Blake Stephenson

23 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Over 1,500 extra GPs recruited to fix front door of the NHS, published on 8 April 2025, how many of those GPs will be deployed in (a) Mid B

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Housing: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make a comparative assessment of the number of houses built on functional floodplains in (a) the UK and (b) the G7 in the last decade.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Trees: Maps

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled England’s non-woodland trees freely mapped for first time, published on 5 April 2025, whether his Department plans to use this

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

Tree Preservation Orders: Maps

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a digital, publicly available map of Tree Protection Orders.

23 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Hundreds of quangos to be examined for potential closure as Government takes back control, published on 7 April 2025, whether that review will consider A

23 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Arms Length Bodies have been created since July 2024.

23 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Members

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy that hon. Members are formally consulted before Government decisions which would have a particular impact on their constituency are made.

23 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

GREAT

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the return on investment of GREAT campaign funding in each year since it was introduced.

23 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Workplace Pensions: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of young people who have been auto-enrolled in a pension since October 2012; and what their median expected annual pension payments will be.

22 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Economic Growth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Governor of the Bank of England on her economic growth policies.

22 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Pensioners: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners who will be paying income tax in the 2029-30 financial year.

22 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Pensioners: Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners who paid income tax in the 2024-25 financial year.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Technical Excellence Colleges: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.72 of the Spring Statement 2025, whether any of the Technical Excellence Colleges will be in Bedfordshire.

22 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Gambling: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to line items 24 and 25 on p.33 of the Spring Statement, for what reason the levy revenue used is greater than the levy revenue generated.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press notice entitled PM tells councils to prove action on pothole plague to unlock extra cash and reveals £4.8 billion for major roads, published on 23 March 2025, if she will make an ass

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled PM tells councils to prove action on pothole plague to unlock extra cash and reveals £4.8 billion for major roads, published on 23 March 2025, whether her Department

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take with Great British Railways to reduce levels of disruption on railways.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Welwyn Garden City

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) Digswell Viaduct and (b) Welwyn North Station on levels of capacity on the East Coast Main Line.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 5 February 2025 from the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire on Swallowfield Primary School.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Technical Excellence Colleges: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.72 on page 29 of the Spring Statement 2025, whether the funding will deliver 10 colleges per region or 10 colleges in total.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Great British Railways will consider housing growth in capacity planning.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 35856 on Railways: Standards, which stations in (a) England and (b) Bedfordshire are most impacted by cancelling stops to make services run faster; and on how

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway: Bedford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 35855 on Govia Thameslink Railway: Standards, what information her Department holds on when Great British Railways plans to publish provisional (a) timetables

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Thameslink Line: Tempsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed (a) railway station and (b) new town at Tempsford on (i) journey times and (ii) capacity on Thameslink services.

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

Affordable Housing: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled £2 billion new investment to support biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation, published on 25 March 2025

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

Housing: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Public land unlocked for the next generation of homeowners, published on 27 March 2025, whether any of the land will be in Bedfordshi

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Construction: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37785 on Construction: Employers' Contributions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of firms in the construction sector who will

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environment Protection: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing mandatory nature reporting on nature.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Sportsgrounds

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she had made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of 3G football pitches on the environment.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 35855 on Govia Thameslink Railway: Standards, whether the timetable referred to would reduce the number of services provided on a given line in some cases.