Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Human Trafficking: Guinea-BissauHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Home Office has conducted any investigation into child-trafficking between Guinea-Bissau and the UK since 2010.
Answer: The Home Office has a network of policy and operational officers posted across West Africa to engage host countries on home affairs issues, including child trafficking, and provide cooperation on investigations where necessary.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Hotels and Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government spent on housing asylum seekers in (a) hotels and (b) other forms of temporary accommodation on (i) 3 July 2024 and (ii) 24 March 2025.
Answer: Information on asylum expenditure is published on gov.uk in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: CompensationMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to the public purse was of personal injury compensation payments in each year from 2014-15 to 2023-24 broken down by (a) type of injury, (b) arm/service, (c) gender, (d) number of claimants, (
Answer: The tables below show the total amounts paid out under the War Pensions Scheme (WPS) and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) by financial year. Providing the further breakdowns would require information from three different data systems to be combined...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMOD Ashchurch: VehiclesMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38727 on MOD Ashchurch: Vehicles, if he will list all vehicles held at MOD Ashchurch including their readiness state by (a) type of vehicle and (b) timescale to
Answer: The Ministry of Defence does not routinely disclose a breakdown of the location of equipment capabilities, and the operational readiness of our fleets, in the interests of safeguarding security and operational effectiveness.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: TrainingMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the earliest date is for when a new fast-jet trainer will be brought into service by the Royal Air Force.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 3 December 2024 to Question 15292.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: IndustryMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38195 on NATO: Industry, what his Department's planned timetable is for delivering the new 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. The Statement of Intent outlined that the new Defence Industrial Strategy will be pub...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGP Practice ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37767 on GP Practice Lists, what weighting does the Carr-Hill Formula give to patient deprivation.
Answer: The Carr-Hill formula does not include a weighting for patient deprivation. Amongst the range of factors included in the formula, the proportion of the population with a limiting long-term illness (LLTI) and the standardised mortality ratio (SMR) for thos...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Practitioners: RecruitmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 38428 on General Practitioners, how many full-time equivalent (a) doctors in general practice and (b) other clinical staff have been recruited si
Answer: Between 31 July 2024 and 28 February 2025, the latest period for which data is available, there were 586 more fully qualified full time equivalent (FTE) general practitioners (GPs), and nine fewer FTE nurses. Between 30 September 2024 and 31 December 2024...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Trafficking: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of child trafficking by (a) nationality and (b) arresting police force in each year since 2010.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for a wide range of offences, including human trafficking up to and including June 2024 in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page h...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Protective ClothingMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38440 on Armed Forces: Protective Clothing, which of those are included within the tactical hearing protection system.
Answer: The Tactical Hearing Protection System includes the following equipment sets:Surefire EP4ComTac XP/XPIInvisio S10/X5
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNATO: IndustryMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to meet the NATO industrial capacity expansion pledge.
Answer: The UK strongly supports the NATO Industrial Capacity Expansion Pledge, which commits Allies to strengthening transatlantic defence industrial cooperation, and accelerating the growth of our defence industry. The Ministry of Defence is taking steps to mee...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Protective ClothingMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the definition is of a (a) basic and (b) specialist user in the context of the tactical hearing protection system.
Answer: The Tactical Hearing Protection System programme defines the Basic User (BU) requirement as those British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marine and Royal Air Force personnel who need hearing protection for the full range of military tasks, including basic weapon...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Credit: Winter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Oral Statement of 29 July 2024 on Public Spending: Inheritance, Official Report, columns 1033-1040, how many Pension Credit claims have been awarded s
Answer: On 27 February 2025 we published Pension Credit applications and award statistics. This publication provides application and award volumes up to 23 February 2025. Pension Credit Applications and Awards - February 2025.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMauritius: Marine Protected AreasForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37768 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Fisheries, what estimate he has made of the level of financial assistance that wi
Answer: Further engagement on the details of the Marine Protected Area will take place as part of the implementation of the Agreement post-signature.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS medical staff were struck off for clinical negligence in each year between 2019 and 2024.
Answer: The Department does not hold this information. If there is a concern that a regulated healthcare professional has been clinically negligent, we would expect them to be referred to their regulator. All healthcare professional regulators have a statutory du...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37760 on Solar Power, how many new solar installations excluding those below 50kW have been consented since 2008; and what capacity each on
Answer: The Government does not hold the precise data requested. However, relevant information is available in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), which provides details of individual solar projects that have received planning consent, including the ca...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38728 on Solar Power: Infrastructure, what the average size was of consented nationally significant infrastructure projects (a) between 4 J
Answer: The average size of consented nationally significant infrastructure projects (A) between 4 July 2008 and 2024 was:963.71 acres The average size of consented nationally significant infrastructure projects (B) since 4 July 2024 was:2116.62 acres The average...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSolar PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the capacity for solar energy generation is; and what his target capacity is in each year between 2025 and 2030.
Answer: As at Q3 2024, solar generation capacity stood at 17.4GW. The Clean Power Action Plan set out an ambition for a rapid increase in solar deployment to 45-47GW by 2030, with scope to exceed 47GW, subject to system need, noting the potential of rooftop solar...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Foreign NationalsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of foreign nationals from (a) Guinea-Bissau and (b) Portugal that have been convicted in the UK since 2010.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice is unable to provide data on how many Bissau-Guinean nationals and Portuguese nationals have been convicted at court. This is because it is not possible to identify an offender's nationality from the centrally collated convictions ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMetals: SalesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with representatives from the metals sector on the trade of scrap metal.
Answer: I have held discussions with representatives of the metals sector on the trade of scrap metal at a steel strategy roundtable on the 25 March 2025 and at the Steel Council meeting on 30 January 2025. The British Metals Recycling Association is a member of ...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 38437 on NHS: Negligence, what the tariff system used to determine payments for medical negligence by NHS Resolution is.
Answer: NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England. There is no singular tariff system that is used to calculate compensation awards. The legal principle in English law is that the harmed indi...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37371 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, whether he has considered taking steps to start procuring the F-35A variant in future tranches.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave him on 20 March 2025 to Question 37763.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Protective ClothingMinistry of DefenceTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37774 on Armed Forces: Protective Clothing and his Answer of 11 March to Question 36209 on Armed Forces: Protective Clothing what level of protection is provide
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave him on 11 March 2025, to Question 36209, and on 20 March 2025, to Question 37772.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the new homes her Department has committed to delivering over the course of this Parliament have been (a) planned, (b) started and (c) completed.
Answer: The government publishes quarterly data on planning applications and housing starts and completions.The latest data on planning application statistics can be found on gov.uk here.Data on housing starts and completions can be found on gov.uk here. The main...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: NegligenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March to Question 35836 on NHS: Negligence, how many patient (a) deaths and (b) life-changing injuries resulted from those instances of clinical negligence in each year
Answer: NHS Resolution (NHSR) manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England. A table showing the number of clinical negligence claims where payments have been made between the financial years 2019/20 and 2023/24, wher...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
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