Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions

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4 Jul 2026–13 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.

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Department or topic	Published records
Cabinet Office	36
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade	18
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	1
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	4
Department for Education	8
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	7
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	34
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	1
Department for Transport	27
Department for Work and Pensions	5
Department of Health and Social Care	26
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	12
Home Office	52
Ministry of Defence	689
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	11
Ministry of Justice	91
Northern Ireland Office	2
Treasury	18

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Written questions

Ukraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how the military aid allocated to support Ukraine through the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, announced on 11 April 2025, will be spent.
Answer: At the 27th Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) on April 11, co-chaired by the Defence Secretary, allies pledged an additional €21 billion (£18 billion) in military support to Ukraine.The £450 million announced jointly by the UK with Norway will be spent...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Armed Forces: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46131More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the maximum number of non-British service personnel that can be recruited each year in (a) the British Army, (b) the Royal Navy excluding the Royal Marines, (c) the Royal Air Force and (d) the Royal Marin
Answer: An annual Basic Training Start limit for Commonwealth citizens is applied across the Armed Forces. This is currently set at 1,350 individuals per annum and distributed accordingly: a) 1,000 Army, b) 300 Royal Navy (there is no separate allowance for the R...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Armed Forces: Protective ClothingMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what types of combat boot are issued to service personnel as standard; and in which country is each manufactured.
Answer: Under the Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation contract, the Ministry of Defence procures combat boots from the following companies: Aku, manufactured in Italy, Romania and Serbia;Haix, manufactured in Germany and Croatia; andIturri, manufact...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Veterans: Community Interest CompaniesMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a requirement for veterans’ charities set up as community interest companies to prove that the funds raised through donations to them are then spent on veterans.
Answer: Charities are independent from Government and are regulated by the Charity Commission for England and Wales, the Scottish Charity Regulator or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland depending on location. Community Interest Companies are regulated by...
Answered 14 May 2025
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Veterans: Community Interest CompaniesMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to tackle fake veterans’ charities set up as Community Interest Companies.
Answer: Charities are independent from Government and are regulated by the Charity Commission for England and Wales, the Scottish Charity Regulator or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland depending on location. Community Interest Companies are regulated by...
Answered 14 May 2025
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British Indian Ocean Territory: Environment ProtectionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to ensure long term unrestricted British access to the entire Environment (Protection and Preservation) Zone of the British Indian Ocean T
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to the responses given to his previous Parliamentary Questions 37768 and 37368, which remains the same.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Electrical Substations: BedfordDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what upgrades his Department plans to make to the Eaton Socon sub-station in Cambridgeshire in order to accommodate greater capacity.
Answer: Ofgem regulates the network companies to ensure they are investing to operate, maintain and upgrade electricity infrastructure, including substations. For the next transmission network price control (RIIO-ET3 2026-2031) and distribution network price cont...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Electric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure sufficient electric vehicle charging infrastructure for all cars parked off-street in privately owned car parks.
Answer: All new residential and non-residential buildings with off-street parking are required to install chargepoints. Elsewhere, the Government continues to offer grant funding for the purchase and installation of charging infrastructure. This includes flats, r...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Electric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure sufficient electric vehicle charging infrastructure for all cars parked off-street in privately owned car parks.
Answer: All new residential and non-residential buildings with off-street parking are required to install chargepoints. Elsewhere, the Government continues to offer grant funding for the purchase and installation of charging infrastructure. This includes flats, r...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Electric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46123More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure sufficient electric vehicle charging infrastructure for all cars parked on-street.
Answer: The Government is committed to accelerating the roll-out of charging infrastructure so that everyone, no matter where they live or work, can make the transition to an electric vehicle (EV). As of 1 April 2025, the Government and industry have supported th...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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Electric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure sufficient electric vehicle charging infrastructure for all cars parked on-street.
Answer: The Government is committed to accelerating the roll-out of charging infrastructure so that everyone, no matter where they live or work, can make the transition to an electric vehicle (EV). As of 1 April 2025, the Government and industry have supported th...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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Internet: ChildrenDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how the Government will fine firms that fail to inform Ofcom of age assurance processes that prevent children’s access to online content.
