Luke Evans MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Inland WaterwaysDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of ensuring a structurally-robust canal network on levels of active travel in communities.
Answer: The Government recognises that inland waterways provide many public benefits, including health and wellbeing effects, leisure and recreation uses, and industrial heritage attractions. They are also important for the natural environment by providing green ...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInland Waterways: MidlandsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Canal and River Trust on ensuring the long-term resilience of canal infrastructure in (a) the Midlands and (b) Leicestershire.
Answer: The Government recognises that inland waterways provide many public benefits, including health and wellbeing effects, leisure and recreation uses, and industrial heritage attractions. They are also important for the natural environment by providing green ...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInland Waterways: MidlandsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to support the long-term resilience of canal infrastructure in (a) the Midlands and (b) Leicestershire.
Answer: The Government recognises that inland waterways provide many public benefits, including health and wellbeing effects, leisure and recreation uses, and industrial heritage attractions. They are also important for the natural environment by providing green ...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBBC: Political ImpartialityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Asserson report into the BBC, published in September 2024.
Answer: The BBC has a duty, outlined in its Charter, to provide accurate and impartial news and information. That is particularly important when it comes to coverage of highly sensitive issues such as the conflict in Gaza. However, the BBC is independent from the...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Royal CommissionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a royal commission on social care.
Answer: The Government is determined to tackle the challenges facing adult social care. We want everyone to live an independent, dignified life. That is why we will build consensus on the long-term reform needed to create a National Care Service. We will engage w...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money has been collected through NHS claims for charges from overseas visitors in the last five reported financial years.
Answer: The Department is committed to working with NHS England to ensure effective implementation of The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015.The Department publishes data on the income identified from chargeable overseas visit...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS claims for charges from overseas visitors were processed by the NHS in the last five reported financial years.
Answer: The Department is committed to working with NHS England to ensure effective implementation of The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015.The Department publishes data on the income identified from chargeable overseas visit...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordNHS: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on improving efforts to gather NHS charges from overseas visitors.
Answer: The Department is committed to working with NHS England to ensure effective implementation of The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015.The Department publishes data on the income identified from chargeable overseas visit...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSleeping RoughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to extend the Rough Sleeping Initiative 2022-25 beyond April 2025.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister is responsible for cross-governmental coordination of policy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping and will update in due course.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to encourage joint working between (a) councils and (b) voluntary bodies to tackle local homelessness.
Answer: This Government recognises the crucial role that councils and the voluntary and community sector play in addressing homelessness and is committed to working closely with these partners, as well as councils and mayors, as we develop a new cross-government ...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve access to electric vehicle charging points across the motorway and A road network.
Answer: There are now over 960 open-access (can be used with any electric vehicle) rapid (50kW) and ultra-rapid (150kW+) chargepoints at motorway service areas across England. The Rapid Charging Fund pilot will fund a portion of the cost of upgrading electrical c...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) public and (b) private bodies on implementing more disability accessible electric vehicle charging points at public venues.
Answer: The Government wants everyone to be able to make the switch to electric vehicles, which is why we strongly encourage chargepoint procurers and operators to adopt the British Standards Institution Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 1899:2022 standard. ...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: Fees and ChargesDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on the lane rental scheme.
Answer: The Government generally supports ways of working that incentivise effective co-ordination, planning and delivery of road and street works. The Government is still in its early stages and is carefully considering next steps in this policy area.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHousehold Support FundDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her policy is on continuing the Household Support Fund after 30 September 2024.
Answer: The Government has announced funding to extend the Household Support Fund (HSF) for a further 6 months, from 1 October 2024 until 31 March 2025. An additional £500 million will be provided to enable the extension of the HSF, including funding for the Devo...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: ContractsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing railway contracts into public ownership in order of operational performance.
Answer: The Government has been clear that passenger train operations will transfer to a public-sector operator as current contracts end or reach their contractual break point, avoiding the need to pay compensation to the current operators. The Secretary of State...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRailways: ContractsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of bringing railway contracts into public ownership on outstanding multi year projects that (a) update fleets, (b) improve timetables and (c) supp
Answer: The process of transitioning railway passenger services into public ownership will not impact existing multi-year projects to update fleets, improve timetables and support infrastructure improvements. Existing projects can continue unless there is a good ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPetrol: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Competition and Markets Authority's paper entitled Road fuel review, published on 12 October 2022, if he will make it his policy to introduce a statutory (a) open data f
Answer: In the King’s Speech 2024, the government has committed to introduce a Digital Information and Smart Data Bill, which could provide the legislative basis to implement the statutory open data scheme. The government will respond to the road fuels consultati...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Waste ManagementDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ask NHS England to monitor the (a) uptake of locally implemented waste reduction schemes and (b) impact of such schemes on levels of unused medicines.
Answer: NHS England is leading a programme on medicine optimisation which aims to help patients to improve outcomes and safety, take medicines as intended, avoid taking unnecessary medicines, and reduce wastage. Community pharmacies also offer the New Medicines S...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: LeicestershireDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help improve mobile phone coverage in (a) Hinckley and Bosworth constituency and (b) Leicestershire.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving mobile coverage across the UK. Ofcom’s most recent coverage data for the former constituency of Bosworth shows 97% 4G geographic coverage from all four mobile network operators and that 5G is available from at leas...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department’s Service Modernisation Programme in (a) encouraging more people to apply for pension credit and (b) improving the customer service experienc
Answer: The modernisation of Retirement Services, which includes Pension Credit, forms a key part of DWP’s Service Modernisation Programme. An objective of the team is to understand how the application process should operate in the future and understand the oppor...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: EligibilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the equality impact assessment for changes to winter fuel payment entitlement.
Answer: The Regulations will come into force on 16 September, the first day of the Winter Fuel Payment qualifying week. In making a decision on Winter Fuel Payment eligibility, the Government had regard to an equality analysis in line with the Public Sector Equal...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that the pension credit application process is (a) streamlined and (b) user friendly to complete.
Answer: We are streamlining all Pension Credit application routes by using information held internally to reduce the number of questions the citizen must answer. A key objective of DWP’s Service Modernisation Programme is to utilise end user research to understan...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: East MidlandsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to encourage pension credit take up in (a) Leicestershire and (b) the East Midlands.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions wrote to all local authorities on 20 August. The letter acknowledged the vital role local authorities play in supporting their communities. The Government recognises that many loca...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPaymentsTreasuryTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3117More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report entitled UK Payment Markets Report, published by UK Finance in July 2024, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) financial institutions and (c) business groups on
Answer: While the ongoing trend in payments in the UK has been away from cash and towards digital payment methods, the government recognises that cash continues to be used by millions of people across the UK, including those who may be in vulnerable groups or who...
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordSV TenaciousDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 24 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with representatives of the Save Tall Ship Tenacious campaign on saving the SV Tenacious to support future generations of seafarers with disabilities and long-term he
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is aware of the campaign regarding the future of the SV Tenacious after its owner and operator, The Jubilee Sailing Trust (Tenacious) Limited, entered administration. Unfortunately, the department does no...
Answered 1 Aug 2024
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