Luke Evans MP: written questions 2025
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Hospitals: 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
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with leadership at the Care Quality Commission on ensuring concerns raised regarding elderly care homes are dealt with appropriately.
Answer: Ministers regularly meets with external stakeholders and key organisations to discuss a variety of issues, including but not limited to social care provision. I met with the Care Quality Commission on Friday 14 March 2025.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times the Minister for Care has met with leadership at the Care Quality Commission to discuss social care provision since July 2024.
Answer: Ministers regularly meets with external stakeholders and key organisations to discuss a variety of issues, including but not limited to social care provision. I met with the Care Quality Commission on Friday 14 March 2025.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that concerns raised regarding elderly care homes are dealt with appropriately.
Answer: The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator for health and social care in England. The CQC monitors, inspects, and regulates adult social care services to make sure they meet fundamental standards of quality and safety. Where concerns o...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Homes: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Sky News investigation into UK care homes.
Answer: These are damning reports which the Government takes incredibly seriously. Everyone deserves to live an independent, dignified life.Dr Penny Dash’s report into the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), published on 15 October 202...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29546More
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, whether additional resources have been allocated to help tackle the backlog in re
Answer: The Department is working closely with the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) to ensure that issuance of remediable pension savings statements is prioritised and that affected members do not suffer financial detriment as a consequence of these delay...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29036More
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, what steps his Department has taken to help tackle the backlog.
Answer: The Department is working closely with the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) to ensure that issuance of remediable pension savings statements is prioritised and that affected members do not suffer financial detriment as a consequence of these delay...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will conduct a review into the performance of the NHS Business Services Authority.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) underwent an independent review in 2023 as part of the Cabinet Office led Public Body Review programme, and was assessed as ‘a high performing Arm’s-Length Body’. The review is available at the following link:h...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services AuthorityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many times he has met with the leadership of the NHS Business Service Authority since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Minister of State for Health met with the leadership of the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) on 9 December 2024, and regular meetings are now being scheduled.As a Special Health Authority and Arm’s-Length Body of the Department, there are quar...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Diagnostic CentresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question 23852 on Surgery: Reform, which straight-to-test pathways are being considered for Community Diagnostic Centres.
Answer: The Elective Reform Plan, published in January 2025, announced that integrated care boards (ICBs) will make optimal use of the new diagnostic capacity by implementing the new standards for Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs), in particular, increasing dir...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Care of 13 January 2025, Official Report, column 128, if he will undertake a review of the distribution of hospice funding.
Answer: We are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices to ensure they have the best physical environment for care. We are working at great pace to get this year’s funding to hospices as soon as pos...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Care of 13 January 2025, Official Report, column 128, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing a consultation on
Answer: We are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices to ensure they have the best physical environment for care. We are working at great pace to get this year’s funding to hospices as soon as pos...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Care of 13 January 2025, Official Report, column 128, what his planned timetable is for discussions between his Department and NHS Englan
Answer: We are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost for adult and children’s hospices to ensure they have the best physical environment for care. We are working at great pace to get this year’s funding to hospices as soon as pos...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 23857 on NHS Business Services Authority: Workplace Pensions, if he will take steps to prevent further such errors in pension growth calculatio
Answer: Following an investigation into the 2023/24 pensions savings calculation error, the NHS Business Services Authority has assured the Department that it understands why the error happened and has put measures in place to prevent future reoccurrence. It has ...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 23857 on NHS Business Services Authority: Workplace Pensions, what steps he is taking to (a) rectify the issue and (b) provide support to impac
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is proactively rectifying the 2023/24 pension savings calculation errors by providing regular updates and support to impacted members. They will be issuing an up to date 2023/24 pension saving statement to all ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2025 to Question 23857 on NHS Business Services Authority: Workplace Pensions, if he will undertake a review of the practices of the NHS Business Service Author
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) has investigated the recent pension savings calculation error that affected 2023/24 Pension Savings Statements. This established that the annual consumer price index increase was incorrectly applied to the open...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
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