Blake Stephenson

3 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the provisions outlined in his Department's press release entitled Crack teams get patients off waiting lists at twice the speed, published on

3 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of closing NHS England on integrated care boards.

3 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish his Department’s impact assessment on closing NHS England.

3 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29188 on Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing her Department's data collection methods

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

Affordable Housing: Construction

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

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

Environmental Delivery Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March to Question 38446 on Environmental Delivery Plans, whether Natural England will be required to pay for ongoing maintenance of conservation proj

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

Local Government: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Employer National Insurance Contributions Grant – Explanatory Note, published on 3 February 2025, which councils were invi

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

Parish and Town Councils: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of (a) parish, (b) town and (c) community councils which will pay additional employers’ National Insurance in 2025-26.

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

Voting Rights: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 37781 on Voting Rights: Young People, whether her Department plans to instruct the Boundary Commissions to perform an early bo

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the average cost to a school of providing a meal to a child eligible for Universal Infant Free School Meals.

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was not included in the Great British Energy Solar project.

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the current average diagnosis time for endometriosis.

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Urinary Tract Infections: Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people who suffer with chronic urinary tract infections in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of (a) redundancies and (b) all other costs arising from the proposed abolition of NHS England.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Aquariums and Zoos: Tourism

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the economic contribution of (a) zoos and (b) aquariums to the tourism sector.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Aquariums and Zoos: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of her Department taking responsibility for (a) zoos and (b) aquariums.

2 Apr 2025 · Treasury

London Stock Exchange

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35444 on London Stock Exchange, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the 6.6% reduction in the number of firms listed o

2 Apr 2025 · Treasury

5G: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of business rates on the rate at which new (a) 5G and (b) 5GSA infrastructure is being rolled out.

2 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Aggregates Levy: Marine Environment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Aggregates levy on the marine environment.

2 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the international competitiveness of Air Passenger Duty rates.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how schools in Bedfordshire can apply to the Great British Energy Solar project.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled No child left behind in plans to narrow the digital divide in education, published on 21 March 2025, whether schools in areas without full fibre broadba

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending financial education to primary school children.

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Crime and Policing Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Regulatory Policy Committee's press release entitled Crime and Policing Bill: late publication of Home Office impact assessments, published on 10 March, for what reason those imp

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story entitled New powers for police to tackle neighbourhood crime, published on 25 February 2025, where the 13,000 new officers will be deployed by county.

1 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to appoint a dedicated Minister for Resilience.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Stellantis: Luton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 35851 on Stellantis: Luton, if he will publish details of the package of measures to support all workers facing redundancy.

1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the potential economic impact on Bedfordshire of increased defence spending.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Social Mobility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Level 7 Apprenticeships on social mobility.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Endometriosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of endometriosis on women in the workplace.