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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RepatriationHome OfficeTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the statement by the Deputy Prime Minister on the G7 Summit on 22 June 2026, how many and what proportion of the 67,000 people that have been removed were voluntary departures.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on returns in the ‘Immigration System Statistics quarterly release’. Data on the number of returns by return type since July 2024 can be found in table Ret_D01 of the ‘Returns detailed datasets’.The data show since July 2024...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: VeteransHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to question 9067, when cross-Government decisions will be finalised.
Answer: I have previously provided this information, and I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 17 June 2026, to Questions 9067 and 9069.
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Armed ForcesHome OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to rules on indefinite leave to remain on (a) non-British spouses and (b) children of service personnel.
Answer: The earned settlement model, proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was subject to a public consultation, which opened on 20 November 2025 and closed on 12 February 2026.The standard qualifying period will move from five years to ten years for most...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: VeteransHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for delivering the pledge to waive Indefinite Leave to Remain fees for the spouses and children of current and former service personnel.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.The Government has committed to scrap visa fees f...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration ControlsHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she plans to publish the next Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules.
Answer: Work to finalise the upcoming Statement of Changes is continuing at pace, and will be published in due course in the usual way.
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: VeteransHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate has she made of the number of spouses and children of current or former service personnel who have paid for Indefinite Leave to Remain since 5th July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.The Government has committed to scrap visa fees f...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: PalantirHome OfficeTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the comments from Sir Mark Rowley on Times Radio on 11 June 2026, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the decision by the Mayor of London not to adopt technology
Answer: The government does not direct what technology police forces can procure and deploy. This is a matter for operationally independent Chief Constables, accountable to locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners. However, the Home Office recognises the im...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: AmmunitionHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice, 2026/S 000-050599 published on 29 May 2026, what firearms does the Metropolitan Police Service hold chambered in .300BLK.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold information on the specific firearms and ammunition held by the Metropolitan Police Service. Decisions about the types of firearms and ammunition used by police forces are operational matters for forces’ chief officers.Chief ...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMetropolitan Police: AmmunitionHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice, 2026/S 000-050599, published on 29 May 2026, what National Policing functions under the Metropolitan Police Service use a) .300BLK supe
Answer: The Home Office does not hold information on the specific firearms and ammunition held by the Metropolitan Police Service. Decisions about the types of firearms and ammunition used by police forces are operational matters for forces’ chief officers.Chief ...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRepatriation: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2026 to question 3166 on Repatriation: Syria, for what reason her Department does not record information on returning foreign fighters who have been a) arrested and b)
Answer: Arrests and prosecutions are matters for the independent police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Where these relate to terrorism offences, the CPS provides relevant data to the Home Office for quarterly publication. This forms part of the official...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRepatriation: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2026, to question 3166 on Repatriation: Syria, for what reason her department is not recording information on returning foreign fighters who have been a) arrested and
Answer: Arrests and prosecutions are matters for the independent police and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Where these relate to terrorism offences, the CPS provides relevant data to the Home Office for quarterly publication. This forms part of the official...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Police Air ServiceHome OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 5126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has she made in delivering the national programme to replace the existing NPAS aviation fleet.
Answer: Since Home Office funding for the National Police Air Service (NPAS) Fleet Replacement programme was confirmed in February 2025, NPAS have been leading implementation to ensure successful delivery.The delivery of nine replacement police helicopters into t...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDefence Equipment: ProcurementHome OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 5125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many a) CPM Wilson-Plus and b) CPM Watson-Plus drone jammers have been procured across police and security agencies.
Answer: The Home Office supports operational partners to develop appropriate counter-drone capabilities to ensure they are able to mitigate the possible threat from the misuse of drones. Procurement decisions are made by those organisations and we do not hold dir...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRepatriation: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 901 on Repatriation: Syria, how many returning foreign fighters have been a) arrested and b) prosecuted under criminal and terrorism offences since 5
Answer: Information on returning foreign fighters who have been arrested and prosecuted is not held, as this is not a category recorded in the data held by the Home Office. Relevant statistics on arrests, outcomes and stop and search under the Terrorism Act 2000 ...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRadicalism: ProsecutionsHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) prosecuted for chanting any variations of "Globalise the Intifada".
Answer: The Government does not hold the data requested.
Answered 28 May 2026
Original Parliament recordMBR Acres: DogsHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2973More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 18 May 2926 to Question 668 on MBR Acres: Animal Welfare, when did her Department last request annual figures for the (a) source (b) use and (c) final disposal of dogs bred a
Answer: Licensed establishments are responsible for maintaining records on the source, use and final disposal of protected animals bred, kept or used for regulated procedures.Under Standard Condition 8 of the Establishment Licence, all licensed establishments tho...
Answered 21 May 2026
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 15 May 2026AnsweredUIN 1722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his comments during the Times Radio interview on 29 April 2026, if he could provide a breakdown of the people deported by (a) number and (b) country.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on returns in the ‘Immigration System Statistics quarterly release’. Data on returns from the UK, broken down by enforced returns (of which ‘deportations’ is a legalised subset) and nationality can be found in table Ret_D01 ...
Answered 20 May 2026
Original Parliament recordRepatriation: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to FOI 2026/03320 for what reason did her department deem it to be a) unlawful and b) unfair with respect to the withholding of the requested information regarding the number of ISIS-li
Answer: The Government’s priority is the safety and security of the UK and our citizens. This can, where appropriate, include the exercise of immigration powers, the use of domestic and international watchlists, and law enforcement partners to disrupt the travel ...
Answered 19 May 2026
Original Parliament recordHare CoursingHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to question 125523 on Hare Coursing, which policing priority covers hare coursing in the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy 202
Answer: The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy 2025-28, published in November 2025, addresses hare coursing within its policing priority to tackle illegal hunting and poaching.
Answered 18 May 2026
Original Parliament recordMBR Acres: DogsHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2026 to Question 125325 on Animal Welfare: Inspections, how many beagles were bred in the last 12 months by MBR Acres Ltd for which the latest data is available.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold data on the number of animals bred by individual establishments. Responsibility for recording such information rests with the licensed establishments themselves.Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, licensed est...
Answered 18 May 2026
Original Parliament recordSlaveryHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to update the Modern slavery strategy, published on 29 November 2014.
Answer: This government is taking forward an updated approach to tackling modern slavery through delivery, reform and integration across wider Government strategies, rather than by re-issuing an updated standalone strategy.Our March 2025 Modern Slavery Action Pla...
Answered 20 May 2026
Original Parliament recordIslamic State: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to Auestion 125323 on Ahmed al-Sharaa, whether she discussed the repatriation of ISIS-linked individuals from the Al-Roj camp in Syria with the (a) President of
Answer: The details of conversations between the Home Secretary and senior international partners on matters of national security are confidential and not for release.Minister Falconer made a written ministerial statement to the house on 28 January on the situati...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 202
Answer: The Government is committed to strengthening guidance on adventitious agents testing in due course, as set out in the strategy.The use of animals in science in the UK continues to be regulated under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, which requ...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: CosmeticsHome OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many animals have died during UK preclinical testing for Botox (Botulinum toxin) used in aesthetic applications each year since 2005.
Answer: The Home Office does not collect data on the fate of animals at the end of procedures. Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, licensed establishments are responsible for keeping records which include the fate of the animals. Home Office Inspe...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what application are the 3 current active licences which authorise the use of the Forced Swim Test in preclinical animal testing.
Answer: The Home Office publishes annual National Statistics on the use of animals in scientific procedures in Great Britain under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.As part of these statistics, information is collected and published on techniques of sp...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
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