Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions 2025
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Armed 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 recordMilitary BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current status of all MOD sites listed within the Defence Estates Optimisation Programme.
Answer: Defence Estates Optimisation (DEO) has completed construction at 17 sites and has disposed of 30 Ministry of Defence sites. The status for the remaining disposal sites is listed in the House of Commons Defence Disposal Database report on the Gov.UK websit...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, based on the £34.7 billion cost of the deal for the Chagos Islands calculated by the Government Actuary’s Department, how much of the total figure will be paid by his department (a) each year and (b) in total.
Answer: The £34.7 billion figure is incorrect. The correct figure is £3.4 billion, which reflects the real costs of a treaty that lasts 99 years, with an average cost of £101 million per year.The treaty payments will be split between the Ministry of Defence and t...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: Ajax Vehicles and Boxer VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 69526 on Army: Ajax Vehicles and Boxer Vehicles, will anti-tank platoons be equipped with a mix of Ajax and Boxer or one or the other depending on whether th
Answer: Anti-tank platoons within Armoured Infantry units will be equipped with Boxer variants.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison Accommodation: ProcurementMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made in replacing the key supplier for the 10K Additional Prison Places Estate Expansion Category D programme.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 November 2025 to Question 87997.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison Accommodation: ProcurementMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92654More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has she made in replacing the key supplier for the 10K Additional Prison Places Estate Expansion Houseblocks and Refurbishment programme.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 November 2025 to Question 87997.
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has she made in implementing the 10K Additional Prison Places Estate Expansion Houseblocks and Refurbishment programme.
Answer: To date, the Houseblocks and Refurbishments programme has delivered c.1,000 places, c.200 of which were delivered under this Government. As set out in the December 2024 10-Year Capacity Strategy, we are committed to delivering 14,000 additional prison pla...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDrax Power Station: BiofuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has he made of the import costs of biomass sourcing of the fuel for the Drax power station.
Answer: It is for generators to determine the most cost effective way of importing biomass, as this is a commercial decision. All transportation of biomass must comply with strict supply chain emission thresholds in order to be eligible for any subsidy.
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was the UK contribution to Lots 39 and 40 of the $3.5 billion contract awarded to Raytheon on 31 July 2025, for the continued production of Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM).
Answer: Lot 39 of the contract is expected to be placed by the end of 2025. Lot 40 of the contract is yet to be negotiated by the US Government. The UK proportionate contribution towards the $3.5 billion contract is classified as commercially sensitive informatio...
Answered 27 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 recordSpecial Educational Needs: InspectionsDepartment for EducationTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the potential implications for her policies of the outcome of the joint Ofsted and CQC Area SEND Inspection published on 13 May 2025.
Answer: Cambridgeshire local area partnership was inspected by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) from 27 to 31 January 2025. The inspection outcome was that the local areas partnership’s arrangements lead to inconsistent experiences and outcomes for ch...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 135 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress has he made in establishing comprehensive oversight of a) assets, b) liabilities, c) rates of obsolescence and d) lifecycle costs acr
Answer: In line with the Strategic Defence Review 2025, the Ministry of Defence has established the following to support oversight of a) assets, b) liabilities, c) rates of obsolescence and d) lifecycle costs across his Department’s estate: (a) a centralised asse...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Bases: New BusinessesMinistry of DefenceTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 135 of his Department's document entitled Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 2 June 2025, what progress he has made in making Ministry of Defence sites available for (a) start-ups
Answer: In line with the Strategic Defence Review 2025, the Ministry of Defence has been reviewing its estate to identify land that it can release from current operational use. The purposes to which this land can be put is now being assessed. Some sites may becom...
Answered 27 Nov 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 recordFireworks: InjuriesAttorney GeneralTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92272More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025, to Question 88976 on Fireworks: Injuries, how many prosecutions have there been in each of the past five financial years for (a) deliberately and (b) negligently causing an injury w
Answer: Acting recklessly with or throwing fireworks can cause life-changing injuries. These actions can result in criminal prosecution and/or civil liability, depending on whether the injury was caused deliberately, recklessly or negligently.There are numerous o...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the assurances he gave during his opening speech at the Second Reading of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, that nobody who had taken part in paramilitary activity would be able to pa
Answer: Clause 8(3) of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill sets out that appointments to the Victims and Survivors Advisory Group are made by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, following the consultation set out in Clause 9. The Government will not appoi...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHMS Albion and HMS BulwarkMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 139 of the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25, how was the retirement of the Albion and Bulwark landing platforms calculated at a constructive loss of £428,459,000.
Answer: The decision to decommission both HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark was announced in November 2024. In the period from 2022 to 2024, a total of £72.1 million has been spent on refitting HMS Bulwark. Neither HMS Albion nor HMS Bulwark were due to go to sea ahead ...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: DrugsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has she made of the merits of providing intelligence support to US forces involved in Operation Southern Spear.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 3 November to Question 85121.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when will he publish the most recent quarterly portfolio review of his Department’s projects within the Government major projects portfolio.
Answer: In line with other Departments, the Ministry of Defence discloses declassified programme performance information for most of our major programmes, alongside the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) Annual Report. The next N...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLebanon: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support has he provided to Lebanon in the development of its armed forces.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a wide range of support to Lebanon in the development of the Lebanese Armed Forces' capacity as the legitimate defender of Lebanon's sovereignty. This includes providing equipment, training on both maritim...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSaudi Arabia: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of Operation CROSSWAYS.
Answer: The scope of Operation CROSSWAYS is to provide military support to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, primarily focused on training and tailored military advice to the Saudi armed forces. It also includes a phased deployment of air defence equipment to Saudi Arabia...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
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