Ben Obese-Jecty

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Norway: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 74 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made on negotiating a new defence agreement with Norway.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Poland: Type 31 Frigates

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of when the export of Type 31 Arrowhead frigates to Poland will be completed.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) financial, (b) manpower and (c) other material contributions the UK has made to foreign comparative testing with the US in the last 12 months.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) financial, (b) manpower and (c) other material contributions the UK has made to US coalition warfare projects in the last 12 months.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Secondment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 71 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made on developing a two-way secondment programme.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 71 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to help tackle barriers to education for people within h

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 71 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made on reviewing (a) standards, (b) qualifications and (c) in-house training.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 71 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what civilian (a) qualifications and (b) standards are in scope to be adopted.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 71 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made on developing a virtual training environment that is integrated into his Department's com

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 71 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made on reforming (a) training and (b) education policy.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 71 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made on establishing a career education pathway.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Owner Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 71 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made on exploring options to support home ownership by service personnel.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made on gathering recommendations for independent oversight of his plan to tackle (a) structur

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what his planned timetable is for making these day-to-day processes easier.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what the top ten people policies are that will be rewritten by May 2026.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Adjutant General's Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of moving regular personnel from administrative to front-line roles on

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Automation

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made on automating (a) human resources, (b) finance and (c) commercial functions.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what progress he has made in moving regular personnel from administrative into front-line roles.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 70 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what steps he plans to take to reduce civil service costs by at least 10% by 2030.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 58 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what progress he has made in establishing service-agnostic capability portfolios.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

RAF Wyton: Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 53 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what technology has been identified for the regional cluster at RAF Wyton.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence Growth Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 53 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, how many meetings of the Defence Growth Board he has chaired in 2025.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 48 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made in establishing a digital warfighter group.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 47 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made on developing the secret cloud.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 47 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, published on 8 July 2025, what recent progress he has made on implementing the core digital platform for the warfighter.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, from which date the Integrated Force Model will be fully operational.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential capability of the proposed Lockheed Martin F-55.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date did the UK sign the deal with Lockheed-Martin to procure 12 F-35A Lightning II jets.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

F-35 Aircraft: Radar

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of changing the UK’s F-35B Lightning II force to use the AN/APG-85 radar.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Baltic Sea and North Atlantic Ocean

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which areas are covered by Operations (a) Atlantic Bastion and (b) Baltic Sentry.