Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Driverless VehiclesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress he has made on the transition to Connected and Autonomous Mobility.
Answer: The Government’s Advanced Manufacturing Sector Plan committed £150 million R&D grant funding to 2030 to support the transition to connected and automated mobility. £18 million of this funding has already been allocated to support supply chain, passeng...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Workplace PensionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what discussions the Local Government Pension Scheme has had with the Mayor of Cambridg
Answer: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is managed locally by its administering authorities. Discussions between Mayors and administering authorities are a matter for those parties.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Workplace PensionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress she has made on reforming the Local Government Pension Scheme to consider
Answer: The Pension Schemes Bill includes a new power to require Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) funds to include their approach to local investment in their investment strategies. The Pensions Schemes Bill and the English Devolution and Community Empowerm...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, how many new planning officers will be recruited in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingd
Answer: The government has committed to recruiting at least 300 additional planners as part of our Planning Capacity and Capability Programme. Recruitment is being delivered through national schemes such as the Local Government Association’s Pathways to Planning ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanningMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, when she plans to implement the reduction in opportunities to challenge consent decisions.
Answer: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduces changes to the way judicial reviews are handled for National Policy Statements and development consent orders relating to nationally significant infrastructure projects. It removes the paper permission stage...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, how many (a) gigafactories, (b) laboratories and (c) data centres have opted in to bein
Answer: No gigafactories, data centres or laboratories have yet opted into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) consenting process. Regulations which will enable large-scale data centres to ‘opt in’ to the NSIP consenting process are intended...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress he has made on creating the world’s most (a) advanced, (b) secure and (c) AI-ready health da
Answer: On 7 April 2025, the Prime Minister announced that the Government and the Wellcome Trust will invest up to £600 million to create a new Health Data Research Service (HDRS), co-designed through engagement with the public and patients, data users and stakeh...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Power: EmploymentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many jobs there are within the civil nuclear sector.
Answer: DESNZ do not produce their own figures on the number of jobs within the civil nuclear sector. Cogent Skills, who published their industry-led 2024 Nuclear Workforce Assessment, estimated that the civil nuclear sector supported over 51,000 jobs in 2024.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, when he plans to make a decision on the implementation of zonal pricing.
Answer: As part of the REMA Summer Update on the 10th of July 2025, we announced that we will not implement zonal pricing.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear FuelsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress he has made on building the world’s first commercial scale High Assay Low Enriched Ura
Answer: The UK’s £300m HALEU programme will be the first commercial scale capability outside of Russia and is due to deliver in the early 2030s.The programme is already underway with site preparation work having commenced on the £196 million enrichment project at...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units are using FV433 Bulldog vehicles; and how many each unit has.
Answer: The FV430 Bulldog series is distributed to the units below in line with the Army’s fielding plan and Defence priorities. The Department does not release detailed information on unit equipment holdings below top-level figures. I am withholding the informat...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many FV433 Bulldog vehicles are in service.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 9 September 2025, to Question 74743, where it states the total number of FV433 Bulldog vehicles in service is 750.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to procure additional Ares vehicles beyond the 93 ordered.
Answer: There are no current plans to procure additional ARES vehicles beyond the 93 ordered.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 48996 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Decommissioning, what progress he has made on procuring a replacement for the Jackal 2 Reconnaissance Vehicle.
Answer: The Light Protected Mobility project, within the Land Mobility Programme, will determine the future Light Protected Mobility fleet. The project is in its Concept Phase, as such investment approval and procurement timelines are to be determined.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 48996 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Decommissioning, what progress he has made on procuring a replacement for the Bulldog Armoured Personnel Carrier.
Answer: The Bulldog Armoured Personnel Carrier replacement is being considered as part of the Heavy Protected Mobility project, within the Land Mobility Programme. This project is currently in the Concept Phase and investment approval and procurement timelines ar...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 48996 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Decommissioning, what progress he has made on procuring replacement for the Viking Personnel Armoured Vehicle.
Answer: Currently there are no direct replacements planned for the Viking Personnel Armoured Vehicle.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Situation CentreCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74734More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the responsibilities are of the National Situation Centre.
Answer: The National Situation Centre – established in 2021 – provides situational awareness for crisis response and national resilience. It is regarded internationally as a benchmark for Government use of data in crisis. The National Situation Centre is part of ...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVoting Rights: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 70001 on Voting Rights: Cambridgeshire, whether the Impact Assessment to be published alongside forthcoming legislation wil
Answer: An Impact Assessment will be published alongside forthcoming legislation in due course.
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many instances of clinical negligence in which NHS Resolution paid damages there were in each clinical speciality in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: NHS Resolution manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England.The attached tables show the number of clinical negligence claims where at least one payment has been incurred between 2023/24 and 2024/25, broken d...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to the public purse is for (a) clinical negligence and (b) other claims against the National Health Service in England paid out by NHS Resolution in the (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 202
Answer: NHS Resolution manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England.The attached tables show the total payments for clinical negligence claims and non-clinical negligence claims between 2023/24 and 2024/25, broken do...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the use of military sites to house asylum seekers.
Answer: We are actively exploring all viable options so we can reduce reliance on hotels, including using modular buildings on industrial sites and ex-military sites, that deliver value for money and meet operational needs.We continue to work closely cross-govern...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which military sites her Department has assessed for housing asylum seekers.
Answer: We are actively exploring all viable options so we can reduce reliance on hotels, including using modular buildings on industrial sites and ex-military sites, that deliver value for money and meet operational needs.We continue to work closely cross-govern...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Crime Agency: People SmugglingHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's announcement entitled Investment for Border Security Command to tackle people smuggling gangs of 3 August 2025, what the responsibilities of the 300 additional Natio
Answer: The additional National Crime Agency officers will play a vital role in strengthening the NCA’s response to organised immigration crime (OIC).This uplift in resource reflects the Agency’s commitment to tackling the OIC threat with greater intensity than e...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity GenerationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, by when does he plan to conclude the policy development phase of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements.
Answer: As part of the REMA Summer Update on the 10th of July 2025, we concluded the REMA policy development and published our decision to retain a single national, GB-wide, wholesale market pricing regime and introduce an ambitious package of reforms to improve ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Fusion: West BurtonDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Modern Industrial Strategy, what recent progress he has made in delivering the STEP prototype fusion power station in West Burton.
Answer: The STEP prototype fusion powerplant will be delivered by UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd. (UKIFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), itself sponsored by DESNZ and fully owned by the UK Government. STEP will be delive...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
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