Will Forster MP: written questions
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Written questions
Public Transport: WheelchairsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 30156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her department will review wheelchair access legislation to secure wheelchair users an enforceable right to access public transport.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Frontier Economics and IQVIA final report commissioned by NHS England entitled Economic analysis of NHS pharmaceutical services in England, published in March 2025, what asses
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 17 June in response to Question 6747, and to the answer provided on 2 July in response to Question 13595.
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for new pharmacy clinical services.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 17 June in response to Question 6747, and to the answer provided on 2 July in response to Question 13595.
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to increase NHS funding for pharmacy contracts.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 17 June in response to Question 6747, and to the answer provided on 2 July in response to Question 13595.
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the cumulative impact of business rates, wage increases and employer National Insurance contributions on community pharmacies.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 17 June in response to Question 6747, and to the answer provided on 2 July in response to Question 13595.
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rising medicine purchase costs and stock shortages on the financial viability of community pharmacies.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 17 June in response to Question 6747, and to the answer provided on 2 July in response to Question 13595.
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: TrainingDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring AI companies to publish their training models.
Answer: The Government recognises that greater transparency about how AI developers train their models can support licensing, enforcement and creator control.Our March report on AI and copyright committed to further work on input transparency. Since then, we have...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28210More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to protect national security from potential impacts of inappropriate use of AI.
Answer: We are committed to ensuring the UK is prepared for the changes AI will bring.UK laws protect against AI-driven security risks across many sectors and domains – for example cyber resilience, data protection, online safety, product safety, civil contingenc...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: ArtsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect creative industries from inappropriate use of AI.
Answer: This government values human creativity and believes that people should be paid fairly for the work they do. We will establish a new taskforce to put forward proposals for government on best practice on labelling, exploring how it could help inform people...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAlgeria: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Algeria, in addition to the work of the UK-Algeria Trade Taskforce.
Answer: UK and Algeria bilateral trade was £2.8 billion in the year ending March 2026. We are looking to collaborate across multiple sectors established in the 2026 meeting of the Economic Taskforce and wish to expand collaboration on renewable energy and energy ...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade AgreementsDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, with which countries their Department plans to pursue new free trade agreements with.
Answer: The UK Trade Strategy, published in June 2025, outlines the Government's priorities for the future of the Free Trade Agreement programme. Most recently, the Government has announced the negotiation of a Digital Trade Agreement with Malaysia. The Governmen...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: UkraineDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of Ukrainian-qualified HGV drivers resident in the UK who could enter the UK workforce if their driving licence categories, including C, C1 and CE, were recog
Answer: The Department for Transport does not hold information about the number of Ukrainian-qualified HGV drivers who are resident in the UK.
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHealth Professions: Migrant WorkersHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to improve communication and cooperation with regional support groups for displaced overseas healthcare workers, such as the South East ASC IR partnership.
Answer: Home Office officials already regularly engage with stakeholders supporting displaced sponsored care workers. This includes the Regional Partnerships, funded by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC), in England and extends to officials in Devol...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: Older PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure older people and self-funding care home residents receive timely information on their statutory rights under the Care Act 2014.
Answer: On 29 July, as set out in the link below, the Prime Minister set out his objectives to reform the social care system, and brought forward the timetable for Baroness Casey’s commission to inform that reform programme:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-s...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: MotorcyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of the requirement for A2 licence holders to retake both Module 1 and Module 2 practical tests in order to progress to a full category A licence o
Answer: The current motorcycle licensing regime requires riders seeking to progress from category A2 to category A through the licence upgrade route to successfully complete both Module 1 and Module 2 practical tests.The Department has not identified evidence tha...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: Mobile PhonesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25004More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 2 September 2025 to Question 73632, whether an evaluation lesson has been undertaken following the use of the emergency alert in England and Wales on 14th August 2026.
Answer: The decision on 14th August was made against a backdrop of unprecedented hot and dry conditions, with 43 active fires and 11 major incidents simultaneously impacting emergency services across the UK. We carefully considered whether an alert was appropriat...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDisability: Driving LicencesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 25003More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of a driving licence as an automatic screening requirement by potential employers on (a) jobseekers with epilepsy and (b) other disabled jobseeke
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordMagistrates: TrainingMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the longest wait time for a magistrate appointed in the 2025-26 recruitment round to start of their judicial training.
Answer: Magistrates' training is a matter for the independent judiciary. Data about the provision and completion of training is held by the Judicial College on behalf of the Lady Chief Justice. New magistrates are appointed on a rolling basis and are invited to b...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMagistrates: TrainingMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many newly appointed magistrates are awaiting the start of their judicial training.
Answer: Magistrates' training is a matter for the independent judiciary. Data about the provision and completion of training is held by the Judicial College on behalf of the Lady Chief Justice. New magistrates are appointed on a rolling basis and are invited to b...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: AdoptionDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 25000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact of not knowing the medical history of patients who have been adopted on those people.
Answer: The government recognises the importance of ensuring that clinicians can take account of the impact of adoption where relevant. Alongside the government’s apology on 2 July 2026 for historic forced adoption practices in England, the government committed t...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the surface access requirements in the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement (HENPS) will require the promoter to deliver or fund a direct rail route between Woking and Heathrow Airport.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of surface access to any future expansion of Heathrow Airport. The draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement states that enhanced rail connectivity is necessary to support expansion and achieve public tra...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her department has assessed how local authorities' interpretations of blue badge regulations differ.
Answer: The Department has not conducted an assessment of how local authorities' interpretations of Blue Badge regulations differ. The Department expects all local authorities to comply with the relevant Blue Badge legislation. Within that framework, local author...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: SurreyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the role of the new local assurance board in Surrey.
Answer: The government is committed to working closely with councils to ensure the right support is available throughout local government reorganisation implementation to mitigate key risks and challenges. As part of this, we have established an Implementation Fo...
Answered 2 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: SurreyHome OfficeTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect Surrey’s Steps to Change hub.
Answer: In the Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, we have committed to expanding access to tailored interventions for domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators across England and Wales.The Home Office has launched a £74.5 million competition for the Domest...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordChildren: Social ServicesDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her department is taking to help improve local authorities’ children’s services a) across the country and b) where children’s services teams are being transferred to new local authorities as a result
Answer: We are delivering the biggest overhaul of children’s social care in a generation, investing significantly to support local authorities to improve services for children and families. Through the £2.4 billion Families First Partnership programme, we are hel...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
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