Written questions by Obese-Jecty.

Which units are using FV433 Bulldog vehicles; and how many each unit has.

The FV430 Bulldog series is distributed to the units below in line with the Army’s fielding plan and Defence priorities. The Department does not release detailed information on unit equipment holdings below top-level figures. I am withholding the information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. Unit1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers1 Armoured Medical Regiment1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment1st Battalion The Royal Welsh1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery1 Signal Regiment12 Regiment Royal Artillery14 Regiment Royal Artillery15 Signal Regiment19 Regiment Royal Artillery2 Medical Regiment2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment21 Signal Regiment22 Engineer Regiment26 Engineer Regiment3rd (United Kingdom) Division Signal Regiment3 Armoured Close Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery32 Regiment Royal Artillery4 Armoured Close Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers5 Regiment Royal Artillery5th Battalion The Rifles6 Armoured Close Support Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical EngineersHousehold Cavalry RegimentThe King’s Royal HussarsThe Queen’s Royal HussarsThe Royal Dragoon GuardsThe Royal LancersThe Royal Tank RegimentStorage FleetsIndustryTraining FleetsOperationsTotal 750

How many FV433 Bulldog vehicles are in service.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 9 September 2025, to Question 74743, where it states the total number of FV433 Bulldog vehicles in service is 750.

Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 70001 on Voting Rights: Cambridgeshire, whether the Impact Assessment to be published alongside forthcoming legislation will be published before the introduction of new unitary authorities in Cambridgeshire.

An Impact Assessment will be published alongside forthcoming legislation in due course.

With reference to the UK's Modern Industrial Strategy, published in June 2025, what progress he has made in launching an alliance with the High Value Manufacturing Catapult.

The UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, published in June, announced the formation of an Alliance between the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVM Catapult) to leverage HVM Catapult’s cross sector experience and world-leading research and development facilities. The MOD and HVM Catapult, with Innovate UK as its sponsoring authority, are working collaboratively on the scope of the Alliance. This includes setting the vision and objectives, identifying opportunities for Defence within existing HVM Catapult programmes, developing a joint roadmap for delivery, and appointing a senior departmental sponsor to lead the work.

Pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 48996 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Decommissioning, what progress he has made on procuring a replacement for the Jackal 2 Reconnaissance Vehicle.

The Light Protected Mobility project, within the Land Mobility Programme, will determine the future Light Protected Mobility fleet. The project is in its Concept Phase, as such investment approval and procurement timelines are to be determined.

Pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 48996 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Decommissioning, what progress he has made on procuring replacement for the Viking Personnel Armoured Vehicle.

Currently there are no direct replacements planned for the Viking Personnel Armoured Vehicle.

What progress she has made on apprehending Kevin Thomas Parle.

Kevin Thomas Parle features on the NCA’s Most Wanted List. As this is a live investigation, it would be inappropriate to comment further.

Whether the Afghan Response Route was included within data published on the Afghan Resettlement Programme.

Data on arrivals through the Afghan Resettlement Programme is published in the quarterly Immigration System Statistics. The first arrivals under the Afghan Response Route (ARR) came to the UK in July 2024. Data on the ARR was previously included as a subset of the ARAP data in the publication. As of the August 2025 release, the publication has included a separate breakdown for ARR arrivals, in table Hum_01 of the ‘Safe and legal (humanitarian) routes summary tables’. The latest data relate to June 2025. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.

Pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 48996 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Decommissioning, what progress he has made on procuring a replacement for the Bulldog Armoured Personnel Carrier.

The Bulldog Armoured Personnel Carrier replacement is being considered as part of the Heavy Protected Mobility project, within the Land Mobility Programme. This project is currently in the Concept Phase and investment approval and procurement timelines are yet to be determined.

With reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, which energy infrastructure projects will receive quicker pre-application periods from the reduction in consultation requirements.

The Government is currently consulting on proposals to streamline the infrastructure planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.Our reforms aim to ensure the system is flexible, proportionate, and responsive to Government priorities and build on proposals in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill that could reduce the typical time spent in pre-application by up to 12 months. Subject to passage of the Bill this would apply to all projects seeking development consent under the Planning Act 2008.Once the consultation closes on 27 October 2025, the Government will carefully analyse all responses received to shape the final policy decisions and any legislative changes.

What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the use of military sites to house asylum seekers.

We are actively exploring all viable options so we can reduce reliance on hotels, including using modular buildings on industrial sites and ex-military sites, that deliver value for money and meet operational needs.We continue to work closely cross-government, with local authorities, and property partners to assess feasibility of options and accelerate delivery where possible, ensuring any development is safe, appropriate and compliant.Decisions on the use of alternative asylum accommodation sites will be made on a site-by-site basis, and we will continue to work closely with local authorities and in compliance with published policy.

