Paul Foster MP: written questions
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Written questions
Special Educational Needs: LancashireDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Education, Health and Care (a) requests and (b) needs assessments have been (i) completed and (ii) issued within the statutory 20-week timeframe by Lancashire County Council in the last 12 months.
Answer: Information on the number of requests for an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment, the number of assessments carried out and the number of new plans issued within the statutory 20-week time, including at a local authority level, are published...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: South RibbleDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve SEND provision in South Ribble constituency.
Answer: The government’s ambition for all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) is that they will achieve and thrive, and lead happy, healthy and productive lives. The department is working closely with experts on SEND r...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational NeedsDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department monitors the compliance of individual local authorities with statutory duties under the Children and Families Act 2014 in relation to the delivery of EHCP provision.
Answer: Local authorities identified as having issues with education, health and care (EHC) plan timeliness are subject to additional monitoring by the department, who work with the specific local authority. Where there are concerns about the local authority’s ca...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission for Reconciliation and Information RecoveryNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information is investigating that relate to deaths of (a) armed forces personnel and (b) police officers.
Answer: The website of the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery sets out details of current cases, including those relating to the killings of armed forces personnel and police officers. It is noted that those details do not reflect ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordProject Gigabit: South RibbleDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to take steps to enable (a) constituents and (b) businesses in South Ribble constituency to become eligible Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme.
Answer: As part of Project Gigabit, Building Digital UK (BDUK) identifies the most appropriate intervention to deliver gigabit-capable broadband in areas that are unlikely to be reached by suppliers’ commercial rollout. For most homes and businesses in the South ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProject GigabitDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has alternative plans for reaching (a) premises and (b) communities that are deemed too expensive to reach through Project Gigabit.
Answer: The vast majority of premises will be covered by commercial activity or Project Gigabit, but it will remain too expensive to build a gigabit capable connection to a very small proportion of premises on either a commercial or subsidised basis. The governme...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Speed LimitsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance her Department has issued on whether Magistrates Courts in England and Wales can revert back to a conditional offer of £100 Fine and 3 Penalty Points rather than using the Sentencing Guidelines (Spe
Answer: In the case of a driver who breaks the speed limit, they may be given a fixed penalty notice with a £100 fine and three penalty points on their licence, or they may be summoned to Court.If the person wants to plead not guilty, they will have to go to cour...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: South RibbleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in South Ribble constituency are in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP); how those payments are broken down between the (a) daily living and (b) mobility component; and how ma
Answer: As of January 2025, there are 5,340 people currently in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in the South Ribble Parliamentary Constituency. Of these claimants, 2,530 scored fewer than 4 points in the 10 Daily Living activities. The breakdown of...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChorley Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on when accessibility improvement works will commence at Chorley railway station.
Answer: Northern Trains Ltd and Network Rail took the decision to remove the previous contractor due to serious on-site safety concerns and remedial works have taken place. Urgent work is underway to consider how best to deliver accessibility improvements at Chor...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordM6: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of road traffic accidents leading to a fatality on the M6 motorway within Lancashire since 2022.
Answer: The number of fatal road collisions reported to police which occurred on the M6 within Lancashire was 2 in 2022 with none in 2023. 2023 is the latest year for which figures are available.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: South RibbleHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outstanding asylum applications there are for people living in South Ribble constituency.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum seekers awaiting an initial decision is published in table Asy_D03 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed d...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: WomenDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of women impacted by the maladministration of pension communications as highlighted by the WASPI campaign in South Ribble constituency.
Answer: ONS population estimates suggest that in 2021 there were 6,495 females born in the 1950s resident in the South Ribble constituency, who are impacted by the equalisation of the State Pension age. We do not know how many of these women were impacted by mala...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAvanti West Coast: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much compensation was paid under the delay repay scheme for journeys on Avanti West Coast in 2024; and how much and what proportion of this compensation was paid from the public purse.
Answer: Annual Delay Repay compensation figures are published by Financial Year for train operating companies on the Government website at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/train-operating-companies-passengers-charter-compensation/trai...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: HospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the NHS to pay for all medications supplied to hospices.
Answer: Palliative and end of life care is commissioned at a local level by integrated care boards (ICBs). Consequently, neither the Department nor NHS England hold data centrally on which hospices have all medication supplied for free or at a discounted rate by ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: HospicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which hospices (a) have all medication supplied (i) for free and (ii) at a discounted rate and (b) do not have medication supplied by the NHS.
Answer: Palliative and end of life care is commissioned at a local level by integrated care boards (ICBs). Consequently, neither the Department nor NHS England hold data centrally on which hospices have all medication supplied for free or at a discounted rate by ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: South RibbleDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent on flood prevention works to protect the village of Croston in South Ribble constituency in the last five years; and what funds are allocated for future improve
Answer: Protecting communities around the country from flooding is one of the Secretary of State’s five core priorities. To ensure we protect the country from the devastating impacts of flooding, the Government will invest £2.4 billion in 2024/25 and 2025/26 to i...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: South RibbleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of pensioners receive Pension Credit in South Ribble constituency; and how many of these are new recipients since 31 July 2024.
Answer: The latest available data shows that in Winter 2023 to 2024, there were 14,717 pensioner households living in the South Ribble constituency. This is based on winter-fuel-payments-household-2023-to-2024.ods. At that point in time, 1,528 pensioner household...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will undertake a review of NHS policy on the assessment of individual funding requests to support children for whom prescribing medical cannabis could help prevent repeated admissions to hosp
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published technology appraisals recommending Epidyolex, a licensed form of cannabidiol extracted from cannabis, for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsies, sp...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Lancashire Teaching Hospital Trust on the potential merits of enabling clinicians to prescribe unlicensed cannabis products to children for clinical reasons.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published technology appraisals recommending Epidyolex, a licensed form of cannabidiol extracted from cannabis, for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsies, sp...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: CannabisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken recent research on the use of medical cannabis for the treatment of epilepsy.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published technology appraisals recommending Epidyolex, a licensed form of cannabidiol extracted from cannabis, for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsies, sp...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEpilepsy: CannabisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken recent research on the use of medical cannabis for the treatment of (a) Dravet and (b) Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published technology appraisals recommending Epidyolex, a licensed form of cannabidiol extracted from cannabis, for the treatment of seizures associated with two rare forms of epilepsies, sp...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCannabis: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients under the age of 18 are in receipt of an NHS funded cannabis-based (a) prescription and (b) medication.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority does not hold the information in the form requested as it is only a legal requirement for prescriptions to state the age for children under 12 years.Between November 2018 and July 2024, 21,299 items of licensed cannabis...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: South RibbleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are in receipt of Pension Credit in South Ribble constituency; and if she will make an estimate of the number of people who are not claiming Pension Credit but are eligible in that const
Answer: Caseload statistics are routinely published and made publicly available via DWP Stat-xplore. At February 2024, there were 1,528 people claiming Pension Credit in South Ribble constituency. Information relating to Pension Credit eligibility is only availab...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel Payment: South RibbleDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 5 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in South Ribble constituency received a winter fuel payment in the 2023-24 financial year.
Answer: Annual statistics on the number of Winter Fuel Payment recipients and households by local authority and by Westminster parliamentary constituency are made publicly available via GOV.UK. The latest release contains data on individual and household level st...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
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