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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Learning disability & autism
Paul Silvester: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Paul Silvester
CEO, Foresight
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press citations on 1 topic since 24 May 2026 · last quoted 25 May 2026
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Paul Silvester: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- CEO, Foresight
- Quoted on
- Learning disability & autism
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 25 May 2026
- First quoted
- 24 May 2026
04 The signal · where Paul Silvester sits on learning disability & autism
Ranked 22= of 100 voices quoted in the press on learning disability & autism, level with 38 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Jon SparkesSector leaderChief Executive, Royal Mencap Society22 - 2
Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)21 - 3=
Sir Simon WesselyAcademicRegius Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London9 - 22=Dr Sue SmithClinicianHead of the Lorna Wing Centre, National Autistic Society2
- 22=Sue FranklinAcademicprincipal educational psychologist at Lewisham LBC and chair of the National Association of Principal Educational Psychologists2
- 22=Paul SilvesterSector leaderCEO, Foresight2
- 22=Mirko UljarevicAcademicProfessor/Senior Principal Research Fellow, The Kids Research Institute2
- 22=Heather SandySector leaderexecutive director of children's services at Lincolnshire CC2
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05 On the record · press
What Paul Silvester has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.com1
- grimsbytelegraph.co.uk1
Where Paul Silvester has been quoted
- 01Plan to transform The Hollies and Cygnets site in Scunthorpegrimsbytelegraph.co.uk · 25 May 2026
- 02Scunthorpe: Former respite centre may become supported living flatsbbc.com · 24 May 2026
Verbatim
“At the moment, there's no comparable services within North Lincolnshire, so it's a great opportunity for Foresight to expand something that's working very successfully within North East Lincolnshire.”
“If the demand was to exceed what we're doing, there's grounds to expand it”
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