Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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Honour Based Abuse: MenHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story entitled Honour-based abuse crackdown in raft of new measures, published on the 26 August 2025, how many of the 2,755 honour-based abuse related offences
Answer: 'Honour’-based abuse is a serious form of abuse that nobody should have to experience. This is why we are tackling it through our mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade.To prevent and respond effectively to forced marriage an...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHonour Based AbuseHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the news story entitled ‘Honour’-based abuse crackdown in raft of new measures, published on 26 August 2025, by when she plans to pilot a prevalence study into ‘honour’-based abuse.
Answer: 'Honour’-based abuse is a serious form of abuse that nobody should have to experience. This is why we are tackling it through our mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade.To prevent and respond effectively to forced marriage an...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in implementing the Asylum Transformation Programme.
Answer: The Asylum Transformation Programme is focused on improving the asylum journey by streamlining, simplifying and digitalising processes to speed up decision making and establishing an asylum accommodation system with the right capacity and optimum cost. Th...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFireworks: InjuriesAttorney GeneralTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92272More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025, to Question 88976 on Fireworks: Injuries, how many prosecutions have there been in each of the past five financial years for (a) deliberately and (b) negligently causing an injury w
Answer: Acting recklessly with or throwing fireworks can cause life-changing injuries. These actions can result in criminal prosecution and/or civil liability, depending on whether the injury was caused deliberately, recklessly or negligently.There are numerous o...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the assurances he gave during his opening speech at the Second Reading of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, that nobody who had taken part in paramilitary activity would be able to pa
Answer: Clause 8(3) of the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill sets out that appointments to the Victims and Survivors Advisory Group are made by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, following the consultation set out in Clause 9. The Government will not appoi...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHMS Albion and HMS BulwarkMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 139 of the Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25, how was the retirement of the Albion and Bulwark landing platforms calculated at a constructive loss of £428,459,000.
Answer: The decision to decommission both HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark was announced in November 2024. In the period from 2022 to 2024, a total of £72.1 million has been spent on refitting HMS Bulwark. Neither HMS Albion nor HMS Bulwark were due to go to sea ahead ...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: DrugsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has she made of the merits of providing intelligence support to US forces involved in Operation Southern Spear.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 3 November to Question 85121.
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when will he publish the most recent quarterly portfolio review of his Department’s projects within the Government major projects portfolio.
Answer: In line with other Departments, the Ministry of Defence discloses declassified programme performance information for most of our major programmes, alongside the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority (NISTA) Annual Report. The next N...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLebanon: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support has he provided to Lebanon in the development of its armed forces.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a wide range of support to Lebanon in the development of the Lebanese Armed Forces' capacity as the legitimate defender of Lebanon's sovereignty. This includes providing equipment, training on both maritim...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSaudi Arabia: Military AidMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the full scope of Operation CROSSWAYS.
Answer: The scope of Operation CROSSWAYS is to provide military support to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, primarily focused on training and tailored military advice to the Saudi armed forces. It also includes a phased deployment of air defence equipment to Saudi Arabia...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: HelicoptersMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what the status is of the New Medium Helicopter
Answer: Officials continue to consider the New Medium Helicopter business case as part of the Government’s approval process, with a decision to be made shortly as part of the upcoming Defence Investment Plan.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Holocaust Memorial and Learning CentreMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessmen
Answer: The UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre Programme was rated as Red following a High Court case in 2022 and the loss of planning consent. The Holocaust Memorial Bill, currently before Parliament, will address the statutory obstacle identified by the ...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBoeing E-7: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
Answer: Delivery Confidence Assessments reflect that moment in time and will change throughout a programme's lifecycle. An assessment of Red does not mean that the programme is undeliverable, but that there are management interventions required as a priority in o...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGuided Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91433More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
Answer: Delivery Confidence Assessments reflect that moment in time and will change throughout a programme's lifecycle. An assessment of Red does not mean that the programme is undeliverable, but that there are management interventions required as a priority in o...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMinesweepers: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91432More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
Answer: Delivery Confidence Assessments reflect that moment in time and will change throughout a programme's lifecycle. An assessment of Red does not mean that the programme is undeliverable, but that there are management interventions required as a priority in o...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSkynetMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91431More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
Answer: Delivery Confidence Assessments reflect that moment in time and will change throughout a programme's lifecycle. An assessment of Red does not mean that the programme is undeliverable, but that there are management interventions required as a priority in o...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordISTARMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
Answer: Delivery Confidence Assessments reflect that moment in time and will change throughout a programme's lifecycle. An assessment of Red does not mean that the programme is undeliverable, but that there are management interventions required as a priority in o...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91429More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
Answer: Delivery Confidence Assessments reflect that moment in time and will change throughout a programme's lifecycle. An assessment of Red does not mean that the programme is undeliverable, but that there are management interventions required as a priority in o...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordType 31 Frigates: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
Answer: Delivery Confidence Assessments reflect that moment in time and will change throughout a programme's lifecycle. An assessment of Red does not mean that the programme is undeliverable, but that there are management interventions required as a priority in o...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLE TacCIS ProgrammeMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
Answer: Delivery Confidence Assessments reflect that moment in time and will change throughout a programme's lifecycle. An assessment of Red does not mean that the programme is undeliverable, but that there are management interventions required as a priority in o...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Air Systems: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
Answer: Delivery Confidence Assessments reflect that moment in time and will change throughout a programme's lifecycle. An assessment of Red does not mean that the programme is undeliverable, but that there are management interventions required as a priority in o...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFuture Combat Air System: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the data tables accompanying the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority Annual Report 2024-25, published on 11 August 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential imp
Answer: Delivery Confidence Assessments reflect that moment in time and will change throughout a programme's lifecycle. An assessment of Red does not mean that the programme is undeliverable, but that there are management interventions required as a priority in o...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits and disadvantages of Local Government Reform Option D on Huntingdonshire.
Answer: Councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are due to submit their final proposals for unitary local councils by 28 November. We understand the importance of communities having their say and have been clear on the importance of councils engaging with loc...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the level of (a) positive and (b) negative public reaction in Huntingdonshire to the proposed options for Local Government Reform in Cambridgeshire
Answer: Councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough are due to submit their final proposals for unitary local councils by 28 November. We understand the importance of communities having their say and have been clear on the importance of councils engaging with loc...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordF-35 Aircraft: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of (a) suitably qualified and (b) experienced engineers to meet the operational workforce requirements of the Lightning programme.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to his previous Question 87989 on 18 November 2025:https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-04/87989I refer the hon. Member to page 15, paragraphs 15-17 of the Fifty First Rep...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
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