Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions

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4 Jul 2026–12 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.

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4 Jul 2026–12 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.

Department or topic	Published records
Cabinet Office	36
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade	18
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	1
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	4
Department for Education	8
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	7
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	34
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	1
Department for Transport	27
Department for Work and Pensions	5
Department of Health and Social Care	26
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	12
Home Office	52
Ministry of Defence	689
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	11
Ministry of Justice	91
Northern Ireland Office	2
Treasury	18

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Written questions

Hinchingbrooke HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 29230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2026, to question 23157 on Hinchingbrooke Hospital, by what date will the business case for the land acquisition go to the Department’s Joint Investment Commit
Answer: Further to the answer provided on 8 September to Question 23157, the Hinchingbrooke’s land acquisition business case was approved with conditions by the Department’s Joint Investment Committee on 9 September 2026. The trust will need to confirm completion...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
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Ambulance Services: CambridgeshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to question 23152 on Air Ambulance Services: Cambridgeshire, what is the allocation of the eight Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine trainees across the three
Answer: The three local education providers (LEPs) are: Essex and Herts Air Ambulance; Magpas; and East Anglia Air Ambulance. Each trainee will rotate either six months full time across two of the LEPs over a year or spend two years undertaking pre-hospital emerg...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
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Local Government: ReorganisationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026, to question 23022 on Local Government: Cambridgeshire, if she will publish the proposals submitted to date to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Lo
Answer: Publication of any plans and proposals is a matter for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. As the Hon Member will know, the Ministry announced on 7 September that it will be undertaking further consideration of the local government ...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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NHS: PalantirDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it remains her Department’s policy to use Palantir within the Federated Data Platform programme.
Answer: The supplier contract will be reviewed in line with standard contract management processes and the outcome will be announced in the normal way in due course.
Answered 21 Sept 2026
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NHS: StaffDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has she made in delivering the Future NHS Workforce Solution Transformation programme.
Answer: In October 2025, the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) awarded a £1.2 billion contract to Infosys to deliver a new and enhanced workforce management solution for the National Health Service, with further information available at the following link:...
Answered 21 Sept 2026
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North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is included within the scope of the Frontline Digitisation programme.
Answer: The Frontline Digitisation Programme supports National Health Service trusts to implement Electronic Patient Records (EPR) and reach a baseline level of digital maturity, ensuring staff have the digital tools and information needed to provide safe, effici...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
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Medical Records: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Major Projects Annual Report 2025 to 2026, Tables, Frontline Digitisation, which NHS trusts are receiving support
Answer: The Frontline Digitisation Programme supports National Health Service trusts to implement Electronic Patient Records (EPR) and reach a baseline level of digital maturity, ensuring staff have the digital tools and information needed to provide safe, effici...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
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Hinchingbrooke HospitalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has her Department made in negotiating the acquisition of land from Cambridgeshire Constabulary in order to facilitate the rebuild of Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
Answer: The New Hospital Programme team in the Department is not involved in any such negotiations. The Strategic Outline Case for the scheme was approved by the Department’s Joint Investment Committee on 22 October 2025. The business case for the land acquisitio...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Dialysis Machines: HuntingdonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding is available for provision of a new community based dialysis treatment centre within the Huntingdon constituency a) during and b) following the rebuild of Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
Answer: NHS Central East Integrated Care Board will continue to work with NHS England and the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as the renal dialysis service provider at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, to ensure that there are fit for purpose faciliti...
Answered 22 Sept 2026
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Hospitals: Dialysis MachinesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provision for dialysis treatment centres has she made within Wave zero of the New Hospital Programme.
Answer: No specific provisions have been made, but trusts may provide renal services as part of their clinical models of care, depending on their assessment of local needs, and levels of service provision at individual sites.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Addenbrooke's Hospital: Air Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the distance between the helipad and Accident and Emergency at Addenbrookes Hospital on the time to transition patients from an air ambulance
Answer: I refer the Hon. Members to the answers provided on 16 July in response to Question 16317, and on 1 June in response to Question 2208.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
