Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Asylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to house asylum seekers who enter the country illegally with a pet; and what happens to the pet.
Answer: The Home Office has an obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. This does not extend to accommodating pet animals. Great Britain has one of the toug...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRAF Wyton: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what additional infrastructure is required to support the proposed development of residential housing at Wyton Airfield in Cambridgeshire.
Answer: Wyton Airfield is dependent on delivering A141 road improvement works. These are currently at preparation of outline business case stage with a proposed date for publication of November 2025.Following renewed engagement on the project as part of the new t...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54094More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the press release entitled Warm homes and cheaper bills as government accelerates Plan for Change, published on 7 February 2025, what assessment he has made of the feasibili
Answer: The recently closed consultation proposed new minimum energy efficiency standards for private rented homes and was accompanied by an options assessment. We have engaged widely with stakeholders during the consultation process and will use this feedback to...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Private Rented HousingHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54093More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which private contractors work for her Department to secure private rented accommodation for asylum seekers.
Answer: Details of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts negotiated by the previous government, including the names of the contractors and the scope of their contracts are publicly available on the Contract Finder website.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of new (a) residential and (b) commercial properties that have been built in Cambridgeshire since 2001.
Answer: The Department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply. This includes estimates of net additional homes in each local authority and cou...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: CambridgeshireDepartment for EducationTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20th May 2025 Question 51559 on Special Educational Needs: Cambridgeshire and with reference to the Permanent data table entitled Initial requests, assessments, discontinued plans, 20
Answer: Publication of annual statistics on education, health and care plans follows the Code of Practice for Statistics. Details of publications, including those requested, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?content_store_docume...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuels: ProductionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has conducted an impact assessment on the potential impact of US ethanol imports on the production of bioethanol within the UK.
Answer: We have concluded a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to reach an agreement with President Trump. This is a unique deal that ensures UK industries are protected; talks with the US are ongoing. Both the Secretar...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEthanol: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has conducted an impact assessment of the removal of tariffs from US imports of ethanol to the UK.
Answer: We have concluded a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to reach an agreement with President Trump. This is a unique deal that ensures UK industries are protected; talks with the US are ongoing. Both the Secretar...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK-US trade deal on the UK sugar beet farming industry.
Answer: On 8 May, the UK Government announced a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to reach an agreement with President Trump. This delivers on the commitment by the Prime Minister and the President on 27 February to ag...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing and Coastal Growth FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the £360 million Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund announced on 19 May 2025 will be used to provide new (a) technology and (b) equipment to modernise the fleet.
Answer: We have launched the £360 million “Fishing & Coastal Growth Fund” to support the next generation of fishermen and breathe new life into our coastal communities. We will engage with the industry to target investment where it matters most. For example, ...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing and Coastal Growth FundDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the £360 million Fishing and Coastal Growth Fund announced on 19 May 2025 will be used to provide training to upskill the workforce.
Answer: We have launched the £360 million “Fishing & Coastal Growth Fund” to support the next generation of fishermen and breathe new life into our coastal communities. We will engage with the industry to target investment where it matters most. For example, ...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he has conducted an impact assessment on the updating of the Carr-Hill funding formula.
Answer: The Department has not conducted an impact assessment on updating the Carr-Hill formula.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: MinistersMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53714More
Question: To ask the Minister for Defence, whether the AW159 Wildcat helicopters designated (a) ZZ394 and (b) ZZ384 flown by 815 Naval Air Squadron, known as Marine 11 and Marine 12, have been used for ministerial travel since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Neither of these helicopters have been used for Ministerial travel since 5 July 2024.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison spaces were available across all Category C specialist sex offender prisons as of 30 April 2025.
Answer: There are 9 specialist category C prisons that hold only prisoners convicted of sexual offences. These are listed below, alongside their published operational capacity on 28 April 2025.PrisonOperational Capacity (28 April 2025)Ashfield416Bure643Littlehey1...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) Category A, (b) Category B, (c) Category C and (d) Category D prison spaces her Department plans to build by 2031 as part of the Prison Capacity Strategy.
Answer: The prison population has nearly doubled in the past three decades, with just 500 extra prison places added in the last 14 years. To put an end to this crisis, the Government confirmed plans to invest £4.7 billion more in prison building, putting the Gove...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34056 on Fire and Rescue Services: Finance, when will the population data be updated to include a population projection from th
Answer: In reference to when any updates or changes may be made to the Fire Funding Formula, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 36212 on 11 March 2025.
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Warm homes and cheaper bills as government accelerates Plan for Change, published on 7 February 2025, how the figure of the average c
Answer: Estimates were provided in the consultation stage Options Assessment (DESNZ001(OA)-25-NZBI). The average cost to landlords of complying with the proposals to upgrade their properties was calculated by dividing the total undiscounted capital expenditure re...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Mobility Scheme: EU CountriesCabinet OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53709More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled PM secures new agreement with EU to benefit British people, published on 19 May 2025, at what level the youth experience scheme will be (a) capped at and (b) time-lim
Answer: We have agreed that we will work towards the establishment of a balanced youth experience scheme with the EU. We have agreed that any scheme will be time-limited and capped. We have also been clear that it should be in line with the UK’s existing schemes ...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPet Travel Scheme: EU CountriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when pet passports will be available for travel between the UK and EU.
Answer: We have agreed to establish a UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Zone, which will mean taking pets on holiday into the EU will be easier and cheaper. Instead of getting an animal health certificate each time you travel, you will be able to get a multi...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBiometrics: EU CountriesHome OfficeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to have discussions with her EU counterparts on UK access to EU facial images data.
Answer: The Home Office is in regular discussions with European counterparts on a range of issues relating to law enforcement, including the exchange of data.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 46138 on Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement, how many variants within the FPV drones procured by his Department have a NATO stock number; and what those stock numb
Answer: Aside from MOD’s procurement of circa 30,000 FPV drones for Ukraine the Army has procured 450 FPVs with a further 3,000 for delivery August 2025. The Royal Navy and Royal Air Force have procured a small number of FPVs for test and evaluation by the Defenc...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 46138 on Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement, how many of the FPV drones procured by his Department are for use by the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Royal Navy
Answer: Aside from MOD’s procurement of circa 30,000 FPV drones for Ukraine the Army has procured 450 FPVs with a further 3,000 for delivery August 2025. The Royal Navy and Royal Air Force have procured a small number of FPVs for test and evaluation by the Defenc...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ukrainian military personnel from the Ukrainian Armed Forces Shkval Battalions have been trained in the UK.
Answer: With regard to Op INTERFLEX, our major training operation for Ukrainian forces, the data held by INTERFLEX Headquarters is limited due to the closed nature of the questions which are asked when Ukrainian troops arrive, and we do not specifically track or ...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Iron and SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the trade agreement with the EU of 19 May 2025, what (a) tariffs and (b) rules will apply to steel exports to the EU.
Answer: The EU applies a safeguard measure on imports of 26 categories of steel in the form of tariff-rate quotas that allow certain volumes of imports per category to enter duty-free. A 25% duty is charged on volumes that exceed quotas. Following a recent amendm...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: Arrests and ProsecutionsHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51561 on Electric Bicycles, how many people riding a e-cycle classed as a motor vehicle have been (a) arrested and (b) prosecuted for not having (i) l
Answer: The Home Office routinely collects and publishes data on arrests for notifiable offences, as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical series. However, data is collected at offence group level only, therefore data for specific offences is not...
Answered 29 May 2025
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