Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Disease Control: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79194More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 27 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, when he plans to publish the report on the biological security strategy.
Answer: The Network of Biosecurity Centres will strengthen and formalise the strong existing collaborations between the UK Health Security Agency, the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. It will ensure we are better p...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease Control: FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79193More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 27 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, how his Department plans to allocate funding to help tackle biological (a) incidents, (b) accidents and (c) a
Answer: The Network of Biosecurity Centres will strengthen and formalise the strong existing collaborations between the UK Health Security Agency, the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. It will ensure we are better p...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease ControlCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79192More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 27 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what recent progress he has made on establishing a new network of national biosecurity centres.
Answer: The Network of Biosecurity Centres will strengthen and formalise the strong existing collaborations between the UK Health Security Agency, the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. It will ensure we are better p...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordScience and Technology: USADepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 34 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what recent progress she has made on negotiating a new science and technology partnership wi
Answer: During President Donald Trump’s State Visit in September 2025, the Government announced a landmark Technology Prosperity Deal (TPD), in the form of an MoU, which commits the UK and US to collaborate in areas such as AI, nuclear energy and quantum technolo...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: National SecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 12 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what recent progress he has made on building the national security agenda for (a) A
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Huntingdon to the answer of 15th September 2025 to Questions 72559 and 72560. (Q. National Security: Digital Technology)DSIT is supporting the implementation of the National Security Strategy by identifying, nurturing, and prot...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAustralia: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what diplomatic steps she has taken with her Australian counterpart to h
Answer: The Government is delivering this objective through both multilateral fora, including the World Trade Organisation and United Nations, and through bilateral engagement with a range of global partners, including Canada. The Foreign Secretary regularly spea...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Korea: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what diplomatic steps she has taken with her South Korean counterpart to
Answer: The Government is delivering this objective through both multilateral fora, including the World Trade Organisation and United Nations, and through bilateral engagement with a range of global partners, including Canada. The Foreign Secretary regularly spea...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordJapan: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what diplomatic steps she has taken with her Japanese counterpart to hel
Answer: The Government is delivering this objective through both multilateral fora, including the World Trade Organisation and United Nations, and through bilateral engagement with a range of global partners, including Canada. The Foreign Secretary regularly spea...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSingapore: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what diplomatic steps she has taken with her counterpart in Singapore to
Answer: The Government is delivering this objective through both multilateral fora, including the World Trade Organisation and United Nations, and through bilateral engagement with a range of global partners, including Canada. The Foreign Secretary regularly spea...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIndonesia: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what diplomatic steps she has taken with her Indonesian counterpart to h
Answer: The Government is delivering this objective through both multilateral fora, including the World Trade Organisation and United Nations, and through bilateral engagement with a range of global partners, including Canada. The Foreign Secretary regularly spea...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIndia: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what diplomatic steps she has taken with her Indian counterpart to help
Answer: The Government is delivering this objective through both multilateral fora, including the World Trade Organisation and United Nations, and through bilateral engagement with a range of global partners, including Canada. The Foreign Secretary regularly spea...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGulf States: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what diplomatic steps she has taken with her counterparts in the Gulf st
Answer: The Government is delivering this objective through both multilateral fora, including the World Trade Organisation and United Nations, and through bilateral engagement with a range of global partners, including Canada. The Foreign Secretary regularly spea...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCanada: International CooperationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79182More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what diplomatic steps she has taken with her Canadian counterpart to hel
Answer: The Government is delivering this objective through both multilateral fora, including the World Trade Organisation and United Nations, and through bilateral engagement with a range of global partners, including Canada. The Foreign Secretary regularly spea...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational SecurityMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, whether he has made progress on expanding the (a) legal and (b) law enforcement toolkit.
Answer: The information requested regarding the law enforcement toolkit falls under the responsibility of the Home Office.However, my Department shares responsibility for the legal toolkit. We are strengthening the legislative framework to better combat state and...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet and National SecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 25 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what steps she has taken with Ofcom to use the Online Safety Act 2023 in the contex
Answer: The government is committed to working with Ofcom to ensure the Online Safety Act is implemented quickly and effectively, recognising its vital role in protecting the public and supporting national security.All services in scope of the Act must comply wit...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustry: National SecurityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 12 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made on (a) identifying, (b) nurturing and (c) protecting sovereign areas of strength i
Answer: The Government’s Industrial Strategy identified the frontier industries where the UK will prioritise its interventions across its 8 growth-driving sectors, which have all published dedicated sector plans developed with business and sector experts. Our Dig...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of asylum claims were made by people who entered the country legally since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘asylum detailed datasets’ as part of the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’.Data on asylum claims by route of entry to the UK is published in table Asy_D01a and data on initial decisions on a...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what methods of illegal entry into the UK have been used since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office publishes statistics on detected irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on detected irregular arrivals by method of entry (including small boat arrivals), age group, and sex is published...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79176More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who illegally crossed the English Channel were brought ashore by (a) Border Force, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) Royal National Lifeboat Institution since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Information of this kind is only readily available for whole calendar years and the current year to date, rather than the part year commencing 5 July 2024 when the present Government came into office. The specific information requested could therefore onl...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many life jackets given to people illegally crossing the English Channel by French authorities have been returned to those authorities since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual trawl of case records to retrieve.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMergers: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79174More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress he has made on the 12-week consultation on updating definitions covering the 17 sensitive areas of the eco
Answer: On 22 July 2025, the former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, published a 12-week consultation on updating the definitions of the 17 sensitive areas of the economy subject to mandatory notification requirements under the Na...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: Digital TechnologyTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79173More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress she has made on reducing regulation for FinTech firms.
Answer: The Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy, part of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, delivers on the Government’s mission to shape a regulatory environment for financial services that is proportionate, predictable and internationally c...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRegional Planning and Development: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79172More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much of the Mayoral Recyclable Growth Fund will be available to the Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Answer: At the Spending Review the government announced that the new Mayoral Recyclable Growth Fund will be available to Mayors in the North and Midlands with an integrated settlement.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Advisory ServicesTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79171More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether local authorities are able to utilise the expertise of the (a) Office for Investment, (b) National Wealth Fund and (c) British Business Bank.
Answer: The UK's public investment bodies, including the Office for Investment, National Wealth Fund, and British Business Bank, are committed to working with each other, local government and the private sector to support regional growth.a) The Office for Investm...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth FundTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79170More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress she has made on expanding the mandate of the National Wealth Fund to support growth.
Answer: On 19 March the Chancellor published a Statement of Strategic Priorities, directing the National Wealth Fund to support growth and the delivery of the wider Industrial Strategy, including in defense, life sciences, and creative industries. This includes p...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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