Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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PoliceHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 34 of the Government document entitled Plan for Change, published on 5 December 2024, what progress she has made on agreeing a single performance framework for policing.
Answer: Since 5 December 2024, when My Rt Hon Friend, the Prime Minister, announced the Government’s Plan for Change, we have been working closely with the sector to draw up a new Police Performance Framework to ensure standards are upheld across the country. We ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBorder Security CommandHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the Border Security Commander became responsible for (a) border security and (b) collection of illegal migration data.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave him on 14 February to Question 30693.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Police and Crime Performance Unit will be fully operational.
Answer: Since 5 December 2024, when My Rt Hon Friend, the Prime Minister, announced the Government’s Plan for Change, we have been working closely with the sector to draw up a new Police Performance Framework to ensure standards are upheld across the country. We ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PolicingHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made in establishing a new neighbourhood policing career pathway.
Answer: The Home Office have provided funding for the College of Policing to deliver a new training provision, the Neighbourhood Policing Pathway (NPP), which will deliver specialist training to all neighbourhood police officers and PCSOs in England and Wales.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylumHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the size of the asylum backlog was on (a) 5 July 2024 and (b) 1 May 2025.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of asylum claims awaiting an initial decision is published in table Asy_D03 of the Asylum claims awaiting a decision detailed dataset. Th...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) removal flights have been conducted (b) returnees were on each removal flight and (c) what was each removal flight’s destination since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Home Office routinely publishes data on returns and removals as part of its regular series of Immigration System Statistics, the latest edition of which is available here: Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBorder Security Command: StaffHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Security Command staff are (a) employed directly and (b) seconded from other Government (i) departments, (ii) agencies and (iii) public bodies.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave him on 14 February to Question 30693.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBorder Security CommandHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the Border Security Command to be fully operational.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave him on 14 February to Question 30693.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: HuntingdonDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 3,000 (a) new and (b) expanded school-based nurseries will be in Huntingdon constituency.
Answer: No schools in the Huntingdon constituency were awarded school-based nurseries capital funding in the first phase.In the Spending Review 2025, we announced almost £370 million of further funding to create tens of thousands of places in new and expanded sch...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcareDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department will use to determine the location of the 3,000 (a) new and (b) expanded school-based nurseries.
Answer: Phase one of the School-Based Nurseries Capital Grant 2024/25 was open to all state-funded primary-phase schools across England.The criteria used to determine the location of the new and expanded school-based nurseries included local demand for nursery pl...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNurseries: SchoolsDepartment for EducationTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on providing 3,000 (a) new and (b) expanded school-based nurseries.
Answer: In April 2025, the government announced the approval of 300 new school-based nurseries in the first round of funding. This initiative will create up to 6,000 new nursery places.The department is now working closely with the sector to design the next phase...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth Services: Waiting ListsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress he has made toward meeting the NHS standard that 92% of patients should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to start consultant-led treatment of non-urgent health condit
Answer: As of March 2025, performance against the 18-week standard was at 59.8%, a 2.6 percentage point improvement on March 2024 when it stood at 57.2%. The national referral to treatment waiting list is published monthly, and is available at the following link:...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for publishing the 10-Year Health Plan.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan to reform the National Health Service will make it fit for the future. It will describe a shared vision for the health and care system in 2035, drawing directly from the extensive engagement we have undertaken with the public, pati...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWinter Fuel PaymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister of 21 May 2025, Official Report, column 1018, on changes to eligibility for the winter fuel allowance, when she expects the Office for Budge
Answer: The Government wants to expand eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments, recognising the goals of supporting these pensioners, meeting need and of sustainable public finances. Any change will be announced to Parliament in the normal way.
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial IntelligenceDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to p.22 of the Plan for Change, CP 1210, published on 5 December 2024, what progress he has made on capturing the benefits of the fourth industrial revolution through the
Answer: AI offers the most powerful lever we have for national renewal; it underpins the Government’s plan to drive economic growth, transform public services, and boost living standards for working people across the country.The Government has welcomed the Action...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTechnologyDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to p.20 of the Plan for Change, CP 1210, published on 5 December 2024, what steps he is taking to support the diffusion of technologies.
Answer: The Chancellor, Business Secretary and I asked the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and National Technology Adviser to carry out a Review of the barriers to the adoption of transformative digital technologies. The Review has almost concluded, and the f...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTyphoon Aircraft: RadarMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of upgrading the radar on the FGR4 Typhoon.
Answer: Delivery of enhanced Radar capability to Typhoon by the end of the decade will provide a significant enhancement in capability for the RAF, will sustain around 1300 high quality engineering jobs over the next ten years across the UK and will retain many o...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAirTanker: ContractsMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Air Tanker refuelling contract is due to (a) be eligible for renegotiation and (b) expire.
Answer: The Voyager Concession Contract is due to expire in March 2035. There is no specific date at which the contract is eligible for renegotiation. Amendments can occur at any point throughout the life of the contract subject to agreement by all parties.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordA400M Aircraft: In-flight RefuellingMinistry of DefenceTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of air-to-air refuelling from the RAF A400 fleet.
Answer: Current UK air-to-air refuelling requirements are met by the Voyager fleet. Following the Strategic Defence Review, a range of options to meet future air-to-air refuelling requirements will be considered.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealth and Safety: CambridgeshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Control of Major Accident Hazard sites are there within Cambridgeshire; and in which year was each designated as such.
Answer: The following 8 Control of Major Accident Hazard (COMAH) sites lie within the local authority area Cambridgeshire County Council. COMAH sites are split into either the 'Upper Tier' or 'Lower Tier' COMAH regime, which is dependent on the quantities of mate...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FloodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending a statutory duty on flood response to the Fire and Rescue Service.
Answer: Protecting communities from flooding is a key priority for this government. In Autumn 2024, as the minister previously responsible for fire, the Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson asked officials to undertake further work alongside Defra and other relevant partner...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLand: CambridgeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what area of land is defined as Greater Cambridge.
Answer: Greater Cambridge is comprised of the city of Cambridge and the surrounding South Cambridgeshire District Council.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPoliceHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that exposure to traumatic events by police offices are recorded; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that police officers are counselled af
Answer: The Government has been clear that the health and wellbeing of our police is a top priority and that those who have faced traumatic incidents in the line of duty should receive the support they need to recover and continue serving. We continue to fund the...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: SuicideHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) current but not medically downgraded, (b) current and medically downgraded and (c) former police officers who have committed suicide in Engla
Answer: This Government has been clear that the health and wellbeing of our police workforce is a priority and we are committed to making improvements in wellbeing support through the Police Covenant.We continue to fund the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Post-traumatic Stress DisorderHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) current but not medically downgraded, (b) current and medically downgraded and (c) former police officers who have been diagnosed with PTSD i
Answer: This Government has been clear that the health and wellbeing of our police workforce is a priority and we are committed to making improvements in wellbeing support through the Police Covenant.We continue to fund the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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