Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Nuclear WeaponsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the out-of-service date of the Holbrook nuclear 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
Original Parliament recordNuclear Submarines: AUKUSMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned in-service date of SSN-AUKUS.
Answer: The planned in-service dates for Royal Navy submarines are withheld as disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness, or security of the Armed Forces. The aim is to deliver the first UK submarines into service in the lat...
Answered 7 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNavy: Electric VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of the next class of ship to be developed by the Royal Navy to have electric engines.
Answer: The UK has committed to reducing its contribution to global warming by setting a target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. All future shipbuilding programmes will therefore investigate alternative power and propulsion options and ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordType 83 Destroyers: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Type 83 destroyers will be built by the Royal Navy.
Answer: The Future Air Dominance System (FADS) programme, which encompasses the Type 83 destroyer, is in its concept phase. On current plans, the Outline Business Case will be submitted in June 2026 and subject to the Defence Investment Plan is due for publicatio...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordType 83 Destroyers: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Outline Business Case for the Type 83 destroyer is expected to be submitted.
Answer: On current plans the Outline Business Case will be submitted in June 2026 and subject to the Defence Investment Plan due for publication this Autumn.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordType 83 Destroyers: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the estimated completion date of the Future Air Dominance System programme.
Answer: Future Air Dominance System (FADS) will feature a combination of crewed and uncrewed platforms in a hybrid fleet formation. FADS ‘system of systems’ comprises several major projects and dependencies. These include the next generations of radars, computer ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordType 83 Destroyers: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on the Future Air Dominance System programme.
Answer: The Future Air Dominance System’s Strategic Outline Case has been approved. The Programme is currently in its Concept phase as a Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) item. Investment in a UK-sovereign maritime Radar Technology Demonstrator programme...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which schools will be demolished as a result of the third runway at Heathrow.
Answer: The Government is currently assessing proposals for the delivery of a third runway at Heathrow. Detailed impacts, including on homes, social infrastructure and community facilities, will depend on the final scheme design and boundary, which have not yet b...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people will be required to move home in order to facilitate the third runway at Heathrow.
Answer: The Government is currently assessing proposals for the delivery of a third runway at Heathrow. Detailed impacts, including on homes, social infrastructure and community facilities, will depend on the final scheme design and boundary, which have not yet b...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of social housing properties that will be demolished in the building of the third runway at Heathrow.
Answer: The Government is currently assessing proposals for the delivery of a third runway at Heathrow. Detailed impacts, including on homes, social infrastructure and community facilities, will depend on the final scheme design and boundary, which have not yet b...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHeathrow Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of homes that would need to be compulsory purchased in order to deliver the third runway at Heathrow.
Answer: The Government is currently assessing proposals for the delivery of a third runway at Heathrow. Detailed impacts, including on homes, social infrastructure and community facilities, will depend on the final scheme design and boundary, which have not yet b...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: TaiwanMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) immediate and (b) short-term threat posed to Taiwan by recent Chinese military activity in the region.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence pays close and persistent attention to Chinese military activity and its implications. The UK considers the Taiwan issue one that should be settled peacefully by the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait through constructive di...
Answered 6 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RiflesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the out-of-service date of the L2A1 SACTARASS.
Answer: The L2A1 SACTARASS remains in limited use by the UK Armed Forces. However, for reasons of operational security I cannot provide any details on the result of the trial.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RiflesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what were the results of the trial of the L2A1 SACTARASS.
Answer: The L2A1 SACTARASS remains in limited use by the UK Armed Forces. However, for reasons of operational security I cannot provide any details on the result of the trial.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: FirearmsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Project Grayburn will include 300 Blackout as a calibre option within the scope of the Individual Weapons requirements.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave on the 28 April 2025 to Question 45196, which explains that Project GRAYBURN is in its concept phase with the aim of identifying and understanding capability requirements, which includes considerat...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: FirearmsMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Project Grayburn will include a suppressor within the scope of the Individual Weapon requirements.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 28 April 2025 to Question 45196, which explains that Project GRAYBURN is in its concept phase with the aim of identifying and understanding capability requirements, which includes consideration of other rifle...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RiflesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adopting the Sig Sauer XM250 as a potential replacement for the L7A2.
Answer: The L7A2 General Purpose machine Gun (GPMG) is expected to be replaced under Project CAIRNS. Project CAIRNS is currently a pre-concept project and as such formal consideration of systems, including the Sig Sauer XM250, has not yet taken place.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: RiflesMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to procure an image intensifying capability for the Leupold L1A1 sight.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence does not hold Leupold L1A1 sights, therefore it has taken no steps to procure an image intensifying capability.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNorth West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: Medical RecordsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made in digitising patient records systems in North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
Answer: The North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is collaborating urgently with NHS England regional and national colleagues on an investment case for the procurement of a modern, enterprise-wide electronic patient record system, to advance the organisation's d...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHinchingbrooke Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 56675 on Hinchingbrooke Hospital: Roads, what discussions he has had with North-West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust on issues delaying construction of
Answer: There are currently no delays to the construction for the scheme commencing as set out in the New Hospital Programme Plan for Implementation, which is between 2027 to 2028. The final construction dates will be confirmed once the main scheme’s Full Busines...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has (a) witnessed and (a) seen verified video evidence of the Israeli Defence Forces deliberately firing on the civilian population in Gaza during the distribution
Answer: Reports and footage of the chaos at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites are horrifying. It is appalling that at least 2,294 people have been killed and over 16,839 injured at or near the distribution sites. This further illustrates why humanitarian p...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: CertificationDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with UK aviation authorities on the certification of the Royal Air Force’s Protector MQ-9B.
Answer: The UK’s independent aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is leading work with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and NATS towards developing the necessary approvals to integrate the RAF’s Protector MQ-9B. The aim of this collaborative approa...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: Air Traffic ControlDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to integrate the Royal Air Force’s Protector MQ-9B’s automatic (a) take-off and (b) landing capability with civilian (i) air traffic and (ii) air traffic control.
Answer: The aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and NATS continue to work collaboratively towards integrating the RAF Protector (MQ-9B) technology so that it can be safely used within the UK’s controlled airspace....
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEconomic Situation: SubversionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the threat posed to UK interests by economic coercion by adversaries.
Answer: The weaponisation of trade for geopolitical purposes is growing. This Government recognised those risks in our National Security Strategy, and why the Department of Business and Trade announced in the Trade Strategy that we would reform our trade defence ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Defence and Security ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the scope of the defence exports office.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade continues to have regular discussions with all Cabinet colleagues, including the Secretary of State for Defence.The defence exports office officially transferred to the Ministry of Defence on 31st of July as c...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
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