Luke Evans MP: written questions
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Primary Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of integrated care boards in securing money for primary care expansion from Section 106 agreements.
Answer: The Department for Health and Social Care is working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government to extend our collective interactions in the planning process, from local plan making to negotiating developer contributions throu...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimary Care: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the amount of money used for primary care expansion from Section 106 agreements.
Answer: The Department for Health and Social Care is working closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government to extend our collective interactions in the planning process, from local plan making to negotiating developer contributions throu...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff will form the leadership team to coordinate the transfer of NHS England into his Department.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to determine the leadership, structure and requirements needed to support the creation of a new centre for health and care.
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to manage existing (a) litigation and (b) other disputes involving NHS England after its abolition.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to jointly lead this transformation. As we work to bring the two organisations together, we will ensure that we continue to e...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to communicate changes in relation to the abolition of NHS England to the (a) public and (b) NHS staff.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to ensure that the details of the changes are communicated to staff and the public as quickly and clearly as possible.My Rt H...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on healthcare delivery.
Answer: It is only right that with such significant reform, we commit to carefully assessing and understanding the potential impacts, as is due process. Evidence from these ongoing assessments will inform our programme as appropriate. The Government is committed ...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the abolition of NHS England will impact the management of (a) national and (b) regional NHS budgets.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to jointly lead this transformation.It is only right that with such significant reform, we commit to carefully assessing and ...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consultation he undertook prior to the decision to abolish NHS England.
Answer: Through our public consultation on the 10 Year Plan, the Government has shown that we are committed to engaging with the public, patients, and clinicians.We have heard that those within the system believe it to be broken and in need of reform. Lord Darzi’...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to manage the integration of NHS England's IT systems into his Department.
Answer: Ministers and senior Departmental officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to lead this transformation. As we work to return many of NHS England’s current functions to the Department, we will ensure...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on patient outcomes.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to jointly lead this transformation. This reform is about devolving resources and responsibility to the frontline, empowering...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the abolition of NHS England on the (a) roles and (b) responsibilities of regional NHS bodies.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to jointly lead this transformation.It is only right that with such significant reform, we commit to carefully assessing and ...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to maintain (a) transparency and (b) accountability in NHS operations after the abolition of NHS England.
Answer: The announcement to bring NHS England into the Department and create a new joint centre will allow the national centre to operate very differently to the current arrangements. The change will drive our reform agenda by removing layers of bureaucracy and e...
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandTreasuryTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43893More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Oral Statement of 26 March 2025 on the Spring Statement, Official Report, column 945, what proportion of the £150 million included in the transformation fund will be spent on the abolition of N
Answer: As announced at Spring Statement the government has allocated £150 million for government employee exit schemes. Information can be found in the Spring Statement supporting documentation here:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e3ec2df356a2dc...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the abolition of NHS England does not lead to a loss of institutional knowledge critical to NHS operations.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to jointly lead this transformation.There are talented, dedicated public servants working across the country, and at every le...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse following 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 because of a smaller and leaner centre. By the end of the process, we...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the effective continuation of existing contracts and agreements currently held by NHS England after it is abolished.
Answer: Ministers and senior Department officials will work with the new executive team at the top of NHS England, led by Sir Jim Mackey, to jointly lead this transformation. As we work to bring the two organisations together, we will ensure that we continue to e...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 40282 on General Practitioners: Recruitment, what proportion of new GPs employed since July 2024 were not employed through the Additional Roles R
Answer: Data on the number of recently qualified general practitioners (GPs) for which primary care networks are claiming reimbursement via the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme was published by NHS England on 7 April, and showed that 41% of all new full-time...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 March 2025, HCWS562, on Mental Health: Expected Spend for 2025-26, what data his Department holds on how much funding has been spent on (a) prescribing
Answer: The following table shows the actual expenditure for 2023/24 and expected expenditure for 2024/25 for prescribing for mental health, mental health within NHS Continuing Healthcare and national mental health capital programmes: 2023/24 actual expenditure (...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Out of Area TreatmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 March 2025 on Mental Health: Expected Spend for 2025-26, HCWS562, if he will publish the modelling he used to assess how the £75 million funding will a
Answer: We recognise how important it is that individuals who require mental health inpatient care are treated as close to home as possible.Integrated care boards have published plans to localise inpatient care by 2026-27 under the national commissioning framewor...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: Out of Area TreatmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 March 2025 on Mental Health: Expected Spend for 2025-26, HCWS562, whether he has made an estimate of the potential impact of the £75 million funding on
Answer: We recognise how important it is that individuals who require mental health inpatient care are treated as close to home as possible.Integrated care boards have published plans to localise inpatient care by 2026-27 under the national commissioning framewor...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 March 2025, HCWS562, on Mental Health: Expected Spend for 2025-26, what estimate he has made of the total cost of mental health spending not included i
Answer: The following table shows the actual expenditure for 2023/24 and expected expenditure for 2024/25 for prescribing for mental health, mental health within NHS Continuing Healthcare and national mental health capital programmes: 2023/24 actual expenditure (...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 27 March 2025 on Mental Health: Expected Spend for 2025-26, HCWS562, whether he has carried out an impact assessment of reducing the proportion of NHS spe
Answer: For 2025/26, mental health spending is forecast to amount to £15.6 billion. This represents a significant uplift of £320 million in real terms spending on mental health compared to the previous financial year. In addition, integrated care boards are forec...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health Services: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Written Statement on 27 March 2025, HCWS562, what consultation was undertaken with stakeholders prior to the decision to reduce the proportion of NHS spending on mental health
Answer: For 2025/26, mental health spending is forecast to amount to £15.6 billion. This represents a significant uplift of £320 million in real terms spending on mental health compared to the previous financial year. In addition, integrated care boards are forec...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: RedundancyTreasuryTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43592More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Statement 2025, how many redundancies from NHS England will be paid for from the £150 million included in the transformation fund.
Answer: As announced at Spring Statement the government has allocated £150 million for government employee exit schemes. Information can be found in the Spring Statement supporting documentation here:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e3ec2df356a2dc...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS EnglandTreasuryTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43590More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spring Statement 2025, whether the abolition of NHS England will be entirely funded by the £150 million included in the transformation fund.
Answer: As announced at Spring Statement the government has allocated £150 million for government employee exit schemes. Information can be found in the Spring Statement supporting documentation here:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67e3ec2df356a2dc...
Answered 11 Apr 2025
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