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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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: AmmunitionMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many 30mm APSE Rarden cannon rounds have been supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Answer: We have provided over 10 million rounds of small arms/light weapons ammunition to Ukraine. We cannot comment on specific calibres of ammunition due to operational security.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Armed Forces Day: GrantsMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what grants his Department plans to make available to support events for Armed Forces Day 2025.
Answer: Armed Forces Day will take place on Saturday 28 June 2025 and provides an opportunity for the country to show support for those who make up the Armed Forces community: from currently Serving personnel to Service families, Veterans and Cadets. The Ministry...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Helicopters: Exhaust EmissionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what testing of in-service military helicopter exhaust emissions his Department has conducted since January 2021.
Answer: Following previous announcements regarding the testing of in-service helicopters, the Ministry of Defence has commenced engine exhaust emission testing of the Puma helicopter and thereafter will commence testing of samples from our other in-service helico...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
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Armed Forces: CancerMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32382More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many families of (a) current and (b) former military personnel are actively pursuing legal action against his Department after receiving a cancer diagnosis after having served on UK military helicopters.
Answer: Currently, 27 compensation claims are being actively pursued by, or on behalf of, military personnel. Of these, five claims are from current personnel and 22 claims concern former military personnel.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Armed Forces: CancerMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32381More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) current and (b) former military personnel have been diagnosed with cancer after serving on UK military helicopters.
Answer: Ministry of Defence Analysts are undertaking a review to determine the number of Serving personnel who have served as air crew and been diagnosed with cancer. I will write to hon. Member when information is available, and a copy of this letter will be pla...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Cambridgeshire Constabulary: AllowancesHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32380More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Cambridgeshire Constabulary will be awarded the South East Allowance, in the context of that arrangement for Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire constabularies.
Answer: The independent Police Remuneration Review Body (PRRB) and Senior Salaries Review Body (PRRB) make recommendations to the Government on the appropriate level of pay and allowances for police officers.This Government will give very careful consideration to...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
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Animal Experiments: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 29603 on Animal Experiments: Licensing, when her Department plans to begin its internal review into the duration of project licences for animal r
Answer: Work is ongoing to conduct an internal review in relation to the duration of project licences for animal research under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). The Home Office intends to report on the review by the end of 2025.The regulatory ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Undocumented Migrants: RepatriationHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30351 on Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation, how many voluntary returns were given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 February to Question 28420.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30350 on Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation, how many voluntary returns were given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 February to Question 28420.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30349 on Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation, how many voluntary returns were given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 February to Question 28420.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30207 on Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation, how many voluntary returns were given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 February to Question 28420.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30206 on Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation, how many voluntary returns were given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 February to Question 28420.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30205 on Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation, how many voluntary returns were given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 February to Question 28420.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30204 on Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation, how many voluntary returns were given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 February to Question 28420.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Undocumented Migrants: RepatriationHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 30203 on Undocumented Migrants: Repatriation, how many individual voluntary returns were awarded (a) up to £1,000, (b) between £1,000 and £2,000
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 February to Question 28420.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Artificial Intelligence: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 29596 on Artificial Intelligence: Safety, under which new legislation he plans to criminalise possessing, creating or distributing
Answer: We are committed to giving law enforcement agencies the powers needed to combat child sexual abuse. That is why we have introduced an offence in the Crime and Policing Bill to criminalise AI models which have been optimised to create child sexual abuse ma...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Undocumented Migrants: Organised CrimeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30375 on Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime, how he plans to enforce the new irregular migration sanctions regime.
Answer: The new Irregular Migration sanctions regime will be enforced by the UK sanctions enforcement architecture. A range of Departments have responsibility for the enforcement of UK sanctions, including the Home Office, Department for Business and Trade, Depar...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
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Undocumented Migrants: Organised CrimeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30375 on Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime, what the the new irregular migration sanctions regime will consist of.
Answer: Our new sanctions regime will target the gangs profiting from the vile trade in people smuggling, human trafficking and organised immigration crime. It will boost our ability to prevent, combat, deter and disrupt dangerous irregular migration and hold the...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
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Undocumented Migrants: Organised CrimeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30375 on Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime, when the new irregular migration sanctions regime will come into effec
Answer: The Government is required to lay secondary legislation before Parliament to introduce a new sanctions regime, which is expected to come into force within the year.Given that the proposed regime will be the first of its kind, it is vital that we take the ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
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Undocumented Migrants: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30375 on Undocumented Migrants: Organised Crime, what progress the Border Security Command has made through participation in the UK-Italy Illicit
Answer: The UK and Italy are global leaders in disrupting economic crime and under the taskforce both nations will be sharing law enforcement strategies, policy, and expertise to maximise our disruptive effect on financial flows into the UK, Italy and across Euro...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Border Security CommandHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30379 on Europol, whether the Border Security Command is one of the UK agencies that continues to undertake operations with European law enforcem
Answer: The Border Security Command (BSC) is focused on strategic oversight and system leadership to secure the UK border. As part of that leadership the BSC works closely with a range of UK agency partners who do undertake operations with European law enforcemen...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Border Security CommandHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30696 on Border Security Command, what the minimum grade is that a civil servant would need to be in order to be eligible to act as the Interim B
Answer: If the Secretary of State were obliged at some future point to designate a civil servant as the Interim Border Security Commander, they would make the decision based on the skills and experience of the individual to perform the functions as set out in the...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Research: EU Grants and LoansDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK position on EU's Research and Innovation Framework Programme, published on 26 September 2024, what discussions he has had with businesses
Answer: In advance of the publication of the UK’s Position Paper on the European Union’s 10th Research and Innovation Framework Programme (FP10), the Government undertook extensive engagement with a range of stakeholders across Government including UK Research an...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Research: EU Grants and LoansDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK position on EU's Research and Innovation Framework Programme, published on 26 September 2024, what discussions he has had with universitie
Answer: In advance of the publication of the UK’s Position Paper on the European Union’s 10th Research and Innovation Framework Programme (FP10), the Government undertook extensive engagement with a range of stakeholders across Government including UK Research an...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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Research: EU Grants and LoansDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK position on EU's Research and Innovation Framework Programme, published on 26 September 2024, what discussions he has had with UK Research
Answer: In advance of the publication of the UK’s Position Paper on the European Union’s 10th Research and Innovation Framework Programme (FP10), the Government undertook extensive engagement with a range of stakeholders across Government including UK Research an...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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