Luke Evans MP: written questions
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Health Services: ReorganisationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, if he will publish a list of regulatory bodies he plans to merge or abolish.
Answer: The 10 Year Health Plan refers to bodies that are being abolished or merged. None of these are regulatory bodies, such as the Care Quality Commission, instead they perform other functions.As part of the 10 Year Health Plan, we are cutting the number of or...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the investigation of the pensions regulator into NHSBSA.
Answer: The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is an independent body responsible for the regulation of work-based pension schemes in the UK. TPR conducts its supervisory and investigatory functions independently of the Government. As such, it would not be appropriate for ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the outstanding (a) remedial pension savings statements and (b) remedial service statements to be delivered.
Answer: We have commissioned the independent Chair of the NHS Pension Scheme Pension Board to lead an urgent and targeted review of the NHS Business Service Authority’s (NHS BSA) revised plans for the delivery of the McCloud remedy for NHS Pension Scheme members....
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the delays in issuing (a) remedial pension savings statements and (b) remedial service statements on patient care.
Answer: The delays related to remediable service statements should have no direct impact on patient care. The members facing immediate financial consequences from their remedy benefit choice are retired members of the NHS Pension Scheme.We understand from regular...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 28133 NHS Business Services Authority: Workplace Pensions, whether the Pensions regulator has required the NHS Business Services Authority to
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) is in regular contact with The Pensions Regulator to report on the delivery of the McCloud remedy. They are following all advice, guidance, and recommendations put forward by the regulator.The NHSBSA has taken ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Business Services Authority: Workplace PensionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of remedial pension savings statements (a) remain outstanding and (b) have been issued.
Answer: As of 22 July 2025, 108,742 remedial pension savings statements have been issued to NHS Pension Scheme members. 34,404 members either have a statement outstanding or require further calculations to determine whether a statement is needed.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the underspend in the additional roles reimbursement scheme has been reallocated.
Answer: The table attached provides a funding and spending summary for the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, from 2019/20 to 2024/25.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the underspend was in the additional roles reimbursement scheme in each year since it was launched.
Answer: The table attached provides a funding and spending summary for the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, from 2019/20 to 2024/25.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHeart Diseases: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the recovery pathways for the care of patients who have had a sudden cardiac arrest not related to myocardial infarction.
Answer: A cardiac arrest is caused by a dangerous abnormal heart rhythm, which occurs when the heart isn’t working properly and causes the heart to stop beating. Each year approximately 30,000 people receive resuscitation for an out of hospital cardiac arrest in ...
Answered 5 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Improvement DistrictsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with local authorities on the potential impact of Business Improvement Districts on levels of local business investment.
Answer: The Government recognises the important role Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) can play in improving the local trading environment and attracting investment to their area. We frequently engage with local authorities and BID membership bodies such as, ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordKinship Care: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on the Kinship Allowance Pilot Scheme; and when that scheme will begin.
Answer: The department is ensuring that a fair and transparent process is used to identify which local authorities are best placed to deliver the Kinship Allowance Pilot, through a published expression of interest process. The application window for the expressio...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: LeicestershireDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 61898 on Railways: Midlands, whether any funding announced in the Spending Review 2025 has been allocated to support Network Rail's work to develop a business c
Answer: The first phase of Midlands Rail Hub (‘Western’ scope) would enable additional trains each hour between Birmingham and South Wales and the South West, and on Birmingham’s Cross City Line. This includes extending Chiltern services from Moor Street to Snow ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Coal Staff Superannuation SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that decision making about the return of the BCSSS investment reserve can be made as swiftly as possible.
Answer: I met the BCSSS Trustees on 22 April, 11 June and 22 July and confirmed the Government’s commitment to considering their proposals regarding the reserve and the future of the scheme. DESNZ will now engage HM Treasury with a view to agreeing a way forward ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, published on 3 July 2025, if he will publish his Department’s assumptions of NHS produc
Answer: We will publish our 10 Year Workforce Plan by the end of this year. The plan will set out the workforce needed to deliver the transformed service, and the key assumptions used in determining that workforce. That plan will set out assumptions about product...
Answered 8 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: RedundancyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the (a) cost of abolishing NHS England and (b) resulting redundancy package will be paid for from his Department’s settlement at the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: We have recently announced the Spending Review settlement, which provides an additional £29 billion of annual day-to-day spending in real terms by 2028/2029 compared to 2023/2024. Ahead of asking the National Health Service to commence a multi-year planni...
Answered 8 Aug 2025
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