Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions

Written questions by answering department

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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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 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
Attorney General	12
Cabinet Office	109
Department for Business and Trade	60
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	28
Department for Education	58
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	45
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	53
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	137
Department for Transport	93
Department for Work and Pensions	13
Department of Health and Social Care	87
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	124
Home Office	313
Ministry of Defence	2023
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	61
Ministry of Justice	178
Northern Ireland Office	2
Treasury	56

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Written questions

Essex County CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13278More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what advice he received from civil servants at the (a) Department for Health and Social Care and (b) Department for Education on the potential options for the future structure of
Answer: Decisions on local government reorganisation are subject to collective agreement in the usual way.A summary of the Secretary of State’s decision for Essex Councils, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock has already been provided at gov.uk here. The Government has ...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
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Local Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to question 11275 on Local Government: Reorganisation, what discussions his Department has had with Unison staff on Local Government Reorga
Answer: My Department has not had any discussions with Unison staff regarding local government reorganisation in the invitation area of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, which includes the area of Huntingdonshire. The Government strongly encourages councils going ...
Answered 30 Jun 2026
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Local Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has held with officials from the Unison union on local government reorganisation.
Answer: The Department has been working closely with trade unions, including Unison, as we develop support and guidance to assist councils with the transition and will continue to do so throughout the process. Several discussions have focussed on staffing matters...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
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Mayor of London: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 4883 on Mayors: Elections, whether proposed Police Reform Bill will amend section 21(1)(d) of the Greater London Authority Act 1
Answer: The Government will consider this issue as part of the development of the Police Reform Bill that was announced in the 2026 King’s Speech.
Answered 22 Jun 2026
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Hospitals: HelicoptersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising hospital helipad access in planning applications.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 110529 on 11 February 2026.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
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Hospitals: HelicoptersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 5127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the level of need to prioritise hospital helipad access in current planning considerations.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 110529 on 11 February 2026.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
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Mayors: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking legislative steps to help improve alignment between Section 66(3)(c) of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 and Section 21(1)(d) of the Grea
Answer: Police governance in London is different to that of areas outside London; in that the Mayor of London is not a Police and Crime Commissioner and has bespoke arrangements governing their oversight of the Metropolitan Police. Disqualification criteria for t...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
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Council Housing: MembersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on the number of council houses in England and Wales allocated to current Hon Members.
Answer: My Department collects data on new social housing allocations in England through the Continuous Recording (CORE) system. CORE does not record the tenant’s name or whether they are an hon. Member.
Answered 2 Jun 2026
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Regeneration: Barrow in FurnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 May 2026AnsweredUIN 2211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the Barrow Transformation Fund will be funded by his Department.
Answer: The Government has committed £200 million over 10 years to support regeneration in Barrow-in-Furness (the ‘Barrow Transformation Fund’). 25% of this funding is provided by MHCLG and the remaining 75% is provided by the Ministry of Defence.
Answered 27 May 2026
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Mayoral Revolving Growth FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason did Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority not qualify for the Mayoral Revolving Growth Fund.
Answer: The Mayoral Revolving Growth Fund's place selection methodology is available online: Mayoral Revolving Growth Fund: policy statement - GOV.UK. This sets out that places were selected based on:their growth potential using Gross Domestic Product per head to...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
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Pride in Place Programme: HuntingdonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding from the Pride in Place programme will be allocated to Huntingdon constituency.
Answer: The Pride in Place programme specifically targets funding to communities with the poorest social and economic outcomes, identified using a composite measure of deprivation (Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD)) and community need (Community Needs Index (CN...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
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Police and Crime Commissioners: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2026 to question 114906 on Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections, what is the total estimated cost of £87m set out in the relevant Charges O
Answer: The estimated £87 million represents the full range of necessary costs Returning Officers can claim for the efficient and effective delivery of the 2024 Police and Crime Commissioner elections, including staffing, polling stations, printing, postal voting...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
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Local Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse is of a) reinstating and b) holding previously cancelled local elections in May 2026.
Answer: I refer the Rt hon. and hon. Members to the Secretary of State’s Written Ministerial Statement of 23 February 2026 (HCWS1349). It is a longstanding principle that Government does not comment on or publish legal advice. The Government has no plans to publi...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
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Hospitals: Air Ambulance ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the need to introduce a legal requirement to consider access to hospital helipads in any planning application in the vicinity of a hospital.
Answer: The government is currently consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework that includes clearer, ‘rules based’ policies for decision-making and plan-making. The proposed new Framework gives substantial weight to the benefits of providing new or i...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
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Local Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to question 106657 on Secondary Education: Cambridgeshire, by which date the statutory consultation on local government reorganisation w
Answer: As set out in my Written Ministerial Statement of 18 December (HCWS1215), I expect to launch the statutory consultation on proposals for the remaining local government reorganisation areas, including Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, in early February.
Answered 3 Feb 2026
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Local Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the projected total cost of local government reorganisation in England.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 77631 on 13 October 2025.
Answered 15 Jan 2026
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Local Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what impact assessment he has conducted on the implementation of local government reorganisation.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 77631 on 13 October 2025.
Answered 15 Jan 2026
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Local Government: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the projected total cost of local government reorganisation in Cambridgeshire.
Answer: Exact costs and savings will vary by area, depending on proposals received and which proposals are implemented. It was for local areas to firstly submit proposals, including estimated costs/benefits of each proposal. We anticipate that we will launch a co...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department's timetable is for publishing its response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation.
Answer: On Thursday 20 November 2025 the government published the response to the Fair Funding Review 2.0 alongside the local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29. On Wednesday 17 December 2025 the government published the Provisional Local Gove...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
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Mayors: DisqualificationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 49537 on Mayors: Disqualification, whether a criminal conviction for an imprisonable offence would disqualify a person from be
Answer: The answer given to the hon. Member in Question UIN 49537 on 30 April 2025 provides the current disqualifications for being convicted of an imprisonable offence for mayors - this applies to metro mayors in and outside of London.
Answered 12 Jan 2026
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mitigating the financial risk of the removal of the statutory override from local authorities regarding the requirement to
Answer: At Autmn Budget 2025, the government clarified that ambitious Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reform plans will be set out early in the new year and that funding for SEND will be managed within the government’s overall departmental spend...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
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Local Government: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, from which local authorities in Cambridgeshire he has received formal submissions for the proposed local government reorganisation.
Answer: My Department has received submissions from all councils in the invitation area of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities which may need to issue Section 114s if required to recognise historic DSG deficits on their balance sheets, identifi
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2025, the Office for Budget Responsibility gave an assessment of Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) deficits which are based on current Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) policy. This government has clarified that we will set ou...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the removal of the statutory override on local authority budgets by the end of the 2027-28 financial year.
Answer: At Autmn Budget 2025, the government clarified that ambitious Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) reform plans will be set out early in the new year and that funding for SEND will be managed within the government’s overall departmental spend...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
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Local Government: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has held discussions with Peterborough City Council on the options for local government reorganisation in Cambridgeshire.
Answer: My officials have held discussions with all the councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, including Peterborough City Council, as they have developed proposals in response to their invitation. Those proposals are due to be submitted on 28 November.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
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