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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Immigration: TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under the Immigration Platform Technologies programme, what are the three integrated modern technology services that have been delivered.
Answer: The three integrated modern technology services that were delivered by IPT are: Access UK – Accessed via GOV.UK, this single online application service for all visa and immigration services allows our customers to complete their application, book an appoi...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: CommonwealthHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the question of 10 September 2025 to Question 74120 on Armed Forces: Commonwealth, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the requirement for her Department to reco
Answer: Non-UK service personnel who have completed four years’ service in the Armed Forces are eligible to apply for settlement in the UK under Appendix HM Armed Forces of the Immigration Rules. This route provides a pathway to settlement for non-UK service memb...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has she made on the design and pilot of AI tools to support asylum case working as part of the Asylum Transformation Programme.
Answer: The Asylum Case Summarisation (ACS) tool uses artificial intelligence (AI) to summarise asylum interview transcripts. The Asylum Policy Search (APS) tool is an AI search assistant that finds and summarises country policy information. The tools were design...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: BangladeshHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proportion of Bangladeshi asylum seekers that have arrived via a) visas or b) other leave in the year to June 2025 on the asylum system.
Answer: This government has already taken action to stem the surge in asylum claims from visa holders, including record numbers of credibility interviews and mandating a genuine study requirement for short term student routes. The number of student visa holders c...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: PakistanHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proportion of Pakistani asylum seekers that have arrived via a) visas or b) other leave in the year to June 2025 on the asylum system.
Answer: This government has already taken action to stem the surge in asylum claims from visa holders, including record numbers of credibility interviews and mandating a genuine study requirement for short term student routes. The number of student visa holders c...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHonour Based Abuse: MenHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story entitled Honour-based abuse crackdown in raft of new measures, published on the 26 August 2025, how many of the 2,755 honour-based abuse related offences
Answer: 'Honour’-based abuse is a serious form of abuse that nobody should have to experience. This is why we are tackling it through our mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade.To prevent and respond effectively to forced marriage an...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHonour Based AbuseHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the news story entitled ‘Honour’-based abuse crackdown in raft of new measures, published on 26 August 2025, by when she plans to pilot a prevalence study into ‘honour’-based abuse.
Answer: 'Honour’-based abuse is a serious form of abuse that nobody should have to experience. This is why we are tackling it through our mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade.To prevent and respond effectively to forced marriage an...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing the Asylum Transformation Programme.
Answer: The Asylum Transformation Programme is focused on improving the asylum journey by streamlining, simplifying and digitalising processes to speed up decision making and establishing an asylum accommodation system with the right capacity and optimum cost. Th...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice National DatabaseHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the police on the replacement of the Police National Database.
Answer: The Home Office established the Public Safety Group Commissioning Board as part of a broader reform programme to strengthen governance and accountability for major technology initiatives and investments. The Board and its sub groups include representative...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCollege of Policing: MediaHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90796More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with the the College of Policing on its authorised professional practice guidance entitled Media relations, published on 15 August 2025.
Answer: On 13 August 2025, the College of Policing published interim guidance for police forces on the disclosure of suspects’ ethnicity and nationality in serious cases. This interim guidance is included in the College’s public consultation of the Media and Comm...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders are awaiting removal to their home countries under the UK Borders Act 2007.
Answer: The information you have requested is not currently available from published statistics.Work is underway to improve the quality of information held by the department on foreign national offenders (FNOs). If this work progresses as planned, the Home Office...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: DatabasesHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are on the violent harm assessment database by (a) age, (b) nationality and (c) ethnicity.
Answer: The Violence Harm Assessment database is an internal tool used by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) to identify and risk assess individuals involved in violence in London.The Home Office are not responsible for the database and the MPS publish summary...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83494 on Drugs: Organised Crime, how much additional funding to help tackle county lines was provided to Cambridgeshire Constabulary in (a) 2023-2
Answer: We are investing more than £43m this financial year (25/26) in the County Lines Programme, to target exploitative drug dealing gangs whilst breaking the organised crime groups behind this trade.Whilst we have prioritised investment in the five police forc...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83494 on Drugs: Organised Crime, what the name is of the dedicated fund used to provide additional funding to tackle county lines.
Answer: We are investing more than £43m this financial year (25/26) in the County Lines Programme, to target exploitative drug dealing gangs whilst breaking the organised crime groups behind this trade.Whilst we have prioritised investment in the five police forc...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDrugs: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83494 on Drugs: Organised Crime, how the amount of additional funding to tackle county lines was calculated for each police force.
Answer: We are investing more than £43m this financial year (25/26) in the County Lines Programme, to target exploitative drug dealing gangs whilst breaking the organised crime groups behind this trade.Whilst we have prioritised investment in the five police forc...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 83507 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, whether that figure refers to the number of people prevented from crossing.
Answer: 9,686 refers to the number of attempts by people prevented from crossing in that time period.
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration Scheme: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 79231 on Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: China, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on adding China to the enhanced tier o
Answer: As set out in the National Security Act 2023, the Secretary of State may make a specification under the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) where they consider it is reasonably necessary to do so to protect the safety or inte...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration Scheme: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 79231 on Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: China, when she plans to make a decision on whether to add China to the enhanced tier of the Forei
Answer: As set out in the National Security Act 2023, the Secretary of State may make a specification under the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) where they consider it is reasonably necessary to do so to protect the safety or inte...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82448 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, what the cost is of (a) charter and (b) regularly scheduled flights to conduct returns under the
Answer: I have been clear that we do not comment on costs for scheduledflights or charter flights, and this was made explicit in the answer to the original Question. These are commercially sensitive arrangements that can provide an insight into pricing structure....
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Criminal InvestigationHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79293 on Offences against Children: Criminal Investigation, how many phases will Operation Beaconport have; and if she will set out the scope of e
Answer: A new national police operation into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse, Operation BEACONPORT, is now underway and being overseen by the NCA in collaboration with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and other policing partners, as reco...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Criminal InvestigationHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79293 on Offences against Children: Criminal Investigation, what her timetable is for setting the terms of reference for Operation Beaconport.
Answer: A new national police operation into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse, Operation BEACONPORT, is now underway and being overseen by the NCA in collaboration with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and other policing partners, as reco...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Criminal InvestigationHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79293 on Offences against Children: Criminal Investigation, when she expects phase one of Operation Beaconport to conclude.
Answer: A new national police operation into group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse, Operation BEACONPORT, is now underway and being overseen by the NCA in collaboration with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and other policing partners, as reco...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice National DatabaseHome OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79669 on Police National Database, what options for future delivery of the Police National Database transformation programme she is considering.
Answer: The Home Office is currently considering a variety of options for future delivery of the Police National Database transformation programme. Information will be issued once a decision has been taken. The Home Office is unable to provide further information...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice National DatabaseHome OfficeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79669 on Police National Database, when the (a) platform upgrade and (b) transition to the cloud will take place.
Answer: The Home Office is currently considering a variety of options for future delivery of the Police National Database transformation programme. Information will be issued once a decision has been taken. The Home Office is unable to provide further information...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FranceHome OfficeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) people have applied to and (b) applications have been approved for the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme since that scheme was established.
Answer: Detailed figures on applications or approvals under the UK/European Applicant Transfer Scheme are not currently published. However, we have set out that as of 5 November 2025, 57 people have been transferred from France to the UK under this scheme. We con...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
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