Blake Stephenson

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of producing Sustainable Aviation Fuels on (a) UK energy security and (b) carbon emissions.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using black bin waste in (a) the production of sustainable aviation fuels and (b) the waste-to-energy process.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the use of sustainable aviation fuels on carbon emissions.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Technical Excellence Colleges: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Next generation of builders and carers set to rebuild Britain, published on 27 May 2025, whether Technical Excellence Colleges will be able to provide L

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes to funding for Level 7 apprenticeships on learners aged 22 and above.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release published on 22 May 2025 entitled Teachers to benefit from pay boost, if she will make an estimate of the change in the (a) employers’ National Insurance and (b)

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release published on 22 May 2025 entitled Teachers to benefit from pay boost, what guidance she has issued to schools on steps to make savings through increased producti

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release published on 22 May 2025 entitled Teachers to benefit from pay boost, what estimate she has made of the increase in employers’ National Insurance costs for schoo

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release published on 22 May 2025 entitled, Teachers to benefit from pay boost, if she will make an estimate of the cost to schools of funding the first 1% of the pay awa

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55488 on Military Bases: Closures, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the site disposal guidelines due to increasing risks to

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on spending 5% of gross national income on defence.

30 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

GREAT

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the contribution of the GREAT campaign to the economy in the 2023-24 financial year.

30 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

GREAT: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to request that the National Audit Office perform a value for money analysis of the GREAT campaign.

25 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Personal Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the average amount of tax paid by each person in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 52040 on Private Education: VAT, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the five month preparation period for private schools.

25 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to publish the income generated from applying VAT to school fees in 2024-25.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 52391 on Private Education: VAT, if she will provide a breakdown of how the additional £460m will be spent.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 50632 on Schools: Broadband, if she will list the five schools in Bedfordshire.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of reductions to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on (a) adoptive parents, (b) special guardians, (c) kinship carers and (d) the children

25 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled UK to deliver pioneering battlefield system and bolster cyber warfare capabilities under Strategic Defence Review, published on 29 May 2025, how the starting salary fo

25 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department’s press release Largest ever UK defence AI trial conducted across land, sea and air, published on 25 May 2025, whether he has made an assessment of the cyber security risks of inc

25 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the UK will need permission from Mauritius to alter operations at Diego Garcia under the terms of the UK-Mauritius agreement on the British Indian Ocean Territory.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s press release Major investment partnership worth £24 billion to transform key growth sectors and deliver affordable housing across UK, published on 19 May 2025, if he

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52390 on Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions, how many automotive manufacturing businesses are operating in the sector.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52390 on Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions, how many people are employed in the automotive industry.

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press notice entitled Huge mobile signal boost across UK countryside now covering area larger than 66,000 football pitches, published on 28 May 2025, which additio

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press notice entitled Huge mobile signal boost across UK countryside now covering area larger than 66,000 football pitches, published on 28 May 2025, which sites h

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release Government-built “Humphrey” AI tool reviews responses to consultation for first time, in bid to save millions, published on 14 May 2025, in which are

24 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Combined Authorities and Integrated Care Boards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential alignment of ICBs and mayoral authority boundaries.

24 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 55(a)(ii) of the report by the Competition and Markets Authority entitled Summary of CMA market study final report into housebuilding, published on 26