Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Roads: Hinchingbrooke HospitalDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 56675 on Hinchingbrooke Hospital: Roads, what discussions she has had with National Highways on returning land adjacent to Views Common to Cambridgeshire Consta
Answer: The Department is not directly involved in negotiations concerning land acquired for the A14 scheme near Views Common. National Highways has been in discussions with Cambridgeshire Constabulary regarding surplus land in that area. A final compensation pro...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Motor InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72100More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the exploitation of trade insurance policies by motorists to allow otherwise uninsured drivers to drive any vehicle on that policy.
Answer: All drivers must be insured to drive the vehicle they are using and for the purpose it is used for.The Government takes uninsured driving seriously. Police forces work closely with the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) to tackle this. This is achieved through ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSovereign Base Areas Police: INTERPOLHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what level of access the Sovereign Base Area police in Cyprus has to Interpol databases.
Answer: The Sovereign Base Area police in Cyprus do not have direct access to INTERPOL databases. Access to INTERPOL databases is facilitated through the UK’s INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), which sits within the National Crime Agency (NCA).
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Unmanned Air SystemsHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72098More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on amending The Air Navigation Order 2016 to allow greater use of drones by police forces.
Answer: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is responsible for ensuring that all UK aircraft operators must comply with the Air Navigation Order (ANO) 2016.In the use and deployment of drones, police forces must have due regard to the ANO which specifies the requi...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air SystemsDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has taken steps to update The Air Navigation Order 2016 to reflect advances in drone capability.
Answer: In 2023, the Department for Transport (DfT) commissioned the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to review the UK drone Regulation which was undertaken through a public consultation. The CAA published its consultation reply on 8 May 2025. DfT is now updating t...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCambridgeshire Constabulary: Hinchingbrooke HospitalHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 56675 on Hinchingbrooke Hospital: Roads, what progress she has made on completing the transaction that would see access to Police land granted to Hinc
Answer: This is a local matter. The Home Office has not had a direct role in discussions between the interested parties in relation to the ownership of this land and its use for a new access road to Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: Intelligence ServicesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cancellation by the CIA in the United States of the appointment of Tom Sylvester as the London chief of stati
Answer: It is a longstanding policy of successive governments not to comment on intelligence matters.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which RAF squadrons continue to operate Tranche 1 Typhoons.
Answer: RAF No 1435 Flight operate the Tranche 1 Typhoons.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to replace the remaining in-service Tranche 1 Typhoons.
Answer: The remaining in-service Tranche 1 Typhoons have a planned out of Service date of 2027. Upon Tranche 1 retirement, Typhoon will continue to serve as the backbone of the UK's Combat Air Force until at least the 2040s. To ensure it remains at the cutting ed...
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: RadarMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the RAF will receive the first Typhoons with a European Common Radar System Mark 2 radar.
Answer: Delivery and integration of the European Common Radar System Mark 2 onto RAF Typhoon Tranche 3 aircraft, as part of the Eurofighter Phase 4 Enhancement (P4E) programme, will commence by the end of this decade.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: Manufacturing IndustriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what stages of the assembly of the Eurofighter Typhoon take place in (a) Warton, (b) Samlesbury and (c) overseas.
Answer: For UK acquired aircraft and UK led export orders, ‘final assembly’ takes place at Warton wherein the Major Equipment components which have been manufactured at Samlesbury by BAES and also by the European Partner Companies at facilities in Germany, Italy ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: Rolls RoyceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many EJ200 engines have been manufactured by Rolls Royce in (a) 2020, (b), 2021, (c) 2022, (d) 2023, (e) 2024 and (f) 2025.
Answer: No new engines were manufactured for the UK MOD in the timeframe specified.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Combat Air ProgrammeMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the design of the Global Combat Air Programme requires the use of an engine with reheat capability.
