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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4 Jul 2026–15 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.

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

Border Security Command: Intelligence ServicesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which intelligence agencies will work with Border Security Command.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on 23 January to Question 22404.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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Border Security CommandHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Border Security Commander plans to set strategic priorities for border security.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on 23 January to Question 22404.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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Deportation: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under 18 and travelling alone have been deported since 4 July 2024; and to which countries they were deported.
Answer: The information requested is not available from published statistics and could only be collected and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.The Home Office does publish the quarterly statistics on the returns of FNOs ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many voluntary returns have been given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the criteria of having been sleeping rough since 4 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 Febrrary to Question 28420.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many voluntary returns have been given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the criteria of being under 21 and a care leaver since 4 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 Febrrary to Question 28420.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many voluntary returns have been given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the criteria of being under 18 and travelling alone since 4 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 Febrrary to Question 28420.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many voluntary returns have been given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the criteria of being part of a family group that will travel together, including someone under 18 y
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 Febrrary to Question 28420.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many voluntary returns have been given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the criteria of having received a letter from the Home Office confirming they are a victim of modern
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 Febrrary to Question 28420.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many voluntary returns have been given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the criteria of their claim for asylum in the UK having been refused since 4 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 Febrrary to Question 28420.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many voluntary returns have been given financial support by the Voluntary Returns Service under the criteria of returning to a developing country since 4 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 Febrrary to Question 28420.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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Assisted Voluntary Return SchemesHome OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individual voluntary returns have been awarded (a) up to £1,000, (b) between £1,000 and £2,000 and (c) between £2,000 and £3,000 by the Voluntary Returns Service since 4 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer I gave him on 6 Febrrary to Question 28420.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
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Animal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Animals in Science Regulation Unit on animal harm caused by incidents of non-compliance in UK laboratories.
Answer: In October 2024 I announced, in a written ministerial statement, that the animals in science regulator would be making reforms to its organisational design to most effectively deliver its purpose of protecting animals through maintaining compliance with t...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
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Animal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual report 2023, published in December 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the 553 animals
Answer: The Home Office takes non-compliance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 very seriously. The numbers of non-compliance cases vary in any given year. The total number of non-compliance cases reduced from 175 to 169 cases from 2022-23. Betwee...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
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Medicine: Animal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of recent trends in the level of public support for ending animal experiments in medical research.
Answer: The Labour Manifesto includes a commitment to “partner with scientists, industry, and civil society as we work towards the phasing out of animal testing”. A survey on public attitudes to animal research was carried out regularly until 2018 but ceased duri...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
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Animal Experiments: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the duration of project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
Answer: The Home Office intends to conduct an internal review in relation to the duration of project licences for animal research under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA), as announced by the previous administration in a parliamentary debate of 1...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
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Animal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of premises audited by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit.
Answer: All establishments licensed to breed or supply animals, or to carry out regulated procedures on animals under ASPA in Great Britain, are subject to the full requirements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). This provides for a regulator...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
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Animal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce the number of animals involved in non-compliance cases in British laboratories.
Answer: The Animals in Science Regulation Unit (ASRU) has published its compliance framework (www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-testing-and-research-compliance-with-aspa) which explains how it identifies and investigates potential incidents of non-compliance and decides...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
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Animal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of inspectors in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit.
Answer: The Home Office is in the final stages of delivering an ambitious programme of regulatory reform to assure protections for animals are provided and will ensure we create a regulatory environment that strives towards ever higher benchmarks of reduced harm....
Answered 12 Feb 2025
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Animal ExperimentsHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the 154,904 animals involved in non-compliance incidents in British laboratories in 2023.
Answer: The Home Office takes non-compliance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 very seriously. The numbers of non-compliance cases vary in any given year. The total number of non-compliance cases reduced from 175 to 169 cases from 2022-23. Betwee...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
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Artificial Intelligence: Child Sexual Abuse MaterialDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the NSPCC report entitled Viewing Generative AI and Children’s Safety in the Round, published in January 20
Answer: Creating a safer online world is a priority for government. The strongest protections in the Online Safety Act are for children - in-scope services must remove illegal content and prevent children from encountering harmful content, including where it is A...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
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Artificial Intelligence: SafetyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions the Government has had with Generative AI technology companies to tackle risks to children.
Answer: Protecting children online is a key priority for the government, including through the protections in the Online Safety Act. The Act will require in-scope services to remove illegal content and prevent children from encountering harmful content, including...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
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Business: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with businesses on the potential impact of the rise of employer national insurance contributions on projects they fund or sponsor, by individual business sin
Answer: In order to repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the Government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance. To support growth, we want business to invest in R...
Answered 21 Feb 2025
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Universities: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with universities on the potential impact of the rise of employer national insurance contributions on projects they fund or sponsor; stratified by individual university since July 2
Answer: As my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, set out in the Autumn Budget 2024, raising the revenue required to fund public services and restore economic stability requires difficult decisions on tax, which is why this government is asking em...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
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UK Research and Innovation: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the UKRI on the potential impact of the rise of employer national insurance contributions on projects they fund or sponsor since July 2024.
Answer: In order to repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the Government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technol...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
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Research England: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Research England on the potential impact of the rise of employer national insurance contributions on projects they fund or sponsor since July 2024.
Answer: In order to repair the public finances and help raise the revenue required to increase funding for public services, the Government has taken the difficult decision to increase employer National Insurance. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technol...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
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