Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Energy: 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
Original Parliament recordNuclear PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74642More
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 publish plans for (a) civil and (b) defence nuclear collaboration.
Answer: In the Industrial Strategy the Government has committed to further align our civil and defence nuclear capabilities. We plan to set out further details of our plans for future collaboration later this year.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: HuntingdonDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74641More
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 work Great British Energy has undertaken with (a) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Auth
Answer: As announced in the Clean Energy Sector Plan of the Industrial Strategy, Great British Energy and Great British Nuclear will invest more than £8.3 billion over this Parliament in homegrown clean power. Specifically, as part of the £10 million Mayoral Rene...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: EU CountriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74640More
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 strengthening connections to the EU energy market.
Answer: The Common Understanding between the European Commission and the United Kingdom, agreed at the UK-EU Summit on 19 May 2025, sets out the progress made on strengthening connections to the EU energy market. Both sides have committed to exploring the UK’s po...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74639More
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, which energy infrastructure projects will receive quicker pre-application periods from the reduction
Answer: The Government is currently consulting on proposals to streamline the infrastructure planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.Our reforms aim to ensure the system is flexible, proportionate, and responsive to Government prioriti...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustry: ElectricityDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74638More
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 tackling high industrial electricity costs.
Answer: Our modern Industrial Strategy will make British industrial electricity costs cheaper with unprecedented new support.The British Industry Supercharger reduces electricity costs for energy-intensive businesses by c.£24 – £32/MWh, fully exempting them from ...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghans who (a) worked for British forces and (b) are dependents of people who worked for British forces were brought to the United Kingdom via the Afghan Response Route.
Answer: Approximately 4,500 people have been relocated or are in transit to the UK via the ARR (900 principal applicants and 3,600 eligible family members). ARR eligibility was only granted for those individuals who were previously thought to be at highest risk o...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementHome OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Afghan Response Route was included within data published on the Afghan Resettlement Programme.
Answer: Data on arrivals through the Afghan Resettlement Programme is published in the quarterly Immigration System Statistics. The first arrivals under the Afghan Response Route (ARR) came to the UK in July 2024. Data on the ARR was previously included as a subs...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: High Value Manufacturing CatapultMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published in June 2025, what progress he has made in launching an alliance with the High Value Manufacturing Catapult.
Answer: The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, published in June, announced the formation of an Alliance between the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM Catapult) to leverage HVM Catapult’s cross sector experience and world-lead...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
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