Luke Evans MP: written questions
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Ophthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of pre-visit notifications, in the context of mandatory electronic submissions of general opthalmic services claims.
Answer: Domiciliary eye care providers are required to give advance notification to integrated care boards (ICB) of their intention to provide a National Health Service domiciliary sight test to an eligible patient. This is referred to as a pre-visit notification...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) official in his Department have held discussions with their counterparts in (i) Wales, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Northern Ireland on pre-visit notifications.
Answer: National Health Service funded domiciliary, or mobile, sight tests are available for patients eligible for free NHS sight tests and who are unable to leave home unaccompanied because of physical or mental illness or disability, and this includes individua...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the number of pre-visit notifications completed by optometrists in the last 12 months.
Answer: Domiciliary eye care providers are required to give advance notification to integrated care boards (ICB) of their intention to provide a National Health Service domiciliary sight test to an eligible patient. This is referred to as a pre-visit notification...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to remove the requirement for optometrists to complete Pre-Visit Notifications.
Answer: National Health Service funded domiciliary, or mobile, sight tests are available for patients eligible for free NHS sight tests and who are unable to leave home unaccompanied because of physical or mental illness or disability, and this includes individua...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOphthalmic ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of Pre-Visit Notifications on (a) vulnerable patients and (b) patients in care homes.
Answer: National Health Service funded domiciliary, or mobile, sight tests are available for patients eligible for free NHS sight tests and who are unable to leave home unaccompanied because of physical or mental illness or disability, and this includes individua...
Answered 14 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNRS Healthcare: InsolvencyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) due diligence and (b) risk management measures his Department undertook when it became aware of the likely winding up of NRS Healthcare Limited.
Answer: The principal responsibility for ensuring the provision of disability aids and community equipment lies with local authorities (LAs), as does the responsibility to maintain continuity of care for those who are eligible.Nonetheless, the Department has play...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNRS Healthcare: InsolvencyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to keep local authorities informed on the developing situation on the winding up of NRS Healthcare Limited.
Answer: The principal responsibility for ensuring the provision of disability aids and community equipment lies with local authorities (LAs), as does the responsibility to maintain continuity of care for those who are eligible.Nonetheless, the Department has play...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNRS Healthcare: InsolvencyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to help mitigate the potential impacts of the insolvency of NRS Healthcare Limited on (a) the supply of medical equipment to patients, (b) local authorities and (c) relevant
Answer: The principal responsibility for ensuring the provision of disability aids and community equipment lies with local authorities (LAs), as does the responsibility to maintain continuity of care for those who are eligible.Nonetheless, the Department has play...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNRS Healthcare: InsolvencyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the insolvency of NRS Healthcare Limited on (a) patient care, (b) local authorities’ duty of care and (c) relevant contracted busi
Answer: The principal responsibility for ensuring the provision of disability aids and community equipment lies with local authorities (LAs), as does the responsibility to maintain continuity of care for those who are eligible.Nonetheless, the Department has play...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGender Dysphoria: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 55468 on Gender Dysphoria: Health Services, what his planned timetable is for ensuring the delivery of a gender clinic in each region by 2026.
Answer: NHS England has established NHS Children and Young People's Gender Services in the North-West, South-West, and London regions, in 2024. A fourth service is planned to open in the East England region in January 2026, following a process of mobilisation ove...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: HorsesDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the police and (b) highways authorities about the (i) trends in the level of and (ii) reasons for equestrian related accidents and fatalities on roads.
Answer: Statistics on reported road collisions, including involving horses, are collated by the Department based on data supplied by police forces. While there is ongoing engagement with police and local authority data providers related to the data, no recent dis...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCross Country Trains: StrikesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) RMT and (b) Cross Country Trains to seek a resolution to avoid strike action and no service on the (i) Birmingham, (ii) Leicester, (iii) Cambridge and (iv) Stanst
Answer: It is for CrossCountry, as the employer, to negotiate terms and conditions with their staff. Officials have been kept advised of the situation with the dispute. On Thursday 16th, sufficient progress had been made and RMT suspended strike action on Saturda...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of the (a) fitting, (b) quality and (c) patient feedback on (i) post-surgery bras and (ii) breast protheses received through the NHS.
Answer: Decisions about the funding and provision of health services, including post-surgery bras and breast protheses, are the responsibility of local integrated care boards.NHS England funded audits into primary and metastatic breast cancer to help identify and...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to determine the future of Animal Health and Welfare Pathway grants to support the transition to cage free systems for laying hens.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and will continue to work closely with the farming sector to d...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of Animal Health and Welfare Pathway grants on the transition to cage free systems for laying hens.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and will continue to work closely with the farming sector to d...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProbation: East MidlandsMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve probation services in the East Midlands.
Answer: We are committed to supporting probation staff and value their hard work, commitment and dedication. Following HM Inspectorate of Probation’s (HMIP) inspection of probation services in the East Midlands, their report identified areas of improvement, makin...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: MidlandsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the £123 million allocated to the development of the Midlands Rail Hub has been assigned to design the East Chord of the Midlands Rail Hub.
Answer: In the 2025 Spending Review the Chancellor committed to progress the next stage of Midlands Rail Hub, which includes the East Chord, building on £123m previously released. Network Rail are procuring a contractor to design and build the scheme.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to change the Pharmacy First payment threshold.
Answer: As part of delivering Pharmacy First, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they deliver a minimum level of activity. This level increased at set intervals between February 2024 and March 2025, as agreed with Community Pharmacy England a...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the funding allocated to the Pharmacy First scheme has not been claimed by pharmacies because they did not reach the threshold since July 2024; and whether this money been reallocated.
Answer: As part of delivering Pharmacy First, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they deliver a minimum level of activity. This level increased at set intervals between February 2024 and March 2025, as agreed with Community Pharmacy England a...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the threshold for Pharmacy First payments has increased since July 2024.
Answer: As part of delivering Pharmacy First, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they deliver a minimum level of activity. This level increased at set intervals between February 2024 and March 2025, as agreed with Community Pharmacy England a...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of raising the threshold for Pharmacy First payments on the (a) number of pharmacies claiming payment for Pharmacy First consultations and
Answer: As part of delivering Pharmacy First, pharmacy contractors receive a monthly fixed payment if they deliver a minimum level of activity. This level increased at set intervals between February 2024 and March 2025, as agreed with Community Pharmacy England a...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: LeicestershireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 905834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of local government reorganisation in Leicestershire on local service provision.
Answer: Local Government Reorganisation creates a huge opportunity to establish modern, responsive public services for citizens.We have asked all councils to tell us how their proposals for unitarisation will improve service provision, and to ensure high standard...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the medicines margin and clawback system in accounting for local variations in prescribing habits.
Answer: In reaching a settlement for the 2025/26 Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF), detailed discussions were had with Community Pharmacy England (CPE), the representative body of pharmacy contractors, which included the medicine margin arrangements...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with Community Pharmacy representatives on the (a) effectiveness of the medicines margin and clawback system and (b) potential impact of the medicines margin a
Answer: In reaching a settlement for the 2025/26 Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF), detailed discussions were had with Community Pharmacy England (CPE), the representative body of pharmacy contractors, which included the medicine margin arrangements...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuels: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support the sustainable bioethnol production sector.
Answer: Government has been in negotiations with the bioethanol sector to understand what support could be delivered to ensure its long-term sustainable future.The Department for Transport confirmed their intention to consult on amendments to the Renewable Transp...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
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