Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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East Coast Main Line: HuntingdonDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73401More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what upgrades will take place as part of the East Coat Mainline Programme in Huntingdon constituency.
Answer: The Department has invested £1.2bn in a package of route-wide infrastructure upgrades as part of the East Coast Main Line Enhancements Programme, the benefits of which are due to be realised through introduction of a recast timetable in this December, whi...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAmbulance Services: HuntingdonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the 44 double-vehicle electrical chargepoints planned by the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust will be in Huntingdon constituency.
Answer: 62 National Health Service trusts were awarded funding from the £8 million NHS Chargepoint Accelerator Scheme to install electric vehicle chargepoints across over 200 NHS sites.The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust was awarded £219,332 to instal...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 LineDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made in implementing recommendations set out in the Stewart Review of HS2, published on 18 June 2025.
Answer: The James Stewart review made 89 recommendations across a number of themes. Four of these are complete and have been successfully implemented, all relating to the governance of the programme. The majority of the remaining recommendations are being impleme...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73377More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 134 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made in establishing an infrastructure pillar within the Home Defence Programme.
Answer: As set out in the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence Review, the Cabinet Office led Home Defence Programme is developing greater preparedness against a changing international risk picture. Work to bolster the resilience of UK Critical Nation...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpace: WeaponsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK’s ability to defend itself against space-based critical national infrastructure attack.
Answer: The operational effectiveness of national space-based critical infrastructure is constantly being assessed against projected operational demands and emerging threats. Where necessary, adjustments are then made across the entire MoD Space enterprise to bot...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: RussiaMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Russian aircraft have been interdicted by RAF Typhoon Quick Reaction Alert aircraft in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.
Answer: I am withholding the information requested as deterrence is a principal function of RAF Typhoon Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) and QRA is in turn an integral part of the air defence of the UK. The disclosure of information that might compromise the QRA deterr...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: CommunicationMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72590More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of Project EVE.
Answer: Project EVE is an innovative Communications & Information Systems (CIS) network which digitally connects front-line Commando Forces and supporting elements within 3 Cdo Brigade to globally dispersed Command and Control (C2) elements. EVE will be field...
Answered 24 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAmmunition: FactoriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled New munitions factories and long-range weapons to back nearly 2000 jobs under Strategic Defence Review, published on 1 June 2025, what are the completion
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review committed to build at least six new energetics and munitions factories in the UK. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently developing a plan to deliver this commitment alongside our wider Defence Industrial Strategy, deliver...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAmmunition: FactoriesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with refence to his Department's press release entitled New munitions factories and long-range weapons to back nearly 2000 jobs under Strategic Defence Review, published on 1 June 2025, what are the locations of
Answer: The Strategic Defence Review committed to build at least six new energetics and munitions factories in the UK. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently developing a plan to deliver this commitment alongside our wider Defence Industrial Strategy, deliver...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 25 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, if she will take legislative steps to introduce a new offence for (a) acts preparatory to extreme violence and (b) indi
Answer: As mentioned in the National Security Strategy 2025, the Government accepts and strongly supports the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s (IRTL) recommendation to consider creating a new offence to capture individuals intending to kill multipl...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBorder Security Command: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many specialist officers have been recruited for the Border Security Command since 1 September 2024.
Answer: The Border Security Command (BSC) has been appropriately resourced with staff in policy, diplomatic and intelligence roles to ensure it can provide strategic leadership across government, with operational partners and in the UK and overseas. The departmen...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational SecurityHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what progress she has made in rolling out a series of new measures to strengthen our borders.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Statement made to the House by the Home Secretary on the 1st September.
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security: InfrastructureCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72570More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what progress she has made in enhancing the resilience of critical national infrastructure.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to building the security and resilience of UK critical national infrastructure (CNI). On 8 July this year, the Government published the Resilience Action Plan, which sets out this government's strategic approach to increasin...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordScience and Technology: New ZealandDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 36 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what improvements have been made as a result of science and technology collaborations with N
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out that national security is the first duty of our Government and international cooperation with like-minded countries is in the national interest. Science and technology are essential to delivering this: technologies are incre...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAntimicrobial ResistanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 26 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, who will be responsible for the creation of a National Action Plan on confronting Antimicrobial Resistan
Answer: A cross-government National Action Plan (NAP) to confront antimicrobial resistance (AMR) exists. The NAP, covering 2024 to 2029, was published on 8 May 2024, and is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-5-year-actio...
Answered 29 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Microbial Forensics ConsortiumMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 27 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, who is responsible for the creation of a UK-wide Microbial Forensics Consortium.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is responsible for the creation of a UK-wide Microbial Forensics Consortium (UKMFC), as outlined in the Biological Security Strategy published on 12 June 2023. Outcome 11 of this strategy ('A strengthened national microbial f...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDisease Control: MonitoringCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72566More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 27 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, who will be responsible for the creating of a Biothreats Radar.
Answer: The Cabinet Office’s National Situation Centre is responsible for creating the Biothreats Radar. The Radar brings together information on human, animal, and plant health risks to create a powerful, near real-time view of emerging biological threats and th...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTechnology: IndiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 36 of the National Security Strategy, published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made in unlocking investment across a range of cutting-edge technologies via the Technology
Answer: The Technology Security Initiative (TSI) is a landmark agreement aimed at strengthening UK-India collaboration on critical and emerging technologies - such as AI - to drive growth and strengthen national security in both countries. It was launched by the ...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSanctionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 33 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made in establishing an Office for Trade Sanctions Implementation.
Answer: The Office for Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) was established in October 2024, as part of the Department for Business and Trade, to strengthen the implementation and enforcement of UK trade sanctions. OTSI has civil enforcement powers, including th...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 33 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made in strengthening the UK’s sanctions (a) implementation
Answer: The Government concluded a review of the implementation and enforcement of UK sanctions in April 2025. Following the review, this Government is committing to do more to make compliance easier for UK industry, to deter non-compliance and to make sure we ha...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMineralsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to page 28 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, when he plans to publish the new Critical Minerals Strategy.
Answer: Critical minerals have been included in the recently published National Security Strategy and also in the UK Government's Resilience Action Plan, highlighting their fundamental importance to safeguarding the UK's economic security and resilience. Thanks t...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 12 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made in building the UK national security agenda for (a) AI and (b) oth
Answer: DSIT is supporting the implementation of the National Security Strategy by identifying, nurturing, and protecting the UK’s sovereign strengths in science, technology, and innovation, and by aligning objectives and metrics to achieve measurable results.The...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to page 12 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made in building the UK national security agenda for (a) AI and (b) oth
Answer: DSIT is supporting the implementation of the National Security Strategy by identifying, nurturing, and protecting the UK’s sovereign strengths in science, technology, and innovation, and by aligning objectives and metrics to achieve measurable results.The...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Zealand: National SecurityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 11 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made in sharpening the UK’s diplomatic focus with New Zealan
Answer: The UK-New Zealand relationship is a close partnership based on shared history, deep people-to-people links and shared priorities and values. The UK engages with the Government of New Zealand at both ministerial and official level across a wide range of r...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear WeaponsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned in-service date of the Astraea A21 warhead.
Answer: As the hon. gentleman would understand, the expected out-of-service date for our current Mk4A nuclear warhead and the expected in-service date for Astraea are being withheld as release would prejudice national security.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
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