Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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4 Jul 2026–15 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: Protective ClothingMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on Peltor ComTac XP/XPI ear defence since the Tactical Hearing Protection System was introduced in 2015.
Answer: I am unable to provide the details requested, as releasing this information could prejudice commercial interests.
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: AfghanistanHome OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the granting of Indefinite Leave to Remain for Afghans as part of a scheme under the Afghan Resettlement Programme are categorised as (a) In-Country - Leave to enter for persons in the UK who
Answer: Individuals resettled or relocated under the Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) are granted Indefinite Leave to Enter (ILE) when arriving in the UK. In instances where they are already in the UK, they are granted Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR).
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish NationalityHome OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 33156 on British Nationality, what is meant by (a) estimated unit cost and (b) maxima in the table entitled Table with details of fees and unit c
Answer: A fee maxima is the maximum fee level that can be charged for each product and service, with these maximas set out in the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Order 2016. The actual fee that can be charged is set in the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Re...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 32366 on Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime, if she will publish the agreed deliverables of the UK/Italy Illicit Finance Taskforce.
Answer: The taskforce is in the process of agreeing deliverables. As part of this we will consider what it may be possible to publish noting the critical importance of safeguarding the integrity of operational activity.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Annual ReportsHome OfficeTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 28420 on Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation, when she plans to publish the Home Office annual report and accounts for 2024 to 2025.
Answer: The Home Office’s financial figures for 2024-25 will be subject to a full and detailed independent external audit by the National Audit Office, after the accounts close on 31st March 2025. Only after the conclusion of this audit, can the financial schedul...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: GurkhasMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33147 on Armed Forces: Commonwealth, which (a) units and (b) independent sub-units form the Brigade of Gurkhas; and which regular armed forces units include Nepa
Answer: The units and independent sub-units which form the Brigade of Gurkhas; and the Regular Armed Forces units that include Nepalese Service personnel are shown in the tables below. Table 1: Units and Independent Sub-Units that form the Brigade of Gurkhas Unit...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBoxer Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Boxer Armoured Vehicles have been delivered to the British Army.
Answer: The Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (BOXER) programme deliveries from industry are progressing in line with the current forecasted targets. To date, two BOXER platforms have been delivered to the British Army.
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional dentistry appointments have been created since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Data on the number of additional urgent dental appointments created since 4 July 2024 is not yet available. We are working with NHS England, the NHS Business Services Authority, and the integrated care boards to define what data will need to be collected ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many additional GP appointments have been created since 3 July 2024.
Answer: Between 1 July 2024 and 31 January 2025, there were 228,814,993 appointments across general practices and primary care networks in England, including for COVID-19 vaccinations. Between 1 July 2023 and 31 January 2024, there were 222,098,986 appointments a...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Carr-Hill formula is used to calculate GP surgery funding.
Answer: The Carr-Hill formula determines how global sum funding is distributed among practices. The global sum is a capitated payment, calculated based on the size of a practice’s registered list of patients. It accounts for 50% to 60% of general practice funding...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Services: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to review the dental contract.
Answer: To rebuild dentistry in the long term, we will reform the dental contract with the sector, with a shift to focus on prevention and the retention of National Health Service dentists.There are no perfect payment systems and careful consideration needs to be...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearmsMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) SUSAT, (b) ACOG L85 and (c) Specter OS4X (LDS) sights his Department holds.
Answer: The number of weapons sights held by the Department changes frequently and the figures provided have been collated using single Service data. As at 5 March 2025, there were 107,671 Sight Unit Small Arms, Trilux (SUSAT) sights and 34,258 Elcan Specter OS4X...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Force: Water SupplyMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which water company provides water infrastructure for RAF (a) Wyton, (b) Alconbury and (c) Molesworth.
Answer: Water infrastructure service provision is broken down into two elements: maintenance and water supply. (a) At RAF Wyton, Severn Trent Services both maintains water infrastructure and water supply. (b) At RAF Alconbury and (c) RAF Molesworth, VIVO maintain...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Loans: UkraineTreasuryTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35421More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, over what time period the new funding to Ukraine under the Ukraine Bilateral Agreement will be repaid using profits from sanctioned Russian sovereign assets.
Answer: The Government is providing a £2.26bn loan to Ukraine as part of the G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration initiative. The UK will be repaid using profits that are being generated from immobilised Russian sovereign assets in the EU.The UK and wider G7 hav...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: DiscriminationDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help reduce online (a) misogyny and (b) misandry.
Answer: The Online Safety Act requires all platforms to proactively tackle the most harmful illegal content including illegal misogyny and misandry. Where this type of abuse is not illegal, Category 1 services will have extra duties, requiring them to establish u...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Mar 2025WithdrawnUIN 35419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the US Food and Drug Administration on the regulatory approval of new approach methodologies.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which nation has control of base operations at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia.
Answer: The Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is a United States defence facility. The responsibilities and authorities for its operations as agreed with the United Kingdom are set out in the 1966 UK-US Exchange of Notes, including the 1976 amendment.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK’s right to extend the 99-year lease on the Chagos Islands was renegotiated with the government of Mauritius in the period between his Oral Statement of 7 Octob
Answer: As we and Mauritius have repeatedly said, including in joint statements on 20 December and on 13 January, both sides remain committed to concluding a deal on the future of the Chagos Archipelago which protects the long-term effective operation of the join...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: MauritiusForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Mauritius has the right to define an Economic Exclusion Zone around the British Indian Ocean Territory.
Answer: After the agreement enters into force Mauritius will be able to declare an Economic Exclusion Zone but will need to implement security arrangements under the agreement. The deal ensures that we will retain full control over Diego Garcia with robust provis...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish Indian Ocean Territory: MaldivesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to resolve the dispute between the Republic of the Maldives’s Economic Exclusion Zone and the British Indian Ocean Territory’s (a) Fisheries Conservat
Answer: As we outlined in our joint statement of 3 October 2024, following two years of negotiation with the intention of resolving all outstanding issues between the UK and Mauritius concerning the Chagos Archipelago, the UK and Mauritius reached political agree...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity Generation: BedfordDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the remaining available capacity percentage is of the Eaton Socon sub-station in Cambridgeshire.
Answer: The Department does not hold this data, this would be for the Distribution Network Operator (DNO), UK Power Networks. UK Power Networks’ data portal [1] which is publicly available, provides information on all grid supply points, including Eaton Socon sub...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: Electricity GenerationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the minimum threshold of power generation is for a solar park to meet the standard required for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project designation.
Answer: For a solar park to be designated as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, the minimum threshold of power generation is currently 50 megawatts. Consent for a solar project under 50 megawatts is applied for under the Town and Country Planning Ac...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the process is for designating Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Answer: The thresholds that designate a project as a nationally significant infrastructure project are set out in Planning Act 2008 and spelled out in more detail at the start of the overarching Energy National Policy Statement (EN-1). The thresholds for England ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAndrew Tate and Tristan TateHome OfficeTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has taken steps to request the extradition of (a) Andrew and (b) Tristan Tate from the United States.
Answer: As a matter of long-standing Government policy, I can neither confirm nor deny whether any extradition request has been made or received in respect of any individual or individuals.
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSewage: CambridgeshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the lifespan of pumping station infrastructure in Cambridgeshire under the Middle-Level Commissioners.
Answer: Protecting communities from the dangers of flooding is one of Defra’s top priorities. The Government fully supports the important work internal drainage boards (IDBs) do in managing water and flood risk, benefiting communities, businesses and the environ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
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