Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions 2025
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Foreign Influence Registration SchemeHome OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Foreign Influence Registration Scheme to come fully into effect, published on 30 September 2025, on what date the FIRS Case Management Team became fully op
Answer: The FIRS Case Management Team were fully operational on 1 July, when the scheme went live. Staff were in post ahead of that date, supporting the scheme’s implementation prior to go-live.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration SchemeHome OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Foreign Influence Registration Scheme to come fully into effect, published on 30 September 2025, what criteria is used to assess whether a country poses an
Answer: As set out in the National Security Act 2023, the Secretary of State may make a specification under the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) where they consider it is reasonably necessary to do so to protect the safety or inte...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled First small boat migrant returned under new UK-France agreement, published on 18 September 2025, what the terms of the contract are under whic
Answer: Details of changes to the Immigration Rules covering the UK-France Treaty are published on gov.uk in an explanatory memorandum here.It means that those who use dangerous small boats crossings to enter the UK can be returned to France. The Home Office uses...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 71964 on Asylum: Finance, what criteria qualifies a person for (a) Section 4 and (b) Section 95 Asylum Support.
Answer: Asylum seekers and their dependents who would otherwise be destitute can obtain support under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The destitution threshold is the minimum an individual needs to enable them to obtain adequate accommodation a...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72364 on Electronic Patient Records, what level on the HIMMS EMRAM model are hospitals in the New Hospital Programme required to be upon compl
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 20 October 2025 to Question 81534 and on 22 October 2025 to Question 82444.
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72364 on Electronic Patient Records, what Electronic Patient Records systems are approved for procurement by NHS trusts.
Answer: National Health Service trusts procure suppliers from the Clinical Digital Health Solutions Framework, details of which are available at the following link: https://www.commercialsolutions-sec.nhs.uk/frameworks/clinical-digital-health-solutions-cdhs#nav-s...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProstate CancerDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of updating GP guidance to allow GPs to have proactive conversations on prostate cancer.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) commissioned an evidence review looking at screening for prostate cancer. We anticipate a public consultation on the findings of this review later this year and a recommendation by the committee in the first qu...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGlaucoma: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national standard offering for glaucoma testing.
Answer: Integrated care boards are responsible for assessing the health needs of their local population and for commissioning primary and secondary eye care services to meet them, which could include glaucoma referral filtering services.The National Institute for...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Rebuilding ProgrammeDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 October 2025 to Question 73402 on Schools: Huntingdon, when applications will reopen for the expansion of the school rebuilding programme.
Answer: The department plans to set out further details about the selection process for the additional 250 schools to be selected for the school rebuilding programme later this year.
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: PalestineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the speech entitled PM statement on the recognition of Palestine: 21 September 2025, what her (a) criteria and (b) definition is of a viable Palestinian Sta
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made on the Middle East by the Prime Minister on 14 October, in which he addressed at length the issues arising from the UK's decision to recognise the State of Palestine. Any further updates will be announced in th...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: PalestineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK formally recognises Palestinian State, published on 21 September 2025, what (a) technical and (b) financial suppo
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made on the Middle East by the Prime Minister on 14 October, in which he addressed at length the issues arising from the UK's decision to recognise the State of Palestine. Any further updates will be announced in th...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: PalestineForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK formally recognises Palestinian State, published on 21 September 2025, what demands she has made of the Palestini
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made on the Middle East by the Prime Minister on 14 October, in which he addressed at length the issues arising from the UK's decision to recognise the State of Palestine. Any further updates will be announced in th...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHamas: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release entitled UK formally recognises Palestinian State, published on 21 September 2025, when she plans to take further action to s
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made on the Middle East by the Prime Minister on 14 October, in which he addressed at length the issues arising from the UK's decision to recognise the State of Palestine. Any further updates will be announced in th...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2025 to Question 72362 on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid, what progress he has made on an independent investigation since 11 July 2025.
Answer: Like many other states, the UK has used estimates from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to report casualty numbers in the Gaza conflict, which uses figures as reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2025 to Question 72362 on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid, what the source is of the (a) 2,294 and (b)16,389 figure.
Answer: Like many other states, the UK has used estimates from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to report casualty numbers in the Gaza conflict, which uses figures as reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordJames Scott Rhys AndersonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 75426 on James Scott Rhys Anderson, when he last received an update from (a) Russia and (b) Ukraine on the health of J
Answer: I thank the Hon Member for his close interest in this important case and I refer him to answer 75426. I will keep him and other Members informed as and when there are further developments.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordJames Scott Rhys AndersonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 75426 on James Scott Rhys Anderson, what the outcome was of the discussion between the Prime Minister and President Ze
Answer: I thank the Hon Member for his close interest in this important case and I refer him to answer 75426. I will keep him and other Members informed as and when there are further developments.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordJames Scott Rhys AndersonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2025 to Question 75426 on James Scott Rhys Anderson, on what dates his Department raised James Scott Rhys Anderson with the Russian aut
Answer: I thank the Hon Member for his close interest in this important case and I refer him to answer 75426. I will keep him and other Members informed as and when there are further developments.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAntarcticForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she plans to publish the UK Antarctic Strategy.
Answer: As confirmed in the Government's response to the Environmental Audit Committee's report into the UK and the Antarctic Environment, a UK Antarctic Strategy will be published by the Government by the end of the year.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Lands and Estates: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 54 of the Defence Industrial Strategy: Making Defence an Engine for Growth, published on 8 September 2025, when he plans to issue updated procedures to ena
Answer: The Crown Development planning regulations in England came into force on 1 May 2025. The government has no current plans to change those regulations. The reference to updated procedures in the Defence Industrial Strategy relates to how the Ministry of Hou...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementTreasuryTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 905969More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken with the Minister for the Cabinet Office to help tackle the increase in whole-life costs associated with levels of delivery confidence in the Government's Major Projects Portfolio.
Answer: The government recently created the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) which will have an important role in supporting and monitoring major projects in the Government’s Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP). NISTA provides expe...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNatural Gas: CybersecurityDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much was allocated to the security and cybersecurity spend of the National Gas Business Plan in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26 and (c) 2026-27.
Answer: Funding for National Gas Transmission is set by Ofgem’s RIIO (Revenue = Incentives + Innovation + Outputs) framework for each five-year regulatory period. Both the current RIIO-2 framework (covering the 2021-2026 regulatory period) and the draft RIIO-3 fr...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story entitled First illegal migrants returned under new UK-France agreement, published on 18 September, what was the cost of each flight.
Answer: The Home Office has made returns under the new UK-France agreement utilising both charter flights and regular scheduled flights. This approach allows the Home Office to maximise value for money and best satisfy operational requirements.We do not comment o...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: ICTMinistry of JusticeTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) phones, (b) laptops and (c) other electronic devices have been lost by staff in his Department between (i) 5 July 2024 and 4th July 2025 and (ii) since 5th July 2025.
Answer: Between 5 July 2024 and 4 July 2025, 807 devices were reported as lost or stolen, totalling 0.47% of the estate. Since 5 July 2025, 219 devices (0.13% of the estate) have been reported as lost or stolen.Strong safeguards are in place to protect Ministry o...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: Eastern EuropeMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the scope is of the UK's commitment to the NATO Eastern Sentry programme.
Answer: The UK committed early to Eastern Sentry, deploying RAF Typhoon fighter jets and Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft to conduct air defence missions over Poland. This deployment involves hundreds of UK personnel. In a demonstration of the UK’s ongoing ...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
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