Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions 2025
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Guided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of procuring the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System.
Answer: The Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), has been considered as part of a suite of systems available for the AH-64E weapons load, providing the platform flexibility to engage a range of targets with a measured effect.The procurement for UK AH-64...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many a) FV432 and b) FV433 vehicles are currently in service with the British Army, broken down by variant.
Answer: There are zero FV432 or FV433 vehicles in service with the British Army. None of the FV430 series of vehicles remain in service. These were modified under an Urgent Operational Requirement for operations in Iraq and subsequently re-designated as ‘BULLDOG’...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordChallenger TanksMinistry of DefenceTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the planned deadline for commencing the manufacturing phase of Challenger 3.
Answer: Challenger 3 is currently undergoing demonstration phase trials to prove the performance of the tanks. Manufacturing will begin once the tank's performance is proven, rather than being tied to a specific deadline. The project team will review the timeline...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: CambridgeshireTreasuryTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98912More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Ministers in her Department will have a role in the decision on the chosen option for local government reorganisation in Cambridgeshire.
Answer: Decisions on local government reorganisation proposals are subject to collective agreement across government.
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: CambridgeshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she expects the repair work on (a) St Ives and (b) Brownshill staunches to be completed.
Answer: The Environment Agency (EA) remains committed to maintaining and repairing these assets and has secured funding for repairs to St Ives Sluice and Brownshill Staunch Sluice through to 31 March 2027. Subject to successful procurement and weather conditions,...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHinchingbrooke Hospital: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the current planned completion date for the rebuild of Hinchingbrooke Hospital as part of the New Hospital Programme.
Answer: Pursuant to my answer of 11 February 2025 to Question 29225, the expected completion date will be confirmed following the approval of a Full Business Case as set out in HM Treasury’s Green Book and as is usual for large infrastructure projects.Constructio...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHinchingbrooke Hospital: ConcreteDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the lifespan of the RAAC within Hinchingbrooke Hospital.
Answer: The safety of staff and patients at the seven predominantly reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) hospitals remains our utmost priority.An independent report, commissioned by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, ha...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Armaments Director GroupMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Industrial Strategy: Making Defence an Engine for Growth (CP 1388), page 85, what progress he has made in establishing a coordinating authority for market engagement within the Natio
Answer: We have taken the first steps to deliver the Defence Industrial Strategy commitment to strengthen early engagement with industry and integrate market insight into force and capability development. The Market Engagement Coordinating Authority has been init...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8th December 2025, to question 96358 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement, a) how much money was spent and b) what specific work was completed under Project RARDEN in each of the p
Answer: There has been no money spent or specific work carried out under Project Rarden in the last ten years.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, between what dates has the Ajax programme previously been paused and for what reasons.
Answer: Issues of noise and vibration were recognised in mid-2020, with a stop notice issued in June 2021. All dynamic movement and transition activity was halted whilst the programme underwent a significant reset. The Army resumed training on Ajax in 2023 and pa...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: NoiseMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what specific changes have been made by General Dynamics in the last five years to resolve issues related directly to noise and vibration identified with the Ajax programme prior to the declaration of Initial Ope
Answer: A significant and in-depth review of the platform was undertaken by a joint Authority and General Dynamics team in 2020 -2021 to confirm the causes of noise and vibration, identify solutions and validate them through extensive testing.The Ajax platforms w...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ajax-platform vehicles, broken down by variant, had been delivered to the British Army as of 1st December 2025.
Answer: 170 Ajax platforms have been delivered to Field Army Units up to and including 1 December 2025. The breakdown by variant is as follows: AJAX87ARES33ATHENA25ARGUS3APOLLO13ATLAS9
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAjax VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many statements of requirements have been made by (a) Defence Equipment & Support, (b) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and (c) the British Army on the Ajax programme since 2010.
Answer: The term ‘statements of requirements’ is not used by the Ajax programme and therefore it is not possible to answer the hon. Member’s question.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the full scope of the Royal Navy’s Atlantic Strike concept.
Answer: This Government remains firmly committed to the objectives set out in the Strategic Defence Review. The Royal Navy Warfighting Ready Plan 2029 provides an ambitious and strategic blueprint for how the Navy with strengthen and evolve its capabilities in li...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNavy: North Atlantic OceanMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the full scope of the Royal Navy’s Atlantic Shield concept.
Answer: This Government remains firmly committed to the objectives set out in the Strategic Defence Review. The Royal Navy Warfighting Ready Plan 2029 provides an ambitious and strategic blueprint for how the Navy with strengthen and evolve its capabilities in li...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Marine Systems: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has he made in delivering the cobalt autonomy stack for the Royal Navy.
Answer: Under Atlantic Bastion, announced in the Strategic Defence Review, the Royal Navy will be exploiting new technologies through a portfolio of crewed and uncrewed vehicles, sensors and nodes. The Cobalt Autonomy Stack acts as an autonomy and mission control...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Marine Systems: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the SG-1 Fathom will be brought into service.
Answer: Under Atlantic Bastion, announced in the Strategic Defence Review, the Royal Navy (RN) will be exploiting new technologies through a portfolio of crewed and uncrewed vehicles, sensors and nodes. Helsing, who make the SG-1 Fathom, conducted a technology de...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHelicopter Carriers: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the full scope of Project NYX.
Answer: Project NYX is a demonstrator to validate the concept of a Land Autonomous Collaborative Platform. Public information is available via the Defence Sourcing Portal, the Ministry of Defence’s tendering platform, and Find a Tender service. The competition fo...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: ReformHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the police reform white paper.
Answer: A Police Reform White Paper is being developed in partnership with policing. This is a comprehensive package of reform to policing in England and Wales that will strip out duplication and waste and ensure policing can keep up with the fast-changing nature...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98871More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the Government’s Digital ID scheme.
Answer: I refer the honourable Member to my answer to PQ93098.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: NoiseMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel have failed hearing assessments after operating as vehicle crew within (a) roles and( b) units equipped with an (i) Ajax and (ii) Ajax-platform vehicle.
Answer: It will take time to collate and review the information needed to answer the hon. Member's question. I will write to him shortly and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what element of Ajax Initial Operating Capability was declared by General Dynamics on 23 July 2025.
Answer: The Initial Operating Capability for the Ajax Programme was not declared by General Dynamics on 23 July 2025.
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAjax Vehicles: SafetyMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2025 to question 88991 on Ajax Vehicles: Noise, on what date he received written assurances that Ajax was safe to operate from the (a) Chief of the Defence Staff and (b) Natio
Answer: The safety of Service personnel remains the top priority for Defence. As previously confirmed, prior to Ajax Initial Operating Capability being announced, assurances were provided regarding the safety of the platform. I have commissioned a Ministerial rev...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArmoured Fighting VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what vehicles other than the Ajax platform within the Army’s armoured fleet can fulfil the armoured reconnaissance role; and at which formation level.
Answer: There are no other platforms within the Army’s armoured fleet which can fulfil the armoured reconnaissance role; Ajax has been specifically designed for this purpose.
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNorway: Military AlliancesMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under the Lunna House Agreement, by when does he plan to deliver innovative offshore support vessels, which will act as motherships for uncrewed mine hunting and undersea warfare systems.
Answer: The Lunna House announcement on 4 December 2025 highlighted the UK's intent, conveyed to the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Støre, to deliver the Offshore Support Vessel as the mothership for the Mine Hunting Capability programme. The delivery and in ser...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
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