Luke Evans MP: written questions
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Hospices: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for informing children’s hospices of their individual allocations from recent funding announcements.
Answer: Children and young people’s hospices have been informed of their allocations for 2026/27 by NHS England. Communications regarding future allocations, for 2027/28 and 2028/29, will be sent once the 2026/27 process is complete.
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether all hospice services are required to be commissioned.
Answer: The majority of hospices are charitable, independent organisations and, therefore, the Government does not collect or keep data on hospice bed capacity nationally. There are no current plans to make a formal assessment of the adequacy of hospice bed capac...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make an assessment of the adequacy of hospice bed capacity and how this is tracked nationally.
Answer: The majority of hospices are charitable, independent organisations and, therefore, the Government does not collect or keep data on hospice bed capacity nationally. There are no current plans to make a formal assessment of the adequacy of hospice bed capac...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAnxiety: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical guidelines on generalised anxiety disorder and panic disorder in adults.
Answer: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines are developed by experts based on a thorough assessment of the available evidence and through extensive engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. They represent best practice, and hea...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of mandating Advice and Guidance requests on the legal and accountability frameworks for clinicians.
Answer: Changes introduced as part of the 2025/26 GP Contract consultation included the introduction of the Enhanced Service for Advice and Guidance (A&G). This built upon existing use of A&G pathways by general practice over previous years, which helped ...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in relation to the GP contract 2026/27, how his Department plans to support hospitals in dealing with the increased caseloads generated by mandating Advice and Guidance.
Answer: Advice and Guidance (A&G) is a clinical collaboration tool that supports timely specialist input and helps patients receive care in the right setting, enabling best use of clinical time.The GP Contract 2026/27 sets out that practices will be required ...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in relation to the GP contract 2026/27, what framework he has put in place to help ensure that hospitals respond to Advice and Guidance requests in a timely manner.
Answer: Advice and Guidance (A&G) is a clinical collaboration tool that supports timely specialist input and helps patients receive care in the right setting, enabling best use of clinical time.The GP Contract 2026/27 sets out that practices will be required ...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with [a] Cabinet colleagues and [b] external bodies on the freezing of the repayment threshold for student loans.
Answer: My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education and departmental officials regularly engage with Cabinet colleagues and external bodies on a range of matters, including higher education (HE) finance and funding.We are determined that the HE fun...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordEducation: ExpenditureDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential implications for her policies of the report by the IFS entitled Annual report on education spending in England: 2025–26, pub
Answer: The department and HM Treasury discuss matters relating to school funding on an ongoing basis. These conversations are supported by government analysis relating to school funding, some of which is in the public domain.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the difference in approach in Wales towards freezing Part 2 Student Loan repayment thresholds on equalities in England.
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and therefore it is a matter for the devolved administrations to decide how they wish to develop their higher education systems. It is for the Welsh government to develop their own equalities impact assessment for borrowers...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving: DisqualificationDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 113322 on Driving Disqualification, if she can list the reasons for exceptional hardship that were cited by the drivers with 12 or more penalty points who
Answer: The Department for Transport and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) do not hold information on the reasons put forward in exceptional hardship applications. Decisions on whether exceptional hardship has been established, and the grounds advanc...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving: DisqualificationDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2026 to Question 113322 on Driving Disqualification, if she will hold discussions with local police forces on drivers who can retain their entitlement to drive after accrui
Answer: Where a driving licence holder has accumulated 12 or more penalty points, a court can exercise its discretion and decide not to disqualify them. Courts may allow drivers to retain their entitlement to drive where it is considered that disqualification wou...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer for 15 December 97962 on Park Home Sales, if he will list the representative bodies he has met to discuss the commission on receipt of a park home sale in
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 113661 on 2 March 2026.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPark Homes: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2026 to Question 97962 on Park Home Sales, when he last met with representatives of the park home sector to discuss issues surrounding commi
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 113661 on 2 March 2026.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFloods Resilience TaskforceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions the Flood Resilience Taskforce has had with local fire and rescue services on responding to major flooding incidents.
Answer: The Floods Resilience Taskforce brings together representatives from national, regional and local government, devolved Governments and the emergency services including the National Fire Chiefs Council and the Fire Brigades Union who are standing members. ...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the evidential basis for her view that graduates will pay back £8 more a month on average due to the freezing of the repayment threshold for student loans.
Answer: Monthly repayments for a borrower earning above the repayment threshold in a scenario with no threshold freeze was calculated as £8 lower in the 2027/28 financial year compared to the repayments of the same borrower in a scenario with a freeze. This is ca...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: SubsidiesDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to WPQ109601 answered on 23 February 2026, when she last met with the independent school sector to discuss the financial sustainability of small independent schools.
Answer: HM Treasury published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) on applying VAT to private school fees. This is accessible at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/applying-vat-to-private-school-fees. The department continu...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to WPQ109604 answered on 24 February 2026 about Private Education: VAT, whether she has received representations from the independent school sector on introducing a targeted subsidy for small charitabl
Answer: HM Treasury published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) on applying VAT to private school fees. This is accessible at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-on-private-school-fees/applying-vat-to-private-school-fees. The department continu...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInvestment: Leicestershire and RutlandTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116261More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will conduct an assessment of national investment strategies in [i] skills [ii] transport and [iii] infrastructure for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland to ensure comparability with mayoral combined autho
Answer: The government recognises the importance of ensuring that all areas have strategies in place, and can drive forward improvements in transport, skills and infrastructure. Areas not part of a combined authority still receive investment in skills, transport ...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116260More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that national investment strategies in [i] skills [ii] transport and [iii] infrastructure are at comparable levels between mayoral combined authorities and non mayoral combined aut
Answer: The government recognises the importance of ensuring that all areas have strategies in place, and can drive forward improvements in transport, skills and infrastructure. Areas not part of a combined authority still receive investment in skills, transport ...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTraining: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure [i] comparability of skills funding between mayoral combined authorities and non mayoral combined authorities and [ii] that skills funding is used to ensure the upskilling of
Answer: Approximately 68% of the Adult Skills Fund is currently devolved to 11 strategic authorities, 1 local authority and the Greater London Authority. From August 2026, a further 4 strategic authorities and 3 local authorities will receive this funding, taking...
Answered 2 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether issues associated with the potential merits of introducing information about methods of slaughter on food labelling have been raised in her discussions with the [i] British Mea
Answer: Defra engages regularly with all relevant stakeholders in the farming and food industry on a range of topical matters, including food labelling. Defra also engages regularly with other interested stakeholders, such as animal welfare NGOs, on matters relat...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether issues associated with the potential merits of introducing information about methods of slaughter on food labelling have been raised in her discussions with the [i] National Fa
Answer: Defra engages regularly with all relevant stakeholders in the farming and food industry on a range of topical matters, including food labelling. Defra also engages regularly with other interested stakeholders, such as animal welfare NGOs, on matters relat...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116255More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 5p cut to fuel duty on levels of social mobility in rural areas.
Answer: The Chancellor considers a wide range of impacts when taking decisions on tax policy. At Budget 2025, the Government announced that the 5p cut in fuel duty would be extended until the end of August 2026, with rates then gradually returning to March 2022 l...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of shortages of driver examiners on learner drivers’ access to driving test slots.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is continuing with recruitment campaigns across the country to provide as many tests as possible. A full-time driving examiner (DE) can be expected to add approximately 1,200 tests per year to the booking sys...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
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