Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Agriculture: Domestic VisitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many agri-tech businesses the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs has visited since his appointment.
Answer: Since July 2024, the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs has maintained a regular programme of visits and business engagement, including most recently meeting five agri-tech businesses showcasing their new technology solutions during a v...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: Domestic VisitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42383More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farms the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs visited in the period (a) before and (b) after the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: Ministers visit farms and other food production premises regularly and have met with farming stakeholders nearly every week since entering Government.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Spring Statement of 26 March 2025, Official Report, column 945, what steps she is taking to monitor the progress made in meeti
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 39650 on 25 March 2025.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: IndustryMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's timetable is for the publication of the Defence Industrial Strategy.
Answer: This Government is committed to bringing forward a Defence Industrial Strategy which ensures the imperatives of national security and a high-growth economy are aligned, to maximise the impact of our defence spending uplift with British based firms. The St...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 39649 on NHS: Negligence, how many maternity negligence payments have been made to an adult claimant who was the victim of medical negligence at
Answer: NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England. The following table shows the number of clinical negligence claims where the periodical payment orders (PPO) or settlement was equal or abov...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42332More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the percentage of Government spending was as a proportion of GDP on 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) last forecast for Total Managed Expenditure (TME) as a % of GDP ahead of 5 July 2024 is available in Table 2.3 (p29) of the Spring Budget 2024 document. However, the OBR subsequently published a review of the M...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic ExpenditureTreasuryTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42331More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the projected percentage of Government spending as a proportion of GDP at the end of this Parliament.
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) last forecast for Total Managed Expenditure (TME) as a % of GDP ahead of 5 July 2024 is available in Table 2.3 (p29) of the Spring Budget 2024 document. However, the OBR subsequently published a review of the M...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Qquestion 38429 on General Practitioners: Finance, from what year is the (a) GP expenses data, (b) patient data used to calculate the distance from the pa
Answer: Global sum payments to general practices (GPs) are based on the Carr-Hill formula. The staff market forces factor is based on earnings data from 1999 to 2001. For the rurality component, the GP expenses data is from 2000 to 2001. The patient data used to ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: FinanceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 38429 on General Practitioners: Finance, from what year is the earnings data used in the staff market forces factor element of the Carr-Hill form
Answer: Global sum payments to general practices are based on the Carr-Hill formula. The staff market forces factor is based on earnings data from 1999 to 2001.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of US tariffs on the UK car industry.
Answer: We're disappointed by the decision to impose global tariffs of 25% on auto imports and know this will be extremely concerning for our automotive sector. We will always support our automotive industry, and in the first instance we will continue to pursue a...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: CompensationMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 40755, for what reason the Total Compensation Payable under the AFCS increased.
Answer: The total expenditure under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) increased in 2023-24 due to the number of Guaranteed Income Payments (GIP) in payment increasing year on year and an increase in the number of awarded initial injury/illness claims in...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking: West AfricaHome OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings policy and operational officers from her Department in West Africa have had with countries in that region on child-trafficking; and which countries were involved.
Answer: Home Office International Operations (HOIO) in Nigeria hold Ad Hoc meetings with The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) to help combat the threat of human trafficking from West Africa.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking: West AfricaHome OfficeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 40928 on Human Trafficking: West Africa, in which West African countries her Department has (a) policy and (b) operational officers.
Answer: Home Office International Operations (HOIO) has UK based staff operating in Ghana and Nigeria. These teams work with host countries to support on combatting Serious Organised Crime.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 40749 on Human Trafficking: Children, what steps she is taking to improve the accuracy of recording the number of child victims of human trafficking.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes criminal court outcomes against offences as defined in legislation, including offences where the age of victims is recorded only if that is part of the specific offence wording.The Department does not capture or hold the ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 40749 Human Trafficking: Children, what steps she is taking to enable victim age to be recorded in the Court Proceedings Database.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes criminal court outcomes against offences as defined in legislation, including offences where the age of victims is recorded only if that is part of the specific offence wording.The Department does not capture or hold the ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Rules of Engagement British Forces would be under as part of Multinational Force Ukraine.
Answer: The UK is playing a leading role in accelerating work on security guarantees for Ukraine. Operational planning continues but it is long-standing Government policy not to comment on Rules of Engagement. The only person who would benefit from that is Putin.
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of the Armed Forces to contribute to the Multinational Force Ukraine.
Answer: Elements of UK Armed Forces remain ready to respond to all challenges including deployment to Ukraine in order to support a Coalition of the Willing.Discussions continue around military planning of air, sea and land forces that would be required to suppor...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: AmmunitionMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to replenish the artillery ammunition given to Ukraine.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continually manages and analyses its stocks of weapons and munitions against commitments and threats, while also reviewing industrial capacity and supply chains, both domestically and internationally. The MOD is also fully en...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 34360 on Defence Equipment: Procurement, what discussions he has had with his (a) Italian and (b) Japanese counterpart on the inclusion of the Aermacchi M-346 fa
Answer: The Royal Air Force continuously researches and assesses options for the sustainment, enhancement and development of hardware and systems to maintain competitive advantage within the flying training system. The Aermacchi M346 fast jet trainer is one of se...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the new Ofsted grading scale on in scope military training establishments.
Answer: Ofsted undertake two separate and distinct inspection regimes of Armed Forces’ training provision. The first is of the Armed Forces Apprenticeship Programmes which are inspected under the Education Inspection Framework. Any changes to Ofsted’s grading sca...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 39650 on Housing: Construction, whether the conversion of houses into houses in multiple occupation counts as an increase in t
Answer: The definition of a dwelling is published on gov.uk here under “Dwelling (Housing supply; net additional dwellings)”.The conversion of an existing residential property into a house of multiple occupancy does not count as a net additional dwelling in the o...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: LandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her oral contribution in the Second Reading of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on 24 March 2025, Official Report, column 659, what steps she is taking to p
Answer: The government places great importance upon our agricultural land and food production.We are maintaining the existing strong protection for the best and most versatile agricultural land.The National Planning Policy Framework sets out how the best and most...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Care Services: Employers' ContributionsDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of changes to (a) employer National Insurance contributions and (b) the minimum wage on the number of new apprentices in the hair sal
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Huntington to the answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39407.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: Renewable EnergyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41611More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has stipulated that hospitals in the New Hospital Programme include renewable power.
Answer: The New Hospital Programme will ensure that new facilities are designed to minimise their carbon footprint, to help achieve the National Health Service’s commitments to implement net zero by 2040 for the emissions it directly controls, and by 2045 for the...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the outcomes of his meeting with the Ukraine Defence Contact Group on 12 February 2025.
Answer: At the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG) co-chaired by the Defence Secretary, the UK is taking a leading role in ensuring coordination and coherence of international support to Ukraine. We saw almost 50 nations and partners standing together to support...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
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