Answer: The Online Safety Act 2023 establishes Ofcom as independent regulator for online safety in the UK. Ofcom has powers to sanction services in-scope of the Act who do not comply with their duties under the Act, including the child safety duties and age assur...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Electrical Substations: Theme ParksDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which electricity sub-station will provide the power connection for the new Universal Studios theme park.
Answer: The electricity networks in Great Britain are owned and operated by private companies and regulated independently by Ofgem. Specific details of the connection requirements, such as the level of power supply and associated substation for individual project...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Energy Supply: Theme ParksDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the level of additional power supply that will be created for the new Universal Studios theme park.
Answer: The electricity networks in Great Britain are owned and operated by private companies and regulated independently by Ofgem. Specific details of the connection requirements, such as the level of power supply and associated substation for individual project...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Energy Supply: Theme ParksDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of potential trends in the level of additional power demands on the National Grid by the new Universal Studios theme park.
Answer: The electricity networks in Great Britain are owned and operated by private companies and regulated independently by Ofgem. Specific details of the connection requirements, such as the level of power supply and associated substation for individual project...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Falkland Islands: Deep Sea MiningForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the feasibility of undersea mineral extraction from nodes in the territorial waters of the Falkland Islands.
Answer: The natural resources of the Falkland Islands belong to the Islanders, and as such any consideration of undersea mineral extraction is a matter for the Falkland Islands Government. The UK supports the right of the Falkland Islanders to develop their natur...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Energy Supply: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he taking to ensure that the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan ensures that new energy infrastructure projects are located in the most appropriate areas.
Answer: In October 2024, the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments commissioned the National Energy System Operator to produce a Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP). This commission included the development of a methodology to set out in more detail how the SSEP wi...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Energy Supply: PlanningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to publish the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan.
Answer: The Strategic Spatial Energy Plan will be published by the National Energy System Operator in 2026.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme budget was in financial year (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26.
Answer: The budget for the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme was £449 million in 2023/24, £427 million in 2024/25, and is £401 million for 2025/26.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which Government departments have received grant funding through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Phase 4 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme was launched in September 2024 and closed to applications in November 2024. Applications are currently being processed by Salix Finance, the non-departmental public body that administers the scheme on be...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much grant funding has been allocated through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.
Answer: The Department has allocated over £2.9 billion in grant funding through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme over the financial years 2020/21 to 2025/26. Further grants are currently being allocated for the financial years 2025/26 to 2027/28 from the ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Universal Studios: BedfordshireDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any (a) land and (b) infrastructure used for the new Universal Studios Theme Park in Bedfordshire be acquired via compulsory purchase order.
Answer: At this early stage there is no land that is expected to be acquired via compulsory purchase order for the Universal Studios theme park or its associated transport infrastructure.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
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Waste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost was charged to the local authority by the Ministry of Defence for the military personnel tasked via military aid to the civilian authorities to support the refuse c
Answer: The government has been supporting Birmingham City Council in its efforts to address the backlog of waste that had been building up on the city’s streets, and significant progress has been made in the last fortnight. This support has included the three of...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Waste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, from which units were the military personnel tasked via military aid to the civilian authorities to support the refuse collection strike in Birmingham; and how many of each rank.
Answer: Following a Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) request from the Ministry of Housing, Community, and Local Government, three military personnel deployed to support Birmingham City Council on 9 April for a period of seven days. These personnel wer...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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Waste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many military personnel were tasked via military aid to the civilian authorities to support the refuse collection strike in Birmingham.
Answer: The government has been supporting Birmingham City Council in its efforts to address the backlog of waste that had been building up on the city’s streets, and significant progress has been made in the last fortnight. This support has included the three of...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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