Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Bitcoin: ReservesTreasuryTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50963More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) impact on the economy of using unclaimed digital assets to establish a bitcoin reserve fund.
Answer: HM Treasury currently has no plans to establish a bitcoin reserve fund. The UK’s official reserves comprise foreign currency assets (cash, bonds and notes), gold assets and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDR), which are held in ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50962More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress she has made in implementing a new business rates regime.
Answer: Autumn Budget the Government announced an intention to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000 from 2026-27.This tax cut must be sustainably funded, and so we intend ...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the 41% tariffs imposed by the United States on the Falkland Islands were discussed as part of the negotiations for the US-UK trade deal announced on 8 May 2025.
Answer: We have concluded a landmark economic deal with the United States, making the UK the first country to get an agreement with President Trump. We are continuing talks on the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal. In this agreement, as in all international agreemen...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Surgeries: HuntingdonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled GP surgery refurbs to enable over 8 million more appointments, published on 6 May 2025, which GP surgeries will receive funding to (a) expand their prem
Answer: On 6 May 2025, the Government announced which primary care schemes are in line to receive funding from the £102 million Primary Care Utilisation and Modernisation Fund, in order to deliver upgrades this financial year to more than a thousand general pract...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Park EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, at what stage the nationally significant infrastructure project application for the East Park Energy Solar Park from Brockwell Storage and Solar is at.
Answer: The East Park Energy project is currently at the pre-application stage and is expected to be submitted to the Planning Inspectorate by September 2025: https://national-infrastructure-consenting.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/EN010141 Brockwell Stora...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the total acreage of land is within active applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects that are solar farms.
Answer: This information can be found on the Planning Inspectorate website.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: RiflesMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the (a) Land Industrial Strategy and (b) the manufacturing industry on Project Grayburn.
Answer: I refer the hon. Members to the answer I gave on 28 April 2025 to Question 45196. In alignment with the Land Industrial Strategy, recent analysis focussed on job creation in the UK manufacturing sector, project costs and the procurement thresholds necessa...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMortality Rates: HuntingdonCabinet OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50956More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46095 on Mortality Rates: Huntingdon, whether the Office for National Statistics plans to repeat the special exercise to calculate the standardised mortality r
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 7th May is attached.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: PayDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46097 on General Practitioners: Pay, when the New Earnings Survey was replaced by the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
Answer: The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) replaced the New Earnings Survey (NES) in 2004. A number of methodological improvements were introduced in the ASHE to address weaknesses of the NES’ design.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Practice Lists: HuntingdonDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48627 on GP Practice Lists: Huntingdon, what proportion of patients registered at each surgery are (a) adults and (b) children.
Answer: The following table shows the proportion of adults and children registered at each general practice in the Huntingdon constituency:Practice codePractice nameAdultsChildrenD81004Alconbury Surgery89%11%D81010Priory Fields Surgery90%10%D81027Wellside Surgery...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: CouncillorsMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what provisions his Department makes for serving personnel who are Parish Councillors in order to retain their Parish Council seat in the event that they are deployed for a period greater than six months.
Answer: Section 85 of the Local Government Act 1972 lays out the rules for extended absences greater than six months. It gives provision for individuals to seek approval for absences greater than six months, which would allow them to retain their seat. Under the ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a home-buying scheme for (a) serving armed forces personnel and (b) veterans as part of the Defence Housing Strategy.
Answer: The Defence Housing Strategy, planned for publication later this year, will set out a roadmap to deliver a generational renewal of military accommodation, where the main objective is to raise the minimum standard of Armed Forces housing. It will also turb...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity First RespondersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of community first responders within the ambulance service.
Answer: The Government recognises the important contribution of Community First Responder (CFR) volunteers who generously donate their time to support ambulance services and patients across the country.CFRs are recruited and trained directly by ambulance trusts. ...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHinchingbrooke Hospital: RoadsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on resolving the land ownership on the site of the proposed new access road to Hinchingbrooke Hospital from Views Common.
Answer: The North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is in ongoing discussions with the Cambridgeshire Constabulary over the acquisition of land for a new access road to the Hinchingbrooke Hospital site. The New Hospital Programme team are engaging with the trust a...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy Cadet Force: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46157 on Army Cadet Force: Training, when that review will take place.
Answer: We are reviewing how we can increase both the size and the offer of the Cadet Forces and have been engaging widely to consider how best to deliver these aims. We want more young people to be able to become Cadets given the fantastic benefits which can be ...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWarrior Vehicles: DecommissioningMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 44696 on Warrior Vehicles: Decommissioning, whether any Warrior Vehicles will be held in dry storage at MOD Ashchurch.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 30 April 2025, to Question 44696, which explained that the plans for Warrior beyond its Out of Service Date are yet to be formally agreed.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network, published on 5 May 2025, whether Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees will be invo
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 May 2025 to Questions 50185, 50186, 50187, 50189, 50190, 50191 to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr Cartlidge) and Question 50424 to the hon. Member for Spelthorne (Mr Jopp).
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network, published on 5 May 2025, what (a) rank and (b) grade the Regional Field Officers will b
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 May 2025 to Questions 50185, 50186, 50187, 50189, 50190, 50191 to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr Cartlidge) and Question 50424 to the hon. Member for Spelthorne (Mr Jopp).
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of veterans to benefit from new UK-wide support network, published on 5 May 2025, how many support centres are planned; and what their locations
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 May 2025 to Questions 50185, 50186, 50187, 50189, 50190, 50191 to the hon. Member for South Suffolk (Mr Cartlidge) and Question 50424 to the hon. Member for Spelthorne (Mr Jopp).
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearmsMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46202 on Firearms, for what reason the L7A2 general purpose machine gun is being withdrawn from service in 2035.
Answer: On current plans, the Out of Service Date (OSD) for the L7A2 General Purpose Machine Gun (GMPG) is 2035. An OSD enables future planning, however, it is ultimately a guideline which can be subject to change. The British Army continually assesses its curren...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46114 on Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: Finance, what the projected decrease in the annual funding is in the next five years.
Answer: Funding arrangements for the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme in future financial years will be confirmed following the current Spending Review.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Energy: PayDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48217 on Great British Energy: Staff, from which budget Great British Energy (a) staff and (b) non-executive directors are remunerated; and wh
Answer: Great British Energy (GBE) was allocated £11.1 million for 2024/25, and £25 million in 2025/26 for set up costs. Salaries are paid from these budgets which are managed by DESNZ whilst GBE is being established. DESNZ senior and junior roles and salaries ar...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Energy: StaffDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48217 on Great British Energy: Staff, whether the employees listed were the only employees of Great British Energy as of 20 April 2025.
Answer: To ensure Great British Energy can begin delivering quickly once the parliamentary process has been completed, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has taken steps to assign resource including the appointment of Juergen Maier to the rol...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPinnacle Service Families: ComplaintsMinistry of DefenceTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many complaints have been made by (a) service personnel and (b) families about Pinnacle’s housing provision since the start of their contract.
Answer: Since April 2022 (the In-Service Date of the Future Defence Infrastructure Services Accommodation contracts) 2,598 (approximately 9%) of all complaints received have been about Pinnacle. Pinnacle provide housing services for Service families, therefore no...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 47898 on Armed Forces: Housing, when the new taskforce will be created.
Answer: The new taskforce to accelerate development on surplus Ministry of Defence (MOD) land, between the MOD, HM Treasury and the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government was created and announced on 27 March 2025.
Answered 12 May 2025
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