Every parliamentary written question tabled by Will Forster this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Whether parking guidance to local authorities includes the powers and duties of traffic wardens and parking attendants to lift material used to cover (a) a car parked in a parking bay and (b) a motorcycle parke
Statutory guidance does not specifically address the lifting of covers placed over motor vehicles as part of Civil Enforcement Officers’ process of establishing evidence of parking contraventions. However, the statutory guidance requires civil enforcement...
Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of local authorities' financial resources to deliver the measures in the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 in the next 12 mo
The government is providing £3.6 billion funding for homelessness services from 2026/27 to 2028/29, including more than £2.2 billion for local authorities to prevent and address homelessness and rough sleeping through the Homelessness, Rough Sleeping and ...
Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of accommodation provided by local authorities for survivors of domestic abuse; and what information his Depa
Under Part 4 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021, every Tier One local authority in England must assess local need for, and commission, support for victims of domestic abuse and their children within safe accommodation. To support delivery of the duty, the Min...
With reference to Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership's report entitled Child Safeguarding Practice Review: Sara Sharif, published on 13 November 2025, whether his Department plans to review the accessibilit
What happened to Sara Sharif was a tragedy. Whilst Sara’s father and stepmother are rightly serving life sentences for their appalling crimes, it is clear that our response must not stop there.We recognise the challenges raised by the Local Child Safeguar...
Whether she plans to introduce transitional arrangements for individuals who are currently on the five-year route to indefinite leave to remain.
The Government ran a public consultation from 20 November 2025 to 12 February 2026 to gather views on the earned settlement proposals.The consultation has now closed and we are in the process of reviewing and analysing all responses received. This analysi...
What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on skills shortages of changes to the indefinite leave to remain pathway for skilled worker visa holders.
The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.As part of this consultation, we sought views on the potential impact of the proposed c...
Whether her Department plans to publish a formal response to the earned settlement consultation.
The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.As part of this consultation, we sought views on the potential impact of the proposed c...
What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of withdrawing accommodation as proposed in the Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment)
The policy's intention is to ensure compliance with the conditions of support and permission to work rules and only remove support from those who breach these rules. The responsibility to support asylum seekers remains with the Home Office, and this respo...
Communities and Local Government, whether his department monitors if local authorities grant discretionary business rate relief for charities.
MHCLG collect and publish data from local authorities on how much discretionary business rates relief is granted to charities. Published data is available for local authority forecasts and local authority outturn. The latest data on discretionary relief g...
What estimate she has made of how many more staff her Department will need to review refugee status for every refugee, every two and a half years, for 20 years.
Only those who remain on core protection will have their protection needs regularly reviewed, not every refugee. Such reviews will also be efficient and targeted; we will reassess where country conditions or personal circumstances have changed significant...
What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 on victims of human traffic
The policy's intention is to ensure compliance with the conditions of support and permission to work rules and only remove support from those who breach these rules. The responsibility to support asylum seekers remains with the Home Office, and this respo...
What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using modular buildings to reduce reliance on hotels for asylum accommodation.
We are actively exploring all viable options so we can reduce reliance on hotels, including using modular buildings and ex-military sites.We’ve learned important lessons from inherited decisions made by the previous government. These are now informing our...
If she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Clare’s Law.
We know that more needs to be done to address issues and inconsistencies in the way that the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (also known as ‘Clare’s Law’) is currently being implemented across forces in England and Wales.In the recently published Viol...
Communities and Local Government, what steps is his department taking to ensure Housing Revenue Account funding is adequately ringfenced for social housing purposes by local authorities.
The Housing Revenue Account (HRA) is a ring-fenced accounting mechanism within the General Fund.The ring-fence ensures that the income from tenants’ rents is only spent on the upkeep and management of local authority tenants’ homes and it protects them fr...
Whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Sarah’s Law on women.
The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme, also known as Sarah's law, was introduced in 2011 and allows members of the public to make an application to police for information about a person who has contact with a child.The Scheme is designed to safeguard a...
Whether she plans to include Pathological Demand Avoidance in reforms to SEND provision.
The government consultation 'SEND reform: putting children and young people first’ has now closed. We are reviewing consultation responses alongside feedback from over 200 engagement events held over 12 weeks.We will create a new offer for children who ne...
Whether her Department plans to review the implementation of the multi-agency assessments introduced in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026.
The implementation of multi-agency child protection teams and wider reforms to children’s social care is underpinned by ongoing evaluation. Further interim implementation and process findings are expected this summer, and an impact evaluation report will ...
What assessment her department has made of the potential merits of the creation of a cross-department ministerial role to ensure data is properly shared across the public sector, in the context of the cases of
This government prioritises keeping children safe. For too long, poor information sharing has been a contributing factor to serious child safeguarding incidents. We are determined to address this challenge head-on. The tragic cases of Sara Sharif and Maya...
What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Ofsted’s reviews of local authority children’s services departments.
Ofsted has a crucial role to play in upholding standards in children’s social care and special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) services through inspection. In 2024 Ofsted conducted the Big Listen, the biggest consultation in Ofsted’s history. Th...
Whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 on the home school register.
The Children Not in School measures in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026, when implemented, will require local authorities in England and Wales to maintain registers of children who are not in school, including home-educated children.The depar...