Will Forster MP: written questions
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Ukraine: VeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of offering Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre surplus capacity to Ukrainian veterans.
Answer: The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to work with our Ukrainian partners to contribute to Project RENOVATOR, to support the development of increased rehabilitation capacity and capability within Ukraine to help deal with the thousands of injured mil...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will summon the Israeli Ambassador to explain ask why (a) Israeli armed forces seized the British-flagged ship Madleen and (b) arrested British citizens on board that s
Answer: The Minister for the Middle East summoned the Israeli Ambassador on 20 May to make clear that the UK stands firmly against Israel's resumption of military action in Gaza, its wholly inadequate plan for aid delivery and to demand that a full and unhindered...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: WokingDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of school-aged children in Woking who will become newly eligible for free school meals under the planned September 2026 Universal Credit extension.
Answer: This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. The department has now announced that we are extending free school meals to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: Universal CreditDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the delay in extending free school meals to all children in households receiving Universal Credit until September 2026 on the percentage of children in Wo
Answer: This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. The department has now announced that we are extending free school meals to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SurreyDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the finding from Surrey County Council’s 2024 Parents’ Voices Matter survey that 20% of children with special educationa
Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life.We will strengthen...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRespiratory Syncytial Virus: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is his Department taking to reduce inequalities in uptake of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus maternal vaccination programme by (a) region, (b) ethnicity and (c) socioeconomic background.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) monitoring of programme uptake by ethnicity and region is a key tool in identifying disparities in uptake across diverse populations. UKHSA has prepared respiratory syncytial virus antenatal vaccine information leaf...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: AuditMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the risks of historic local authority accounts that auditors disclaim and have not fully checked.
Answer: This government has implemented a number of measures to improve auditing arrangements for local bodies, including the introduction of statutory backstop dates for the publication of audited accounts. Two of these dates have now passed. As a result, the va...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: AuditMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to improve future auditing arrangements for local authorities.
Answer: This government has implemented a number of measures to improve auditing arrangements for local bodies, including the introduction of statutory backstop dates for the publication of audited accounts. Two of these dates have now passed. As a result, the va...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTeachers: Foreign NationalsDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will undertake a review of the requirements non-UK nationals face when applying to train to become an educator.
Answer: The department keep the requirements for applying to train to be a teacher under regular review to ensure that the best candidates wherever they are from can continue to access the appropriate training to become great teachers.In addition to the requireme...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Conduct AuthorityTreasuryTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57598More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the role of the Financial Conduct Authority.
Answer: The government has no plans to review the role of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It is working closely with the FCA to support the growth mission and maintain high standards of regulation in financial services.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's OfficeDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will review the role of the Information Commissioner's Office.
Answer: We have considered the role of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) during the design of the Data Use & Access Bill. This Bill modernises the ICO’s governance structure, introduces a new framework with a principal objective and duties to provid...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to (a) manage and (b) accelerate the connection of the renewable energy projects in the transmission queue.
Answer: We are working closely with Ofgem and the network companies to develop and deliver fundamental reform of the grid connections process. National Energy System Operator (NESO’s) proposals for connections reform were approved by Ofgem on 15 April. These refo...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: SurreyDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57556More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Safety Valve agreement on the provision of special educational needs support in Surrey.
Answer: The department is continuing to work with Surrey to deliver their safety valve plan, including providing ongoing support from both expert advisers. We regularly review the implementation of all safety valve agreements through our monitoring process, which...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Multiple SclerosisDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support people living with multiple sclerosis in Woking constituency; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reforms to (a) disability benefit
Answer: Information on the impacts of the Pathways to Work Green Paper has been published here ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper’. Estimates of the impact of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reforms are ma...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Sclerosis: WokingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in Woking constituency.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services for their local population, including for multiple sclerosis (MS). The Government expects ICBs, including the Surrey Heartlands ICB, which covers the Woking constituency, to assess t...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: National Insurance CreditsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people on Universal Credit receive National Insurance Contribution credits.
Answer: Class 3 National Insurance (NI) Credits are awarded to those in receipt of Universal Credit (UC). Where UC recipients are also in work or are entitled to NI credits on other grounds, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs will undertake any relevant reconcilia...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCriminal Injuries Compensation Scheme: Social Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57142More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether receipt of compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme impacts entitlement to benefits.
Answer: Means tested benefits do not provide a specific disregard for a Criminal Injuries Compensation payment. However, it is very likely, due to the nature of these payments, that they will be regarded as a payment for personal injury and disregarded for 12 mon...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Support Allowance: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people on legacy Employment and Support Allowance receive the same inflation increase as people on other benefits.
Answer: Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is a single benefit with two strands, contribution-based ESA, ESA C (which was rebadged New Style ESA (NS ESA)), and income-related ESA (ESA IR). Legacy ESA is made up of a contributory (ESA C) and income-related str...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReconstruction: UkraineDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support Ukraine’s (a) reconstruction and (b) economic recovery.
Answer: Through the 100-Year Partnership Agreement, the UK is committed to supporting Ukraine’s long-term stability and growth, driving its recovery as a modernised and resilient economy. We work closely with the Government of Ukraine to understand their immediat...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructure: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential benefits of using digital twin technology in major infrastructure projects.
Answer: The National Digital Twin Programme (NDTP) aims to develop the UK’s capability in digital twinning technologies, and to enable the digital interconnection of infrastructure and other sources of data. This will enable more efficient design, construction, a...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Criminal ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy for courts to prioritise cases involving grooming.
Answer: The listing of cases is a judicial function, and as such, prioritisation and scheduling decisions are the responsibility of judges. In practice, the judiciary generally lists cases to give priority to those with vulnerable parties and witnesses.The Govern...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationals Abroad: CybercrimeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to protect British citizens abroad from (a) cybercrime and (b) digital asset theft.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) provides country specific travel advice and consular assistance to British nationals abroad. The FCDO also works in partnership with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and other agencies to ra...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a temporary Blue Badge scheme.
Answer: The Blue Badge scheme is primarily about helping people with a long-term disability that affects their capacity to access the goods and services they need to use. Anyone may be entitled to a badge if they meet the eligibility criteria.The Department for T...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: WokingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle childhood poverty in Canalside ward in Woking constituency.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing work to publish its strategy as soon as possible. We are exploring all available levers to drive forward ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: WokingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support the 2,198 children under the age of 16 living in relative poverty in Woking constituency.
Answer: Tackling child poverty is at the heart of this Government’s mission to break down barriers to opportunity. The Child Poverty Taskforce is progressing work to publish its strategy as soon as possible. We are exploring all available levers to drive forward ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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