Answer: The use of reheated engine in the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) will depend on the final performance requirements. As the aircraft is still in the concept phase, no final decision has yet been made on whether reheat will be included.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Combat Air ProgrammeMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what engine is used as the test demonstrator for the Global Combat Air Programme.
Answer: The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) demonstrator is planned to use EJ200 engines from the Eurofighter Typhoon, giving a reliable engine for testing the aircraft’s design. A brand-new engine will power the final production aircraft.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Combat Air Programme: Typhoon AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Global Combat Air Programme has to use the EJ200 engine.
Answer: The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) is developing a new aircraft to enter service in the mid-2030s. The early flying demonstrator will utilise EJ200 engines, these engines won’t be used in the final production model.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant with reference to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question HL9397 on Typhoon Aircraft: Factories, what elements of the Typhoons expected to be ordered by Germany will be manufactured in the UK.
Answer: It is the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency who set the industrial sub-system production and workshare agreements across the partner nations. Through partner nation agreement, NETMA have set United Kingdom industrial workshare as 37%. Eurofig...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question HL9397 on Typhoon Aircraft: Factories, what elements of the Typhoons ordered by Italy will be manufactured in the UK.
Answer: It is the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency who set the industrial sub-system production and workshare agreements across the partner nations. Through partner nation agreement, NETMA have set United Kingdom industrial workshare as 37%. Eurofig...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question HL9397 on Typhoon Aircraft: Factories, what elements of the Typhoons ordered by Spain will be manufactured in the UK.
Answer: It is the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency who set the industrial sub-system production and workshare agreements across the partner nations. Through partner nation agreement, NETMA have set United Kingdom industrial workshare as 37%. Eurofig...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFuture Combat Air System: Manufacturing IndustriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question HL9397 on Typhoon Aircraft: Factories, on what evidential basis his Department calculated that Combat Air would support 40,000 long-term, high-quality UK m
Answer: The figure related to an estimate of the number of jobs sustained across the Combat Air sector and its supply chains by the additional investment announced in the Strategic Defence Review over the next ten years. The estimate was based on internal analysi...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFuture Combat Air System: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question HL9397 on Typhoon Aircraft: Factories, what proportion of the funding for Combat Air will be spent with companies in the North West.
Answer: The planned Combat Air investment will benefit every region of the United Kingdom in the next ten years. In a new era of threat, we need a new era for our defence industry and the Defence Industrial Strategy launched on 8 September 2025 is designed not ju...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFuture Combat Air System: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71988More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question HL9397 on Typhoon Aircraft: Factories, what proportion of the funding for Combat Air will be spent on the (a) Typhoon, (b) F-35 and (c) Global Combat Air P
Answer: Future spending on Combat Air programmes will be determined through the Defence Investment Plan. No decisions have yet been made on either the amount to be spent on Combat Air or the proportion that will be spent on Typhoon, F-35 and the Global Combat Air...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: TanksMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many scimitar tanks the British Army currently holds (a) in reserve and (b) that are awaiting disposal.
Answer: No Scimitar vehicles are held in reserve and only one vehicle is awaiting disposal.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which units will receive Ajax as part of the Armoured Cavalry Programme.
Answer: The following units are due to receive Ajax vehicles. HCR – Household Cavalry RegimentRL – Royal LancersRDG – Royal Dragoon GuardsQRH – Queens Royal HussarsKRH – Kings Royal HussarsRTR – Royal Tank Regiment26 RA - 26th Regiment Royal Artillery1 RHA - 1st ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ajax Armoured vehicles had been delivered to the Armoured Cavalry Programme by 1 July 2025.
Answer: As at 1 July 2025, 116 platforms had been delivered to the Field Army.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of procuring General Atomics’ Gambit 5 uncrewed combat aerial vehicle.
Answer: The Royal Navy is exploring how Fixed Wing Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (FW ACPs) could augment F35B Lightning embarked in Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) carriers to provide additional strike capability. There are a number of emerging solutions for thi...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
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