Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Armed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, how the Armed Forces Commissioner will be invol
Answer: We are committed to listening to our people and we are establishing an Armed Forces Commissioner to act as a strong, independent champion for personnel and their families to improve Service life. The role of the Commissioner and the process for the invest...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, what the budget is for implementing the robust
Answer: A new, simpler complaints process is currently being devised. This will shorten the process to two stages in line with industry best practice, so that Service personnel and families have quicker resolution. Final details of this will be set out in the Def...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48618More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, which organisation will be responsible for running the compl
Answer: A new, simpler complaints process is currently being devised. This will shorten the process to two stages in line with industry best practice, so that Service personnel and families have quicker resolution. Final details of this will be set out in the Def...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18th April 2025, when he plans to put the contract for the com
Answer: A new, simpler complaints process is currently being devised. This will shorten the process to two stages in line with industry best practice, so that Service personnel and families have quicker resolution. Final details of this will be set out in the Def...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, what steps he is taking to implement a robust comp
Answer: A new, simpler complaints process is currently being devised. This will shorten the process to two stages in line with industry best practice, so that Service personnel and families have quicker resolution. Final details of this will be set out in the Def...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48615More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, what budget has been allocated to the renovatio
Answer: The cost of renovating 1,000 of the worst homes is £50 million. Refurbishment work will commence at the beginning of summer 2025, with completion planned by the end of the year.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCambridgeshire Constabulary: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48614More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers Cambridgeshire Constabulary expects to recruit in (a) 2025-2026, (b) 2026-2027, (c) 2027-2028 and (d) 2028-2029.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring police forces are supported to effectively tackle crime. We are clear that visible policing is essential to restoring public confidence in the police. The 2025-26 final police funding settlement provides funding of ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCambridgeshire ConstabularyHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s publication entitled Cambridgeshire Constabulary, published on 9 April 2025, whether the figures apply only to year one of the four year neighbourhood policing grant
Answer: The figures published on Neighbourhood policing grant allocations and projections: 2025 to 2026 - GOV.UK relate to the first year of the neighbourhood policing programme only.This marks the first year towards increasing neighbourhood policing by 13,000 of...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Body ArmourMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what objectives the Personal Hard Armour Framework (PHA-F) seeks to deliver.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question 45048 on 28 April 2025.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published 18 April 2025, what steps he is taking to ensure that families receive more rel
Answer: A commitment to conduct urgent repairs and ensure issues are fixed and resolved first time and within a set timeline, has been set out in the Consumer Charter. Our repairs commitment will be consistent with legislation such as Awaab’s law. As set out in t...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who arrived illegally via small boat (a) before and (b) since 5 July 2024 are living in hotel accommodation.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish asylum support statistics broken down by method of arrival.However, data is published quarterly, on both the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, and the number of small boat arrivals, and...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitals: ConstructionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24th April 2025 to Question 46100 on Hospitals: Construction, how the construction order of hospitals impacted by Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete will be decided.
Answer: The New Hospital Programme (NHP) is working at pace to ensure that the seven schemes to replace hospitals constructed wholly or primarily from reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) will continue to be prioritised and rebuilt as quickly as possible...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: RecruitmentHome OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 46185 on Police: Recruitment, and with reference to the document entitled Transparency data: Cambridgeshire Constabulary, published on 9 April 2025,
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring police forces are supported to tackle crime effectively and protect the communities they serve. We have been clear with all forces that they are required to deliver sufficient recruitment to maintain officer numbers...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, how the satisfaction figures will be collated;
Answer: As one of the seven commitments announced in the new Consumer Charter, new customer satisfaction measures are being developed to enhance accountability, giving Service families the confidence in the improvements being made. Details of these satisfaction m...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, when the satisfaction figures will be published
Answer: As one of the seven commitments announced in the new Consumer Charter, new customer satisfaction measures are being developed to enhance accountability, giving Service families the confidence in the improvements being made. Details of these satisfaction m...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that the New Cons
Answer: All families should be confident they are moving into a home that is clean and functional and we will continue to invest in preparing homes so that they are ready for families to move into. As part of this, we are introducing a more robust move in process...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy Cadet ForceMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the size of the Army Cadet force.
Answer: The merits of the Army Cadet Force and the societal benefits of all Army cadets are well recognised, improving self-efficacy, enhancing ability to communicate, and strengthening physical and mental resilience leading to better employability prospects. Wor...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Energy: StaffDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many employees Great British Energy had on 1 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 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: English ChannelHome OfficeTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) daily and (b) weekly cost to the public purse was of accommodation for people who arrived illegally via small boat on 1 April 2025.
Answer: Information on asylum expenditure is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts at Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (opens in a new tab).
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, what the cost is for implementing the online portal for servi
Answer: More reliable repairs, including a new online portal for Service personnel to manage repairs, is one of the seven commitments announced in the new Consumer Charter. The new online portal is currently in development and will go through user testing before ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, which company will provide the online portal for service pers
Answer: More reliable repairs, including a new online portal for Service personnel to manage repairs, is one of the seven commitments announced in the new Consumer Charter. The new online portal is currently in development and will go through user testing before ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: HousingMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice entitled Homes fit for heroes: Raft of new measures to improve military family housing, published on 18 April 2025, when the online portal for service personnel to manage repair
Answer: More reliable repairs, including a new online portal for Service personnel to manage repairs, is one of the seven commitments announced in the new Consumer Charter. The new online portal is currently in development and will go through user testing before ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34056 on Fire and Rescue Services: Finance, how the Fair Funding Review will mean funding differs from the existing funding arr
Answer: The majority of funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement, including funding for Fire and Rescue Authorities, is distributed through the Settlement Funding Assessment (SFA). The SFA uses a range of formulas to determine relative need of areas whi...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34056 on Fire and Rescue Services: Finance, how the growth in population since the 2013 projected population size is accounted
Answer: The majority of funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement, including funding for Fire and Rescue Authorities, is distributed through the Settlement Funding Assessment (SFA). The SFA uses a range of formulas to determine relative need of areas whi...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34056 on Fire and Rescue Services: Finance, how population (a) density and (b) sparsity will be updated to use the most up to d
Answer: The majority of funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement, including funding for Fire and Rescue Authorities, is distributed through the Settlement Funding Assessment (SFA). The SFA uses a range of formulas to determine relative need of areas whi...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
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