Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Financial Services: Digital TechnologyTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79169More
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 enabling FinTechs to list on the stock market.
Answer: The Government has delivered an ambitious programme of reforms to make it easier for all firms, including fintechs, to list and raise capital on UK markets. This includes overhauling the Prospectus regime and Listing Rules, providing more flexibility to f...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCapital MarketsTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79168More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the UK listing regime on the number of listings.
Answer: The Government has delivered an ambitious programme of reforms to make it easier for all firms, including fintechs, to list and raise capital on UK markets. This includes overhauling the Prospectus regime and Listing Rules, providing more flexibility to f...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustry: FinanceTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79167More
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 channelling pensions capital into the UK to support IS-8 sectors.
Answer: The Pension Schemes Bill was introduced on 5 June and will implement the reforms outlined in the first phase of the landmark Pensions Review,The Bill sets out a vision for a pensions market with fewer, larger schemes which can use the benefits of scale to...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial ServicesTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79166More
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 making the UK the world’s most innovative full-service financial centre.
Answer: The Government published the Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy on 15 July, which sets out the Government’s ten-year plan to make the UK the global location of choice for financial services firms to invest, grow and sell their services...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordQuantum TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79165More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress she has made on driving the (a) development and (b) adoption of quantum computer
Answer: The UK’s National Quantum Computing Mission aims to build a scalable quantum computer within ten years. As part of the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy Government has committed to invest £670 million into the development of quantum computing. Details of ke...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: HuntingdonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79164More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the pledge to make the UK one of the w
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting alternatives to animals in science and will publish a strategy to support their development, validation and adoption, which will consider economic impacts including benefits.Building on the UK’s strengths as home ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordData Protection: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79163More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress she has made on establishing a clear framework to (a) value and (b) licence publ
Answer: As the Government outlined in the UK Industrial Strategy, there are significant benefits from the financial, economic, and societal value of the different types of data it holds, and work is ongoing to understand how best to assess that.DSIT is working ac...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustry: Data ProtectionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79162More
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 extending smart data initiatives into relevant industrial strategy sectors.
Answer: The Industrial Strategy committed £36 million to advance Smart Data across the economy, including in growth-driving sectors. The Department for Business and Trade’s forthcoming Smart Data strategy will outline how this investment will be used to support s...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the importance of developing transformative AI capability as a domain of strategic competition.
Answer: AI capabilities are developing at an extraordinary pace. AI represents an opportunity to significantly improve the quality of life for ordinary people through economic growth, public service delivery, and scientific discovery. AI can nonetheless exacerbat...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMineralsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the importance of identifying sources of critical minerals as a domain of strategic competition.
Answer: The government recognises that identifying sources of critical minerals is of growing strategic importance, as reflected in the UK’s Industrial and National Security Strategies published this year. According to estimates from the International Energy Agen...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: National SecurityDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Number 10 press release entitled UK to deliver on 5% NATO pledge as Government drives greater security for working people, published on 23 June 2025, if he will list his
Answer: The Departments primary spending on National Security is focused on resilience, critical infrastructure protection, and cross-cutting capabilities such as cyber security. Maintaining secure energy supplies is a key priority for Government as this underpin...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing legislation to enable a phase out of animal testing in medical research over the next decade.
Answer: The legal framework in the UK already requires that animals are only ever used in science where there are no validated alternatives available.The Government is committed to supporting alternatives to animals in science and will shortly publish a strategy ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Question of 9 September 2025 to Question 74242 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what the Army’s fielding plan is for Ares vehicles.
Answer: The Army’s fielding plan is reviewed and updated on a regular basis to meet the changing needs of the Army. Currently ARES will be fielded to Training Regiments, Armoured Cavalry units and Armoured Infantry units.
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what formal agreement between the UK and France stipulates the chain-of-command within the coalition of the willing.
Answer: The Multi-National Force-Ukraine is a combined UK-France lead, cohering UK-French co-leadership through the basis of the Combined Joint Force, formally the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force and renamed at the UK-France Summit in July 2025. The CJEF Conce...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHydrogen: Waste DisposalMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Cavendish.
Answer: Project CAVENDISH will commence in October 2025 and seeks to trial novel wastewater treatment technology on an Ministry of Defence (MOD) site. It will assess the feasibility and viability of net-positive energy sewage treatment on UK MOD sites in the Unit...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: EnergyMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Santa-ana.
Answer: Project SANTA ANA is a trial of two ‘off grid’ deployable, modular and mobile energy systems to compare market solutions to; - generate power at the point of use.- store the energy.- manage the energy.- distribute the energy to electric vehicles. The syst...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Effingo.
Answer: Project EFFINGO was a UK Defence innovation project, that started in September 2022 and concluded in July 2023. Its aim was to demonstrate that a replica adversarial Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) could be manufactured rapidly, and at relatively low cost, a...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: Digital TechnologyMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Theia.
Answer: Project THEIA is the British Army’s flagship digital transformation programme. Project THEIA is structured around three core objectives; transforming digital culture and behaviours, integrating information across domains and enhancing decision-making. The...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: Digital TechnologyMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Theia.
Answer: Project THEIA is the British Army’s flagship digital transformation programme. Project THEIA is structured around three core objectives; transforming digital culture and behaviours, integrating information across domains and enhancing decision-making. The...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLE TacCIS Programme: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's projected completion date is for Project Morpheus.
Answer: Following the closure of the Evolve to Open Transition Partner Contract in 2023, the Army has sought to achieve the objectives of MORPHEUS through iterative and incremental delivery. The Army has already demonstrated some of these capability goals through...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: AmmunitionMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what grain is the standard 5.56 x 45mm ball round used by the Armed Forces.
Answer: The standard 5.56 x 45mm ball round used by the UK Armed Forces has a bullet weight of four grams, equivalent to 62 grains.
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWatchkeeper WK450: DecommissioningMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the out-of-service date of the Watchkeeper TUAS.
Answer: As announced by the Secretary of State in 2024, the Army’s Watchkeeper Mk 1 Uncrewed Aerial System is in the process of being retired from service with an Out of Service Date of March 2027.
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSanctionsTreasuryTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77260More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72563 on Sanctions, which company received a penalty of £1.1 million in May 2025.
Answer: HMRC is unable to disclose this information due to its taxpayer confidentiality obligations. The Department for Business and Trade, on behalf of HMRC, publishes a notice every quarter in respect of the number of businesses and individuals that may have be...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSanctionsTreasuryTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77259More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72563 on Sanctions, which company received a monetary penalty of £465,000 in March 2025.
Answer: On 20th March 2025, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) imposed on Herbert Smith Freehills CIS LLPP (“HSF Moscow”) a monetary penalty for the sum of £465,000. HSF Moscow was the subsidiary office to the UK registered Herbert Smith Free...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrison AccommodationMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 73845 on Prison Accommodation, how many of the 2,405 prisoners places were planned (a) prior to and (b) after the 5 July 2025; and on what date was each pris
Answer: All 2,405 prison places delivered between July 2024 and 23 August 2025 referred to in Question 73845 were planned prior to 5 July 2025. The Full Business Cases (FBC) for each project were approved by HM Treasury on the following dates:Site Places FBC Date...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
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