Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions 2025
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Cabinet Office: ICTCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79592More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the Falcon programme using Integrated Corporate Services on costs to the public purse of that programme.
Answer: The Falcon Programme is facilitating the Cabinet Office's transition from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. The initial strategy, commenced under the previous administration, involved the Cabinet Office developing a bespoke IT system for this migration. ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ICTCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79591More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress he has made on implementing the Falcon programme.
Answer: The Falcon Programme is facilitating the Cabinet Office's transition from Google Workspace to Microsoft 365. Falcon has completed the design and build of the platform working with Microsoft and the Integrated Corporate Services, and is now progressing int...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79590More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what the projects are that have been removed from the Government Major Products
Answer: The projects which have been removed from the Government Major Projects Portfolio since the 2023-24 financial year are included in the 2023-24 IPA Annual Report, and the 2024-25 NISTA Annual Report.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79589More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what the projects are that have been added to the Government Major Products Port
Answer: The projects which have joined the Government Major Projects Portfolio since the 2023-24 financial year are included in the 2023-24 IPA Annual Report, and the 2024-25 NISTA Annual Report.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFlood Control: HuntingdonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any flood defence infrastructure projects in Huntingdon constituency would be eligible for upgrades through the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Programme.
Answer: This Government is investing more than £10.5 billion by the end of 2036 to protect the country against the threat of flooding and coastal erosion. Projects from the Huntingdon constituency and all constituencies across the country will be able to benefit ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: HuntingdonDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) tree-planting and (b) woodland creation projects have been undertaken through the Nature for Climate Fund Programme in Huntingdon constituency since the establishment of that
Answer: The Forestry Commission publishes statistics on new planting of woodland, and trees outside woodland, in England. These can be found in the Forestry Commission Key Performance Indicators. These statistics are reported annually for each financial year in h...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will list the local authorities his Department is working with in Cambridgeshire to deliver the NO2 Programme.
Answer: The Government is supporting 64 local authorities through the NO2 programme specifically to develop and implement measures to address their Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) exceedances in the shortest possible time. No local authorities in Cambridgeshire were ident...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLivestock: InformationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has he made in delivering the Livestock Information Transformation Programme.
Answer: Defra's Livestock Information Transformation Programme (LITP) is delivering significant progress towards modernising England's livestock traceability systems. LITP will enable faster response to animal disease outbreaks, provide data to help improve anima...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made in delivering the Collections and Packaging Reforms programme.
Answer: The Government has passed or is on track to pass all the necessary legislation to deliver the Collection and Packaging Reforms Programme, and making strong progress on achieving our target of 65% recycling by 2035 in England, after a decade of stagnating ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes Plan: HuntingdonDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many of the Warm Homes: Local Grant programmes will be delivered in Huntingdon constituency.
Answer: The Government does not hold data on Warm Homes: Local Grant delivery at the constituency level, as funding is awarded to local authorities and local authority consortia. Huntingdonshire is a member of the Cambridge consortium, which includes Cambridge, E...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: North SeaDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79582More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of current North Sea (a) oil and (b) gas fields that cease production by 2030.
Answer: The North Sea Transition Authority publishes this data at UKCS Decommissioning Cost and Performance Update 2025
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79581More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential need for additional financial support to local authorities to offset revenue losses during the equalisation process of Council Tax r
Answer: Council tax is managed by local authorities, who decide what level of council tax they wish to set. There is an established system for the locally-led harmonisation of council tax levels across the restructured local authority area, no later than the star...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Low IncomesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential financial impact of Council Tax equalisation following local government reorganisation on low-income households.
Answer: Council tax is managed by local authorities, who decide what level of council tax they wish to set. There is an established system for the locally-led harmonisation of council tax levels across the area of a restructured local authority area. The governme...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has issued guidance on the length of time over which Council Tax equalisation can take place.
Answer: The government set out the process for council tax equalisation in The Local Government (Structural Changes) (Finance) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/3022). These regulations set out equalisation must be completed no later than the beginning of the eighth fina...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out the transitional arrangements prior to equalisation of differences in Council Tax rates across merging local authorities.
Answer: Council tax is managed by local authorities, who decide what level of council tax they wish to set. The Government sets referendum principles each year and any authority which sets a council tax increase above the principles must have it approved by voter...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Council Tax harmonisation on households following local government reorganisation.
Answer: Council tax is managed by local authorities, who decide what level of council tax they wish to set. There is an established system for the locally-led harmonisation of council tax levels across the area of a restructured local authority area. The governme...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Social Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people granted asylum who now reside in social housing since 5 July 2024.
Answer: My Department does not hold data on the number of people granted asylum who now reside in social housing since 5 July 2024.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ProcurementTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79575More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) projects and (b) programmes have been added to the Government Major Projects Portfolio since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Projects and programmes joining after 5th July 2024 and before end of March 2025 are included in the annual report 24/25. Any projects and programmes joining after March 2025 will be published in Summer 2026 in the annual report 25/26.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Greater ManchesterCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79574More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Manchester Digital Campus project on national security.
Answer: The Government Property Agency is working with the Cabinet Office to progress a business case for the Manchester Digital Campus (“MDC”). Subject to final approval MDC will form a central component of this Government’s Digital, AI and Innovation Campus in ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS England: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the abolition of NHS England on the Integrated Single Financial Environment programme.
Answer: As would be expected with such significant reform, we have been carefully assessing the impact of the organisational change across the range existing systems and processes that includes the continued use of systems such as the Integrated Single Financial ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordScreening: Digital TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made in delivering the NHS Digital Transformation of Screening programme.
Answer: The Digital Transformation of Screening programme is leading an ambitious, end-to-end transformation of screening services, rolling out in a test and learn way. New digital services will support screening participants to manage their screening appointment...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Timms review on the Health Transformation Programme.
Answer: The Health Transformation Programme is transforming the entire Personal Independence Payment (PIP) service to improve customer experience and efficiency, build trust in our decisions and support people to enter or remain in work. The Programme is working ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: Alconbury WealdDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of a new station at Alconbury Weald as part of the East Coast Mainline Programme.
Answer: Following the conclusion of the Spending Review, I can confirm that there are no current plans to construct a new East Coast Main Line (ECML) station at Alconbury Weald. The Department recognises the importance of the ECML and is working with Network Rail...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordProbation: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, what progress he has made in piloting AI (a) transcription and (b) summarisation tools in probation
Answer: The Ministry of Justice is piloting AI transcription and summarisation tools in probation services across Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Wales to reduce administrative burdens and free up frontline staff time for direct engagement and case management. Early use...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCourts: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled AI action plan for justice, published on 31 July 2025, what his Department's projected completion date is for the roll out of Microsoft 365 Copilot to lead
Answer: The Judicial Office, an office of the Ministry of Justice that supports the judiciary carry out its duties, purchased 300 Copilot 365 licences for leadership judges in July 2025. Leadership judges include: the Lady Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls, Head...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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