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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Energy: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for the publication of her Department's response to the consultation on the Future Homes Standard.
Answer: The Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation was published in December 2023 and closed in March 2024, and a Government response has not yet been issued. The consultation proposed that the new standards would apply to all new domestic and non-dome...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that community benefit funds provide adequate compensation to communities affected by nationally significant infrastructure projects.
Answer: It is the Government’s priority to build support for developments by ensuring communities directly benefit, as per the commitment set out in the election manifesto. As such we are reviewing how to most effectively deliver community benefits for communitie...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordIncinerators: CambridgeshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of (a) current and (b) future planned incineration waste capacity is used in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Peterborough.
Answer: Local authorities consider their waste treatment capacity needs at local level via Waste Local Plans. The Government does not undertake assessments of the national proportion of waste management and treatment facilities at an individual authority level. B...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDental Services: CambridgeshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing mobile dental services in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Peterborough.
Answer: We are clear that Faster, simpler and fairer: our plan to recover and reform NHS dentistry, also known as the Dentistry Recovery Plan, published on 7 February 2024, did not go far enough to improve access for dentistry patients in the National Health Serv...
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: HomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2024 to Question 6842 on Veterans: Homelessness, how many homeless veterans will eligible for social housing following the exemption of vetera
Answer: The forthcoming changes to social housing allocations regulations will exempt all veterans from local connection and residency tests. Local councils will continue to design and operate allocations policies in a way that best meets the needs of local commu...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHawk Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the replacement will be for Hawk T1 aircraft in the Royal Air Force.
Answer: The planned out-of-service date for Hawk T1 aircraft remains 2030, and a decision on a replacement aircraft will not be taken until after the Strategic Defence Review is completed.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAir Force: Military BasesMinistry of DefenceTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the Royal Air Force has made on creating a first Net Zero airbase by 2025.
Answer: The Chief of the Air Staff remains committed to the pledge that all RAF estate will operate beyond estate-powering fossil fuels by 2050.
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFloods Resilience TaskforceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6809 on Flood Control: Huntingdon, what the responsibilities are of the Lead Local Flood Authority within the Floods Resilience Ta
Answer: The Taskforce will consider both near-term resilience and preparedness, and longer-term resilience and wider floods strategy, for all sources of flooding. Defra is working with Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government to engage Lead Local Floo...
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: HuntingdonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6809 on Flood Control: Huntingdon, which settlements are covered by the 12 Flood Liaison Action Groups.
Answer: There are 10 active and well-established flood action groups across the Huntingdon constituency. These are Alconbury, Alconbury Weston, Broughton, Buckden, Godmanchester, Houghton & Wyton, Kimbolton & Stonely, Offord (Cluny/D’Arcy), St Ives and Wi...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish an updated Veterans' Strategy.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring veterans are supported in health, housing, employment and other key areas. We are already taking action to strengthen support for our veterans, including delivering on our commitment to approve the Veterans ID card ...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOffice for Value for MoneyTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8950More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2024 to question 3891 on the Office for Value for Money, what progress the Office for Value for Money has made on (a) finalising a workplan and (b) appointing an independent Ch
Answer: The Office for Value for Money is in the process of appointing an independent Chair and developing its workplan. Further details will be made available in due course.
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChiefs of StaffMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on (a) appointing service chiefs for four years tenures and (b) reviewing the performance of service chiefs two years after their appointment.
Answer: Service Chiefs are appointed for three years. After 18 months in post, an extension of one additional year (to four years) may be considered, factoring in performance and succession planning requirements. The Chief of the Defence Staff, Chief of the Naval...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDefence Equipment & Support: Public AppointmentsMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on establishing a National Armaments Director.
Answer: We are in the process of finalising the job advert for the National Armaments Director role. The National Armaments Director recruitment is expected to launch imminently.
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordReservoirs: East of EnglandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 6855 on Water Supply: East of England, what the planned timetable is for (a) approving and (b) constructing the proposed two new r
Answer: The Secretary of State has allowed Anglian Water to finalise its Water Resources Management Plan, which includes proposals for two reservoirs, the Fens Reservoir and Lincolnshire Reservoir. Both meet the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project crite...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a zonal pricing mechanism via the review of electricity market arrangements.
Answer: Through the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements, we are exploring several ways to reduce energy bills by making more efficient use of the energy infrastructure we are building.The Government is continuing to assess the benefits and costs of zonal pr...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: VATTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8945More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Exchequer Secretary's oral contribution during the debate on VAT: Independent Schools of 8 October 2024, Official Report, column 171, if she will publish the Government's own analysis on the po
Answer: The government has carefully considered the impact these policies will have on pupils and their families across both the state and private sector, as well as the impact they will have on state and private schools. Following scrutiny by the independent Off...
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordArmy: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of British Army Training Unit Kenya in financial year 2023-24.
Answer: c.£27 million was directly attributed to The British Army Training Unit Kenya for the financial year 2023-24.
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: MauritiusForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Joint Statement by the UK and Mauritius, published on 3 October 2024, what the transformational infrastructure partnership covers; and how much funding
Answer: The Agreement between the UK and Mauritius on 3 October will, for the first time in 50 years, secure the important UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. The base plays a crucial role in regional and international security. It is not normal practice for the...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: MauritiusForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Joint Statement by the UK and Mauritius, published on 3 October 2024, what the (a) annual and (b) total projected cost is of the indexed annual payment.
Answer: The Agreement between the UK and Mauritius on 3 October will, for the first time in 50 years, secure the important UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. The base plays a crucial role in regional and international security. It is not normal practice for the...
Answered 10 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWater Supply: East of EnglandDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of water companies in the East of England imposing a moratorium on new mains water connections for non-domest
Answer: It is a water company’s duty to assess water available to meet demand and protect the environment. Water companies do this in their statutory water resources management plans every 5 years. Approximately £6 billion is planned for spending across England b...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the page entitled Asylum support on gov.uk, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the information under the heading Cash support on the number of people seeking a
Answer: The prevailing evidence indicates there is a diversity of factors that influence asylum seeker decision-making in seeking to travel in the UK. This government is focused on restoring order to the asylum system.
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordGangs: Social MediaHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring social media platforms to remove gang scoreboards of (a) knife crimes and (b) other assaults.
Answer: Under the Government’s Safer Streets Mission, we have committed to ambitious plans to halve knife crime in a decade. As part of this ambition, we are committed to going after the gangs who incite and commit violence on our streets.The use of social media ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBorder Security Command: Career DevelopmentHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what opportunities for career progression will be available to staff in Border Security Command.
Answer: The Border Security Command (BSC) has been launched and will sit as a new bespoke command led by Martin Hewitt and within the Home Office, working collaboratively with colleagues across the department and beyond. Staff will have the same opportunities for...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBorder Security Command: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Border Security Command will recruit staff directly.
Answer: The Border Security Command (BSC) has been launched and will sit as a new bespoke command led by Martin Hewitt and within the Home Office, working collaboratively with colleagues across the department and beyond. Staff will have the same opportunities for...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBorder Security CommandHome OfficeTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 6850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Border Security Command’s (a) target and (b) timeline is for reducing the number of people entering the country via small boat.
Answer: The Border Security Command is providing cross-system strategic leadership to tackle Organise Immigration Crime, and wider border security threats. The small boat crisis, fuelled by dangerous criminal smuggler gangs, is undermining our security, and is co...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
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