Ben Obese-Jecty

Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to equip infantry battalions with the Ares armoured personnel carrier.

Police: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Written Statement of 19 November 2024 on Police Reform, HCWS232, what her definition of a community is.

Police: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on recruitment of (a) warranted police officers, (b) Police Community Support Officers and (c) Special Constables.

Police: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Written Statement of 19 November 2024 on Police Reform, HCWS232, how the increase in the core grant for police forces will

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he first discussed changes to (a) agricultural and (b) business property relief with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Global Combat Air Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on the procurement for the Royal Air Force's future fast-jet trainer for the Global Combat Air Programme.

Army

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the new operational establishment is for a heavy mechanised infantry battalion.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been allocated from his Department's budget to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for (a) 2023/24, (b) 2024/25 and (c) 2025/26.

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what definition of farm her Department used to estimate the number of farms affected by changes to agricultural property relief.

Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) enforced, (b) voluntary and (c) port returns have taken place each month since July 2024.