Written questions

Blake Stephenson

1,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the of the average customer response times at HM Revenue & Customs.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 10 Year Health Plan, how many GPs per neighbourhood will there be under the Neighbourhood Health Service.

14 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Deportation: France

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of newly arrived illegal migrants that will be deported to France in 2025/26.

14 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

National Housing Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the build-out guarantees that will be required to secure National Housing Bank funding.

14 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Wealth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department's definition of a millionaire includes (a) assets, (b) the outstanding value of pension pots and (c) income levels in the context of (i) winter fuel payments and (ii) other policies.

14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 7 of the NHS 10 Year Plan, if he will set out the circumstances in which integrated care board boundaries will differ from those of mayoralty authorities.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of student visa holders who progress to graduation.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Disadvantaged: Statistics

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will ask the Office for National Statistics to produce deprivation statistics at output area level.

13 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Apprentices

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are employed on Level 7 apprenticeships.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Undocumented Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department withholds state pension payments to people convicted of illegal working.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the likely mix of housing occupancy types for people attaining state pension age in each of the next five decades.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of public sector headcount on the financial sustainability of public sector pension schemes.

13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of staffing levels in local government on the financial sustainability of the Local Government Pension Scheme.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Migrant Workers: National Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department checks that National Insurance numbers associated with visa-holders cease being associated with tax payments at the expiry of work visas.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Migrant Workers: Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department undertakes checks on whether holders of work visas are paying (a) Income Tax and (b) National Insurance.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Migrants: Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the amount of (a) Income Tax and (b) National Insurance contributions paid by holders of dependent visas in the 2024-25 financial year.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Migrants: Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) proportion of dependent visa holders who are paying (i) Income Tax and (ii) National Insurance.

13 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Housing: Construction

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Government’s house building programme on the value of assets in the Public Sector Net Financial Liabilities.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Planning (Flooding) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Planning (Flooding) Bill on the risk of flooding in (a) England and (b) Wales.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line: Railway Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if stations on East West Rail will have step-free access.

10 Oct 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Local Government: Constituencies

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission of (a) distri