Written questions

Blake Stephenson

1,538 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK leaving the EU on the level of tariffs applied to the UK by the US.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Stansted Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of expanding London Stansted Airport on the economy in (a) the East of England and (b) Bedfordshire.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Thameslink Line: Passengers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of passenger numbers on Thameslink services in (a) 2030 and (b) 2040.

30 Apr 2025 · Women and Equalities

Urinary Tract Infections: Health Services

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had any discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on improving (a) awareness and (b) treatment of chronic and recurring urinary tract infections.

30 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Personal Income: Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 36886 on Personal Income: Expenditure, if she will publish the assessment of behavioural changes referenced in that Answer.

30 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rough Sleeping: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department has provided to (a) Bedford Borough and (b) Central Bedfordshire Councils to tackle rough sleeping in each financial year since 2022-23.

30 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Delivery Services: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure the safety of retail workers who deliver to people's homes.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourist Attractions: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 43757 on Aquariums and Zoos: Tourism, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to GREAT programme funding on Visit Britain’s work to prom

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Statutory Sick Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Chapter 9 of the final stage impact assessment entitled Improve access to Statutory Sick Pay by removing the Lower Earnings Limit and removing the waiting period, if she will make it h

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with local leaders in Bedfordshire on the adequacy of bus capacity in the context of increased visitors to the Universal Bedfordshire project.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with local leaders in Bedfordshire on the effectiveness of (a) rules relating to on-street parking and (b) the enforcement of those rules near train stations on the (a) Thameslink l

25 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Judicial Review: Costs

25 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: East West Rail Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press notice entitled Chancellor vows to go further and faster to kickstart economic growth, published on 29 January 2025, what her Department's timetable i

25 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the total cost of employers’ National Insurance contributions in (a) London boroughs, (b) Metropolitan districts, (c) County councils, (d

25 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will implement the powers provided under section 113 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fossil Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the total value of fossil fuels in the UK which have not yet been extracted.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Natural Gas: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support his Department plans to provide to rural communities that are off the grid to connect to mains Gas Distribution Networks.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Holidays: Academic Year

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the cost of tourism in school holidays.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the expected return on investment for investments in the National Wealth Fund.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of people in receipt of a pension in the (a) 2025-26, (b) 2026-27, (c) 2027-28 and (c) 2028-29 financial years.

24 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of (a) trends in the level of financial literacy in the UK and (b) the potential impact of improving young people's financial literacy on economic growth.