Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Army: AmmunitionMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of adopting the 6.8mm calibre on the personal weapon system infrastructure of the Army.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave 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. As part of this phase, various rifle calib...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Track: PhotovoltaicsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Sun-Ways project in Switzerland, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using photovoltaic panels between rail tracks for electricity generation.
Answer: The Government is committed to working with industry to radically increase our existing solar capacity by 2030 through a variety of methods. Rail track solar could be a feasible solution. However, there are some current obstacles that may inhibit the depl...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Unmanned Air SystemsHome OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of approving the use of beyond-line-of-sight drones by police forces.
Answer: Drone technology is developing at a rapid pace and decisions on operational equipment are made independently by police forces, who are best placed to assess their own operational needs.The Home Office and operational partners are working closely across go...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2024 to Question 15669 on Ajax Vehicles, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of equipping infantry battalions with Ares.
Answer: The Army continues to undergo a combined programme of work to ensure our Land Forces will have the lethality, protection and mobility to fight and win against any adversary; and to support the transformation of the Army's two divisions and Corps Headquart...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Alliances: FranceCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66727More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the UK-France Nuclear Steering Group will be convened; and who the participants will be.
Answer: The UK France Nuclear Steering Group will be chaired by the Presidency of the Republic on the French side and by the Cabinet Office on the UK side. It will include participants from other Ministries and organisations as required. The first meeting will ta...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGeorge Cross CommitteeCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66338More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when (a) was the most recent and (b) is the next scheduled meeting of the George Cross Committee.
Answer: The most recent George Cross Committee meeting took place on Thursday 13 March 2025. We do not release the dates of committee meetings ahead of time. This ensures minimising the chance of lobbying of committee members.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Hubs: HuntingdonDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a Best Start Family Hub will be located within the (a) Huntingdon constituency and (b) Huntingdonshire District Council local authority area.
Answer: Ensuring every child has the best start in life and the chance to achieve and thrive is the foundation of the government’s Opportunity Mission.We will spend close to £1.5 billion over the next three years on improving family services and early years educa...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security: ReviewsHome OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 62853 on National Security: Reviews, when he plans to introduce the State Threats Proscription-like Tool.
Answer: Following a review of state threats and terrorism legislation by Jonathan Hall KC, the Home Secretary pledged to take forward his recommendations.This included a proscription-style tool to tackle state-based security threats in the UK. The Home Secretary ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmyMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's news story entitled British Army to increase lethality over the next decade while Royal Navy steps up innovation in NATO, published on 5 June 2025, what metrics will be used to
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry gave him on 12 June 2025, to Question 57781.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmyMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope of Project ASGARD is.
Answer: ASGARD is working to deliver a step change in lethality for land forces through a software-defined, network enabled, targeting web that will directly link into the Defence Targeting web, driving targeting at a rate unmatched through traditional processes.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArmyMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope of Project WAVELL is.
Answer: Project Wavell is the Army’s means to deliver force development transformation to 2030 and beyond towards an Army designed and organised for high-intensity warfighting. This is being implemented through an incremental approach that sequences delivery agai...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: HuntingdonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65659More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 63361 on Floods: Huntingdon, what the condition is of the St Ives Staunch Sluice.
Answer: The Environment Agency will continue to provide updates via their website which is here: St Ives and Brownshill Staunch Sluices Information Page - Environment Agency - Citizen Space.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: HuntingdonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July to Question 63361 on Floods: Huntingdon, if will she publish the (a) hydraulic modelling and (b) real-world data from flood events relating to the St I
Answer: Information on the Environment Agency’s work on the St Ives Staunch Sluice structure is publicised online here: St Ives and Brownshill Staunch Sluices Information Page - Environment Agency - Citizen Space This page and Frequently Asked Questions included ...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: HuntingdonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 63361 on Floods: Huntingdon; what works the Environment Agency will undertake on the St Ives Staunch Sluice in the next two years.
Answer: A project is currently underway to ensure that the Environment Agency (EA) is able to maintain river levels for navigation. There is £2 million available for this work across two financial years 2025/26 and 2026/27. The full scope of the works has yet to ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCambridgeshire ConstabularyHome OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Cambridgeshire constabulary's rural crime action team have been designated as an operational support unit or a neighbourhood policing resource.
Answer: Our approach to delivery in 2025/25, which will be year 1 of a 4-year programme, is designed to deliver an initial increase to the neighbourhood policing workforce in a manner that is flexible, and can be adapted to the local context and the varied crime ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCambridgeshire ConstabularyHome OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of serving officers from Cambridgeshire constabulary's rural crime action team are have been included within the number of new officers for Cambridgeshire under the Neighb
Answer: Our approach to delivery in 2025/25, which will be year 1 of a 4-year programme, is designed to deliver an initial increase to the neighbourhood policing workforce in a manner that is flexible, and can be adapted to the local context and the varied crime ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: CambridgeshireDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many EHCPs were issued in Cambridgeshire in each year between 2014-15 and 2024-25 inclusive.
Answer: Information on the number of education, health and care (EHC) plans issued by Cambridgeshire is available as part of the statistical release which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/education-health-and-...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for the Special Educational Needs Inclusion Fund were made in Cambridgeshire in each year between 2014-15 and 2024-25 inclusive.
Answer: Since the 2017/18 financial year, all local authorities have been required to have a special educational needs inclusion fund (SENIF) for all eligible children for the entitlements and who have special educational needs.Local authorities should establish ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many switch-off orders have been issued to solar power generating facilities by the National Energy System Operator since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for operating Great Britain’s electricity system, which includes managing constraints. NESO publishes total balancing costs. Constraints are a natural part of operating an efficient electricity sys...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much has been paid in compensatory (a) constraint payments and (b) balancing payments to operators of solar power generating facilities following switch-off orders issued by the National
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for operating Great Britain’s electricity system, which includes managing constraints. Constraint payments are part of Balancing Use of System charges, which are the costs incurred to balance the s...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAirTanker: ContractsMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of renewing the Air Tanker refuelling contract, in the context of the agreement to buy 12 F-35A jets.
Answer: Future national air-to-air refuelling options will be considered as part of the Defence Investment Plan, and in subsequent force development work.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndia: F-35 AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 63964 on India: F-35 Aircraft, how many personnel have been required to recover the F-35B from India; and what the cost to the public purse was for removing the w
Answer: An engineering team of less than ten personnel has deployed from the UK with a spares package. We are developing options for recovering the aircraft with Air-to-Air refuelling support once the repairs are complete. All flights will be taken from the annua...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHMS Protector: Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2025 to Question 62858 on HMS Protector: Atlantic Ocean, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the modernisation of the Russian submarine fleet on national securi
Answer: As stated in the Strategic Defence Review (SDR), there is a persistent and growing underwater threat to the UK and NATO from a modernising Russian submarine force. We cannot disclose further details for operational security reasons. The SDR endorsed Atlan...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear WeaponsMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a high altitude nuclear explosion on the UK.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continually works across government to understand, deter, and where possible mitigate, the impact of a nuclear attack on the UK. As set out in the Strategic Defence Review, the Cabinet Office led Home Defence Programme will c...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordResettlement: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a replacement to the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.
Answer: The Immigration White paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues including refugee sponsorship and resettlement, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
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