How many instances of clinical negligence in which NHS Resolution paid damages there were in each clinical speciality in the (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 financial year.

NHS Resolution manages clinical negligence and other claims against the National Health Service in England.The attached tables show the number of clinical negligence claims where at least one payment has been incurred between 2023/24 and 2024/25, broken down by year and primary specialty. Payments cover damages, claimant costs, and defence costs, while low figures have been supressed to protect claimant identity.

By when does he plan to conclude the policy development phase of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements.

As part of the REMA Summer Update on the 10th of July 2025, we concluded the REMA policy development and published our decision to retain a single national, GB-wide, wholesale market pricing regime and introduce an ambitious package of reforms to improve the efficiency of our power system. We will not implement zonal pricing. We will set out how the reforms will be implemented in our Reformed National Pricing Delivery Plan later this year.

With reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what work Great British Energy has undertaken with (a) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, (b) Cambridgeshire County Council and (c) Huntingdonshire District Council on energy projects in Huntingdon constituency.

As announced in the Clean Energy Sector Plan of the Industrial Strategy, Great British Energy and Great British Nuclear will invest more than £8.3 billion over this Parliament in homegrown clean power. Specifically, as part of the £10 million Mayoral Renewables Fund announced by Great British Energy on 17 July 2025, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority was awarded £700,000 to deliver clean energy projects in their communities helping to lower energy bills. Additionally, the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Authority received a share of 6.8m to host the Greater South East Net Zero Hub, and a further share of £5 million through the Great British Energy Community Fund, which it can use to support projects in the Greater South East region, including in Huntingdon.

With reference to the Modern Industrial Strategy, what recent progress he has made in delivering the STEP prototype fusion power station in West Burton.

The STEP prototype fusion powerplant will be delivered by UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd. (UKIFS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), itself sponsored by DESNZ and fully owned by the UK Government. STEP will be delivered in several phases. The first has been completed producing the powerplant concept design, site selection (West Burton) and identifying the appropriate regulatory framework. Site characterisation is ongoing, and a live tender is underway to select industrial partners to work on the plant with UKIFS, and Fusion R&D Partner UKAEA.

Which military sites her Department has assessed for housing asylum seekers.

We are actively exploring all viable options so we can reduce reliance on hotels, including using modular buildings on industrial sites and ex-military sites, that deliver value for money and meet operational needs.We continue to work closely cross-government, with local authorities, and property partners to assess feasibility of options and accelerate delivery where possible, ensuring any development is safe, appropriate and compliant.Decisions on the use of alternative asylum accommodation sites will be made on a site-by-site basis, and we will continue to work closely with local authorities and in compliance with published policy.

With reference to her Department's announcement entitled Investment for Border Security Command to tackle people smuggling gangs of 3 August 2025, what the responsibilities of the 300 additional National Crime Agency officers will be.

The additional National Crime Agency officers will play a vital role in strengthening the NCA’s response to organised immigration crime (OIC).This uplift in resource reflects the Agency’s commitment to tackling the OIC threat with greater intensity than ever before.

With reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress he has made on strengthening connections to the EU energy market.

The Common Understanding between the European Commission and the United Kingdom, agreed at the UK-EU Summit on 19 May 2025, sets out the progress made on strengthening connections to the EU energy market. Both sides have committed to exploring the UK’s potential participation in the EU’s internal electricity market, including access to trading platforms across all timeframes. Discussions are ongoing to define the parameters of such an arrangement. The UK and European Commission also agreed to continue technical regulatory exchanges on new energy technologies such as hydrogen, carbon capture, utilisation and storage, and biomethane.

With reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, what progress he has made on tackling high industrial electricity costs.

Our modern Industrial Strategy will make British industrial electricity costs cheaper with unprecedented new support.The British Industry Supercharger reduces electricity costs for energy-intensive businesses by c.£24 – £32/MWh, fully exempting them from certain policy costs and offering 60% compensation for Network Costs through the Network Charging Compensation scheme. We have recently consulted on increasing the level of support available through the NCC scheme to 90% compensation, and the Government will respond shortly.The Government will also continue support for the Energy-Intensive Industries Compensation Scheme to support energy efficiency, decarbonisation, and technological innovation. The scheme offsets 75% of the indirect costs of carbon emissions from the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and the Carbon Price Support Mechanism.The British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme will be implemented from 2027, reducing electricity costs by approximately £35-40/MWh for eligible manufacturing businesses captured by the Industrial Strategy. A consultation on eligibility for the scheme is planned for later this year.

With reference to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025, when he plans to publish plans for (a) civil and (b) defence nuclear collaboration.

In the Industrial Strategy the Government has committed to further align our civil and defence nuclear capabilities. We plan to set out further details of our plans for future collaboration later this year.