Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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DefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Brynja.
Answer: These projects are not formal projects within a broader programme. It is activity conducted by the Field Army that codifies ‘bottom-up’ efforts to improve how a modernised armoured battlegroup fights, through experimentation and innovation. Any outputs wi...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Sabre.
Answer: These projects are not formal projects within a broader programme. It is activity conducted by the Field Army that codifies ‘bottom-up’ efforts to improve how a modernised armoured battlegroup fights, through experimentation and innovation. Any outputs wi...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope is of Project Wagon.
Answer: These projects are not formal projects within a broader programme. It is activity conducted by the Field Army that codifies ‘bottom-up’ efforts to improve how a modernised armoured battlegroup fights, through experimentation and innovation. Any outputs wi...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Mercury.
Answer: These projects are not formal projects within a broader programme. It is activity conducted by the Field Army that codifies ‘bottom-up’ efforts to improve how a modernised armoured battlegroup fights, through experimentation and innovation. Any outputs wi...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Sword.
Answer: These projects are not formal projects within a broader programme. It is activity conducted by the Field Army that codifies ‘bottom-up’ efforts to improve how a modernised armoured battlegroup fights, through experimentation and innovation. Any outputs wi...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Gibraltar.
Answer: These projects are not formal projects within a broader programme. It is activity conducted by the Field Army that codifies ‘bottom-up’ efforts to improve how a modernised armoured battlegroup fights, through experimentation and innovation. Any outputs wi...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Cypher.
Answer: These projects are not formal projects within a broader programme. It is activity conducted by the Field Army that codifies ‘bottom-up’ efforts to improve how a modernised armoured battlegroup fights, through experimentation and innovation. Any outputs wi...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Hunter.
Answer: These projects are not formal projects within a broader programme. It is activity conducted by the Field Army that codifies ‘bottom-up’ efforts to improve how a modernised armoured battlegroup fights, through experimentation and innovation. Any outputs wi...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDefenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the full scope is of Project Wessex.
Answer: These projects are not formal projects within a broader programme. It is activity conducted by the Field Army that codifies ‘bottom-up’ efforts to improve how a modernised armoured battlegroup fights, through experimentation and innovation. Any outputs wi...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVoting Rights: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds on the size of the proposed unitary councils in Cambridgeshire.
Answer: As outlined in the recently published ‘Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections’, the government believes that enabling 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in all UK elections will foster early and sustained participation in...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordVoting Rights: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections, published on 17 July 2025, what estimate her Departmen
Answer: As outlined in the recently published ‘Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections’, the government believes that enabling 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in all UK elections will foster early and sustained participation in...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Great OuseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the potential impact of storm overflow discharge into the River Great Ouse on levels of water cleanliness, in the context of
Answer: The Government is committed to taking a systematic approach to improving drainage and wastewater systems. This means looking at how these systems affect the environment, local communities, and other key priorities like flood prevention, economic growth, a...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: WeaponsMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what weapons systems are compatible with the Ares Remote Weapon Station.
Answer: The ARES Remote Weapon Station (RWS) is used with the General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), Heavy Machine Gun (HMG), and Grenade Machine Gun (GMG).
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: AmmunitionMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what ammunition natures are compatible with the Ajax Case Telescoped 40mm Cannon.
Answer: The CTA International 40mm Cannon is compatible with the following ammunition: Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APFSDS-T)Kinetic Energy Airburst (KE-AB)General Purpose Round – Airburst – Tracer (GPR-AB-T)General Purpose Round – Poin...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ares armoured vehicles were accepted in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025 to date.
Answer: I can confirm that in 2024, 22 ARES vehicles were accepted and delivered to the British Army. As at 31 July 2025, six ARES vehicles have been accepted and delivered to the Army in 2025.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPrimates: ImportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many long-tailed macaques have been imported into the UK for pre-clinical pharmaceutical testing since 5 July 2025.
Answer: Defra records the total number of macaques imported for scientific research but does not record the number of animals imported specifically for pre-clinical pharmaceutical testing.
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: Ajax Vehicles and Boxer VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether anti-tank (Javelin) platoons within armoured infantry battalions will be equipped with (a) Ares or (b) Boxer.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 66728, which explains that the Army continues to undergo a combined programme of work to ensure our Land Forces will have lethality, protection and mobility to fight and win against any adversary. A...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: WeaponsMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of procuring a mortar-capable variant of Ares.
Answer: No internal assessment has been made regarding the merits of procuring a mortar-capable variant of ARES.
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: WeaponsMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69524More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of fitting the Case Telescoped 40mm Cannon to the Ares platform in (a) manned turret or (b) remote weapon station form.
Answer: An initial assessment has shown that it is not possible to integrate a crewed CT40 turret on ARES. No assessment has been made of the CT40 on a Remote Weapon Station.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: AmmunitionMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of replacing the L3A1 socket bayonet as part of Project Grayburn.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 28 April 2025 to Question 45196. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-08/45196#
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting Vehicles: DecommissioningMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out-of-service date is of FV433 Bulldog.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 May 2025 in response to Question 48996.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ares armoured vehicles have been ordered by his Department.
Answer: 93 ARES vehicles have been ordered as part of the Armoured Cavalry Programme.
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned delivery timeline is for all variants of vehicles within the Armoured Cavalry Programme between (a) 21 July and 31 December 2025 and (b) 2026 and beyond.
Answer: The Armoured Cavalry Programme plans to deliver a further 55 platforms between July 2025 and December 2025. 182 platforms will be delivered by the end of 2025. A breakdown by variant is provided below. AJAX26ARES5APOLLO1ATLAS10ATHENA13ARGUS0 It is anticip...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has he made of the potential merits of procuring an order of Tranche 4 Typhoons for the Royal Air Force.
Answer: The 2025 Strategic Defence Review described the increasingly demanding threat environments in which UK Defence will operate. The Defence Investment Plan will analyse this changing threat and determine our future mix of 4th and 5th generation combat aircra...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the final fatigue index is of all remaining Royal Air Force Tranche 1 Typhoons.
Answer: The final fatigue index of the remaining Typhoon Tranche 1 aircraft remains in line with the response given to Question 19681 on 21 June 2022 to the hon member for Angus (Mr Doogan). https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/202...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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