Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Affordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of homes built on surplus military land will be affordable.
Answer: The proportion of affordable homes that may be built on surplus military land, is not a decision for the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The number of affordable homes is allocated by the local planning authority and the MOD will consult with them to ensure an...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, how the named housing officer for every family
Answer: Unit Welfare Officers are Service personnel who offer support to Armed Forces personnel and their families on a wide range of welfare issues, including both military-related and family matters. They may address housing concerns as part of their responsibi...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Length BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49809More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46959 on Non-departmental Public Bodies, when the review of arm's-length bodies will be completed.
Answer: The review of arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) is ongoing. The outcomes of the review will be announced in due course.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 48207 on Fire and Rescue Services: Finance, how the fire and rescue services Relative Needs Formula works.
Answer: I refer the hon. member to the answer to Question UIN 36212 answered on 11 March 2025.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cancellation process is for a lost or stolen ASPEN card.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer he received on the 01 May 2025 to UIN 47395, 47396 & 47903.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: DogsHome OfficeTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring her Department conducts on the treatment of dogs bred for but not subsequently used in scientific testing.
Answer: All establishments licensed to breed or supply animals, or to carry out regulated procedures on animals under ASPA in Great Britain, are subject to the full requirements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). Therefore, all animals that h...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionCabinet OfficeTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49805More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 44682 on Children: Protection, if he will publish the minutes from the Prime Minister's meeting with the creators of Adolescence, charities and young people on
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my previous answer of 28 April 2025, Official Report, PQ 44682.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: RAF WytonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to question 46975 on Housing: Construction, what is the definition of a trailblazer site at Wyton.
Answer: In March, the government established a new taskforce to support the release of surplus public sector land for housing.Unused land will be identified, developed, and released by a cross-government collaboration, which will focus on getting it back into pro...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which (a) date and (b) financial year did funding begin for the recruitment of the 13,000 additional neighbourhood police.
Answer: As set out in the 2025/26 police funding settlement, £200 million of funding has been allocated to forces in England and Wales, starting in April 2025 for the financial year 2025/26, to deliver the first steps towards placing 13,000 additional officers in...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: DogsHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of dogs bred for use in scientific testing which were (a) used and (b) not used in scientific procedures in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23, (c) 2023-24 a
Answer: The following data provides the number of dogs used for the first time in scientific procedures for each year:2021 - 2,579 dogs2022 - 2,683 dogs2023 - 2,477 dogsEach year the Home Office publishes annual statistics relating to scientific procedures perfor...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: ResettlementMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the houses reacquired in January 2025 have been used to house Afghan families as part of (a) Operation Lazurite and (b) the Afghan Resettlement Scheme.
Answer: Operation LAZURITE is the Ministry of Defence operational contribution to the cross-Government Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP). As at 1 May 2025, of the properties re-acquired by the Department in January 2025, 852 houses are allocated for ARP support...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 45186 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, how much of his Department's budget for the F-35 Lightning programme has been spent to date.
Answer: It is taking time to collate the requested information, and I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the average proportion of NHS funding for GP practices contributed by the global sum payment for 2022/23.
Answer: In 2022/23, global sum payments to general practices were £4.4 billion, while total payments to general practices were £10.2 billion. The global sum accounted for 42.7% of funding. This figure includes practices who do not receive global sum payments but ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCambridgeshire Constabulary: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46182 on Cambridgeshire Constabulary: Recruitment, how her Department calculated the number of additional (a) police officers, (b) Police Community
Answer: As set out in the 2025/26 police funding settlement, £200 million of funding has been allocated to forces in England and Wales, starting in April 2025 for the financial year 2025/26, to deliver the first steps towards placing 13,000 additional officers in...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49539More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 47888 on Fire and Rescue Services: Finance, when she will publish the output of the public consultation on local government fu
Answer: The government is committed to implementing long-awaited local government funding reforms through a multi-year Settlement in 2026-27. On 19 December 2024, we published a consultation on the principles and objectives which will underpin our plans for those...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what was the per capita funding for Fire and Rescue services in Cambridgeshire each year since 2001/2002.
Answer: The government calculates the funding available to each Fire and Rescue Authority as a single figure - their core spending power - rather than per capita. In 2025/26, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Authority will have core spending power of £40.3 million....
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMayors: DisqualificationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29th April 2025 to question 46179 on Councillors: Disqualification, whether a criminal conviction resulting in a custodial sentence of three months or m
Answer: Yes, an individual would be disqualified from being a metro mayor candidate or holding the office in these circumstances. The five-year disqualification for a criminal conviction that results in a custodial sentence of three months or more, suspended or n...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: ICTMinistry of JusticeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in her Department have been issued with a (a) laptop, (b) phone and (c) both.
Answer: Please find the figures for the number of phones, laptops and both issued by the Department. Please note this data does not include missing devices: Laptop Phone Both MOJ 9995120097338HMCTS 1576363205435HMPPS 347073148523759ALBs 629634052535 The Ministry ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had asylum applications refused and were living in Government-funded accommodation as of 1 April 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of asylum seekers in receipt of support is published in table Asy_D09 of the ‘Asylum support detailed datasets’. The latest data relates ...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of fraudulent use of Aspen cards have been (a) reported and (b) discovered since 5 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer he received on the 01 May 2025 to UIN 47395, 47396 & 47903.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PolicingHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49533More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether named neighbourhood police officer coverage will be available 24 hours per day.
Answer: As the Prime Minister announced on 10 April, by July, every community will have named, and contactable officers dedicated to addressing the issues facing their communities as part of the government’s Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee. Police forces will en...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Low Income Scheme: AsylumDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many HC2 certificates for full help with health care costs have been issued to people seeking asylum since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Between 5 July 2024 and 2 May 2025, 138,238 HC2 certificates have been issued to people seeking asylum.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Energy: VacanciesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many job vacancies were being advertised by Great British Energy as of 1 April 2025.
Answer: I can confirm that as of 1 April 2025 there were sixteen vacancies advertised by Great British Energy.
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Great Ouse: Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46188 on the River Great Ouse, what was the outcome of the Environment Agency's inspection of the Ouse washes flood Storage reservoi
Answer: The Middle Level Barrier Bank was last inspected in March 2025 and was found to be generally in good condition, with some minor defects including scour damage and vermin activity with repairs identified and planned for the coming years programme. The Crad...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, how he plans to implement the consultation with (a) military
Answer: As set out in the announcement of the Consumer Charter on 18 April 2025, seven commitments will be delivered by the end of 2025. Further details will be published as part of the Defence Housing Strategy later this year. Consultation with military personne...
Answered 8 May 2025
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