Will Forster MP: written questions

Written questions

• Heating: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19576More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing equal incentives for homeowners to install (a) heat batteries and (b) other low-emission heat sources.

  Answer: Heat batteries are a promising technology because they utilise time-of-use tariffs, do not require outside space, and can be cheaper to install than heat pumps in some circumstances. However, they are less efficient than heat pumps and will therefore use ...

  Answered 20 Dec 2024

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• ADHD: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18834More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle shortages of ADHD medication in Woking.

  Answer: The Department monitors and manages medicine supply at a national level so that stocks remain available to meet regional and local demand. Information is not collected on a local level. The Department has been working hard with industry and NHS England to...

  Answered 12 Dec 2024

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• Bus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16386More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of local authorities in England which provide bus travel concessions beyond the legal statutory requirements of the English National Concessionary Travel Sche

  Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. Local authorities in England have the power to go beyond their statutory ob...

  Answered 2 Dec 2024

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• Bus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16385More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of widening the accessibility criteria for the English national concessionary travel scheme to include peak travel for disabled bus pass holders to help en

  Answer: The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. Local authorities in England have the power to go beyond their statutory ob...

  Answered 2 Dec 2024

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• Right to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16043More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce a moratorium on Right to Buy sales before proposed changes come into effect.

  Answer: The government does not intend to introduce a moratorium on Right to Buy sales before any further changes come into effect.

  Answered 2 Dec 2024

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• Large Goods Vehicles: TestingDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14833More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Goods Vehicles (Plating and Testing) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 to permit 44 tonne operations.

  Answer: Permitted weights are governed by the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weights) Regulation 1998, as amended. Under these regulations, many goods vehicles are already permitted to operate at up to 44 tonnes.

  Answered 25 Nov 2024

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