Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
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GlyphosateDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2026 to Question 6962 on Glyphosate, what the expected timetable is for the Health and Safety Executive to have reviewed the renewal for approval of glyphosate.
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently undertaking a renewal assessment of the pesticide active substance glyphosate to determine whether it continues to meet the strict approval criteria for use in pesticide products in Great Britain.As part ...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWarshipsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his oral contribution during Oral Questions on 27 April 2026, Official Report column 568, which destroyers and frigates he was referring to; and how he calculated the 25% figure.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence publishes annual statistics on UK armed forces equipment and formations, including statistics on frigate and destroyer numbers. Statistics from 2016 can be found on Gov.uk here and the 2010 statistics here. These show that in 2010,...
Answered 22 May 2026
Original Parliament recordFood BanksDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many foodbanks have been officially recorded as being in operation in each year for the past 10 years.
Answer: Foodbanks are independent, charitable organisations and the Department for Work and Pensions does not have any role in their operation and therefore does not hold data on the number of foodbanks in operation. The Government recognises that the level of ho...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFood BanksDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pre-existing foodbanks have been brought into official statistics each year since 2010.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the number of pre-existing foodbanks that have been brought into official statistics. Statistics on food bank use are published annually in the Households Below Average Income statistics report and are only available f...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFood BanksDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the criteria for foodbanks to be included within official foodbank statistics.
Answer: The department’s official statistics on food bank use are published via the annual Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics, Households below average income (HBAI) statistics - GOV.UK using data from the Family Resources Survey (FRS), Family Reso...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordApprenticeship LevyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to update the apprenticeship levy funding band.
Answer: Each apprenticeship standard is allocated to one of 30 funding bands, which range from £1,500 to £27,000. These represent the maximum value that government will contribute towards the training and assessment for each apprenticeship. All apprenticeship st...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDisability: Public LavatoriesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a requirement to ensure all venues have (a) toilets accessible to wheelchair users and (b) clear information that there are no accessible toilets
Answer: Under the Equality Act 2010, businesses that provide goods and services to the public are required not to discriminate against disabled people. The Act also places an anticipatory duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordConnect to Work: CambridgeshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of spending a proportion of the funding increase for to the Connect to Work programme in Huntingdonshire on people in that area.
Answer: Connect to Work funding will cover all of England and Wales. Huntingdonshire is part of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area for Connect to Work. Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority are the Lead Authority (Accountable Body) for this area, wo...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Timms review on the Health Transformation Programme.
Answer: The Health Transformation Programme is transforming the entire Personal Independence Payment (PIP) service to improve customer experience and efficiency, build trust in our decisions and support people to enter or remain in work. The Programme is working ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWorkplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of restoring occupational pensions to people who withdrew them prior to the establishment of the Pension Protection Fund.
Answer: This Government has not made an assessment on the matter. The Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) existed prior to the Pension Protection Fund, to make payments to members of qualifying DB schemes that started to wind-up between 1 January 1997 and 5 April 2...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Sick LeaveDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days were lost to sickness absence by civil servants in their Department (a) in total and (b) on average per employee between 5 July 2024 and 4 July 2025.
Answer: Sickness absence data for the Civil Service, including departmental breakdowns is published annually, and is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sickness-absence. The next update will be for the year ending 31st March 2025.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment and Vocational GuidanceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress she has made in establishing the jobs and careers service.
Answer: We are reforming Jobcentre Plus and creating a new service across Great Britain that will enable everyone to access support to find good, meaningful work, and support to help them to progress in work, including through an enhanced focus on skills and care...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment Assessment Review: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the forthcoming Timms Review will include the needs of veterans in its scope.
Answer: Veterans, depending on their needs, can access a variety of support including PIP, the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS), the Guaranteed Income Payment (GIP), and the Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP). No changes are proposed to the Armed For...
Answered 7 Sept 2025
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