Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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4 Jul 2026–14 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
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Armed Forces: Hearing ImpairmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) average, (b) maximum and (c) total cost of claims was for hearing loss in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy, (iii) Royal Marines and (iv) Royal Air Force between March 2003 and the implementation of the
Answer: Between March 2003 and 1 April 2015 which was the start of the implementation of the Tactical Hearing Protection System programme the total cost of common law claims for noise-induced hearing loss claims was £110 million. This includes damages and claiman...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43316More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Government spending as a proportion of GDP was on 31 March 2022.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility publishes historical outturn data going back to 1948 for Total Managed Expenditure as a percentage of GDP as part of its Public finances databank.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFrance: Foreign RelationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reported comments by President Macron on 27 March 2025.
Answer: France is one of the UK's most important European partners. The UK continues to work closely with France to lead Europe's efforts on Ukraine's long term defence. UK and French led planning is ongoing and discussions continue around military planning of ai...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Land UseDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in the Second Reading of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on 24 March 2025,
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework and National Policy Statements were updated in 2024 and make clear that energy infrastructure should always be located in areas of poorer quality land rather that higher quality land where possible. A Strategic Spati...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCycling: TrainingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what elite-level training facilities are used by British Cycling to support (a) road cycling and (b) cyclocross.
Answer: British Cycling has a dedicated elite training facility at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. Whilst not all disciplines use centralised facilities, all riders on the Olympic and Paralympic world class programme are supported by world-class coachi...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCycling: TrainingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what elite-level training facilities are used by British Cycling to support mountain bike (a) cross-country and (b) downhill.
Answer: British Cycling has a dedicated elite training facility at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. Whilst not all disciplines use centralised facilities, all riders on the Olympic and Paralympic world class programme are supported by world-class coachi...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCycling: TrainingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what elite-level training facilities are used by British Cycling to support BMX (a) freestyle and (b) racing.
Answer: British Cycling has a dedicated elite training facility at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. Whilst not all disciplines use centralised facilities, all riders on the Olympic and Paralympic world class programme are supported by world-class coachi...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Body ArmourMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to develop reduced threat level hard body armour plates.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence will deliver a Personal Hard Armour Framework (PHA-F). This framework will enable the inclusion of emerging technologies and future requirements. Reduced threat level hard body armour plates could therefore be considered in the fut...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordA400m Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the merits of the former Secretary of State's plans to purchase more Airbus A400M aircraft.
Answer: All capability requirements, including those for tactical airlift, are being considered as part of the Strategic Defence Review process.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how the terms of the agreement to lease the Chagos Islands differs from the deal that the Permanent Representative of Mauritius to the UN offered to the United States in July
Answer: Once an agreement is reached and the Treaty is signed, the Treaty will be put before both Houses for scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaG) process in the usual way.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2024 to Question 39650 on Housing: Construction, whether quarterly data on planning applications and housing starts and completions classifies
Answer: Within the Department’s quarterly official statistics on planning applications, an application for the conversion of a house into a house in multiple occupation (HMO) would not be classified as an application for a new dwelling. Applications within Use Cl...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Marines: FirearmsMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason Royal Marines within the Littoral Response Group will be equipped with the Sig Sauer MCX rather than the L403A1-AIW.
Answer: The L143A2 (Sig Sauer MCX) is a flexible capability that is far more specialised and can be tailored to fit niche and mission specific roles required by the UK Commando Force (UKCF). It is therefore better suited to the specialist maritime roles of the Li...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNavy: Body ArmourMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to develop buoyant body armour plates for use in maritime operations.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence will deliver a Personal Hard Armour Framework (PHA-F). This framework will enable the inclusion of emerging technologies and future requirements. Buoyant plates could, therefore, be considered in the future under PHA-F.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ExpenditureMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the Defence budget is spent on Government Major Projects Portfolio programmes.
Answer: Information on the costs of the Department's Defence Major Programmes for financial year 2024-25 is still being collated. I will write to the hon. Member once this is complete.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for the creation of a third frontline F-35 squadron.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 20 March 2025 to Question 37763.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRAF Molesworth: US Air ForceMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the US Air Force European Infrastructure Consolidation (EIC) works at RAF Molesworth.
Answer: The estimated cost to the UK public purse to deliver the European Infrastructure Consolidation construction works at RAF Molesworth is £51 million.
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the production delays to the F-35 caused by software instability relating to Lockheed Martin’s Block 4 upgrade.
Answer: We do not routinely comment on detailed delivery schedules however, it is not anticipated that the Block 4 delays will impact the declaration of Lightning Full Operating Capability, scheduled for no later than the end of 2025.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Marines: RiflesMinistry of DefenceTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned phase out date is of the SA80A3 for the Royal Marines.
Answer: The Royal Marines currently operate the KS-1 / L143A2 and SA80 in a variety of roles. There is no current defined timeline to move Royal Marines entirely away from the SA80 until the current Out of Service Date of 2030.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of recipients will lose entitlement to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on 31 March 2025.
Answer: On 1 April, it was announced that the adoption and special guardianship support fund would continue into 2025/26, with a budget of £50 million. A further announcement about arrangements for applications will be made as soon as possible. All applications w...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdoption and Special Guardianship Support FundDepartment for EducationTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to extend the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund beyond the end of the 2024-25 financial year for those recipients not eligible for split funding.
Answer: On 1 April, it was announced that the adoption and special guardianship support fund would continue into 2025/26, with a budget of £50 million. A further announcement about arrangements for applications will be made as soon as possible. All applications w...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Domestic VisitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agri-tech businesses the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs has visited since his appointment.
Answer: Since July 2024, the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs has maintained a regular programme of visits and business engagement, including most recently meeting five agri-tech businesses showcasing their new technology solutions during a v...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: Domestic VisitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs visited in the period (a) before and (b) after the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: Ministers visit farms and other food production premises regularly and have met with farming stakeholders nearly every week since entering Government.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Spring Statement of 26 March 2025, Official Report, column 945, what steps she is taking to monitor the progress made in meeti
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 39650 on 25 March 2025.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: IndustryMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timetable is for the publication of the Defence Industrial Strategy.
Answer: This Government is committed to bringing forward a Defence Industrial Strategy which ensures the imperatives of national security and a high-growth economy are aligned, to maximise the impact of our defence spending uplift with British based firms. The St...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 39649 on NHS: Negligence, how many maternity negligence payments have been made to an adult claimant who was the victim of medical negligence at
Answer: NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England. The following table shows the number of clinical negligence claims where the periodical payment orders (PPO) or settlement was equal or abov...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
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