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Hospitals: Air Ambulance ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the benefit of mandating 24/7 availability of all hospital helipads.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Members to the answers provided on 16 July in response to Question 16317, and on 1 June in response to Question 2208.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
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Air Ambulance Services: CambridgeshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps has she taken to support the provision of PHEM training by Air Ambulance charities in Cambridgeshire.
Answer: The East of England currently hosts eight Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM) trainees per year as part of the PHEM subspeciality training programme, across three local education providers. The East of England region has also initiated and implemented ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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Social ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23151More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has she made of the potential benefit of establishing a national care service.
Answer: On 29 July, as set out in the link below, the Prime Minister set out the reasons why it is essential to reform the adult social care system and brought forward the timetable for Baroness Louise Casey’s independent commission to make recommendations on est...
Answered 24 Sept 2026
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Medical RecordsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has she made in implementing a single patient record system across the NHS.
Answer: The Health Bill before Parliament will provide the legislative framework for the Single Patient Record. The programme is developing the technical and delivery approach, working with healthcare professionals, patients, the public, National Health Service p...
Answered 22 Sept 2026
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NHS Trusts: Facsimile TransmissionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS Trusts use fax machines.
Answer: At this time, one remaining trust, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, still maintains a group of working fax machines as part of its business continuity plan. It plans to cease using them in the coming months once other contingency arrangements are in pl...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
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Ambulance Services: Medical EquipmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with NHS ambulance trusts on the potential merits of procuring Raizer chairs.
Answer: The procurement of equipment by National Health Service ambulance trusts is an operational matter for individual trusts. Trusts are responsible for assessing and procuring the equipment that best meets the needs of their patients, workforce, and local ope...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Department of Health and Social Care: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety, the Hon Member for Birmingham Edgbaston, received a ministerial severance payment upon leaving Government
Answer: As has been the practice under successive governments, details of any ministerial severance payments are routinely published in the Department’s annual report and accounts for the financial year in question.
Answered 21 Sept 2026
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Dementia: Public AppointmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by when does she plan to appoint a dementia czar.
Answer: Following the recommendation from Baroness Casey, we will appoint a Dementia Tsar who will have national responsibility to bring oversight and joined up care, driving forward the prevention, treatment, and care of dementia. We are currently progressing ar...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
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Local Government: CambridgeshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the feasibility of each of the options for local government reorganisation in Cambridgeshir
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care has provided an evidence-based assessment of the proposals submitted to date to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, including the feasibility of each option and the potential impacts on the d...
Answered 3 Sept 2026
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Wes Streeting: Redundancy PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 5356 on Wes Streeting: Redundancy Pay, if she will take steps to publish details of the ministerial severance payment received by the former
Answer: As has been the practice under successive governments, details of any ministerial severance payments are routinely published in the Department’s annual report and accounts for the financial year in question.
Answered 21 Sept 2026
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Health Services: Vulnerable AdultsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026 to question 12546 on Health Services: Vulnerable Adults, when does he plan to a) start, b) conclude and c) publish the urgent review of the adult safeguarding
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer that he received on 29 June in response to Question 12546, and I will ensure he is kept informed when there is any further update to report.
Answered 15 Sept 2026
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Dental Services: NHS Cambridgeshire and PeterboroughDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the recent increases in (a) the national minimum wage and (b) employers’ national insurance contributions on the capacity of dentists to fulf
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 6 June 2025 in response to Question 54533.The increases in question were announced prior to the 2025/26 uplift of the primary care dental contract, and were therefore considered prior to consultation on, an...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
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Dental Services: NHS Cambridgeshire and PeterboroughDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 22791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Units of Dental Activity have been subject to clawback within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB over the past three years.
Answer: The requested data is not centrally held.
Answered 22 Sept 2026
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Dental Services: CambridgeshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 19551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by when does Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB intend to reallocate the 16,123 Units of Dental Activity to existing NHS dental providers within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB.
Answer: Commissioners agree contracts with National Health Service dental practices to deliver a specific number of funded Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) each year. Payments are made in 12 monthly instalments in advance. Commissioners may redistribute dental fun...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
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