuation scheme.
Answer: The Department is engaging with HM Treasury with a view to agreeing a way forward on the transfer of the reserve to members. The Government is aiming to reach agreement on an outcome that can be implemented later this year which will benefit scheme member...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ReformDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s press release entitled Billions to be redirected back into patient care with NHS reform, published on 11 November, if he will publish the upfront costs of these r
Answer: The reforms announced on 11 November will involve some upfront costs associated with organisational change, including the reintegration of NHS England and the restructuring of integrated care boards.The Government is committed to ensuring that Parliament ...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Further to his Department’s press release entitled Billions to be redirected back into patient care with NHS reform, published on 11 November, if he will publish the calculations for the stated £1b
Answer: The reintegration of NHS England and the restructuring of integrated care boards will deliver efficiencies that are expected to save £1 billion a year by the end of this Parliament. These savings will be achieved through streamlining functions, reducing d...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 906409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure transparency of fuel prices at petrol stations.
Answer: The government is launching Fuel Finder, an open data scheme to increase fuel price transparency, drive up competition, drive down prices, and help drivers find the best deal. This is real action to help tackle the cost of living.
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney LaunderingHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress the National Crime Agency has made on tackling cash-only businesses engaged in money laundering.
Answer: Addressing cash-based money laundering is one of the strategic priorities of the National Economic Crime Centre, which sits within the National Crime Agency. In March 2025, the NECC led a three-week intensification campaign (Operation MACHINIZE) against b...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90380More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of businesses closing and vanishing from high streets on councils seeking payment of business rate liabilities.
Answer: Business rates are an important source of funding for services local Government provides. A fair business rates system is one in which everyone pays their shareAs announced at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government will introduce permanently lower tax rates f...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a new (a) strategy and (b) framework to replace the UK Rare Diseases Framework.
Answer: The UK Rare Diseases Framework was published following the National Conversation on Rare Diseases, which received nearly 6,300 responses. This helped identify the four priorities of the framework in tackling rare diseases, which are: helping patients get ...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake a further consultation on the material for the financial education curriculum in advance of the publishing of the revised curriculum in 2027.
Answer: On 5 November, the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review published its final report which includes recommendations for a refreshed curriculum and assessment system in England.As part of the response to the Review’s report the government has made a ...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: CurriculumDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including issues about (a) personal taxation and (b) tax codes in the financial education syllabus arising from the outcomes of the Curriculum Review.
Answer: On 5 November, the independent Curriculum and Assessment Review published its final report which includes recommendations for a refreshed curriculum and assessment system in England.As part of the response to the Review’s report the government has made a ...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: PricesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the extent of consumer knowledge about rights to leave a contract without penalty following a mid-contra
Answer: The Secretary of State wrote to Ofcom’s CEO on 31st October to ask for Ofcom’s assessment of telecoms consumer protections and what could be done further and faster on transparent and fair pricing.It is imperative that people feel empowered when interacti...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: PricesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had recent discussions with Ofcom on in-contract mobile phone bill increases.
Answer: The Secretary of State wrote to Ofcom’s CEO on 31st October to ask for Ofcom’s assessment of telecoms consumer protections and what could be done further and faster on transparent and fair pricing.It is imperative that people feel empowered when interacti...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
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