Blake Stephenson

3 Feb 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 paragraphs 24 and 26 of the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024, if she will issue guidance to councils on joint working to meet h

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

Sewers: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024, which new measures within the framework have implications for sustainable urban drainage

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

Parish and Town Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, how she plans to reform the relationship between town and parish councils and principal local

3 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Fraud: Crime Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to help tackle financial fraud.

3 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Economic Crime

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department took to help tackle (a) illicit finance and (b) economic crime between 4 July 2024 and 14 January 2025.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ringfencing funding for the entirety of the East West rail project.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital and Milton Keynes University Hospital: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding will be allocated for (a) Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital and (b) Milton Keynes Hospital through the New Hospital Programme.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to allow bids for the New Hospital Programme from hospitals which did not bid previously.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to seek private capital investment for East-West Rail.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line: Railway Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether railway stations on East-West Rail will be owned by the (a) public and (b) private sector.

29 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Public Consultation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of consultations conducted by the Government since July 2024.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to tackle backlogs in the processing of statutory assessments for education, health and care plans.

29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Therapy: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her policies of the length of Speech and Language waiting lists.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in Bedfordshire had an EHC plan in each academic year since 2019/20.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the number of SEN pupils in Bedfordshire that are expected to leave the Independent school sector in 2024-25.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of SEN pupils who attend independent schools in Bedfordshire.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of SEN pupils attend a school in a different local authority area to the one in which they live in the East of England.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of standardising the funding models local authorities use to support pupils with special educational needs.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners in poverty during the winter of 2024-25; and how this compares to the winter of 2023-24.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of funding provided to local authorities to promote tourism.

28 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the average annual cost of a five year fixed rate mortgage (a) on the week commencing 21 October 2024 and (b) in January 2025.

28 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Mortgages

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Autumn Budget 2024 on recent trends in the level of mortgage rates.

28 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the total amount of (a) income tax and (b) employee national insurance paid by a full time minimum wage worker in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26.

28 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the total amount of tax someone on the median salary will pay in financial year (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

28 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of taxpayers set to pay the additional rate of income tax in financial year 2025-26 compared with financial year 2024-25.

28 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of taxpayers set to pay the higher rate of income tax in financial year 2025-26 compared with financial year 2024-25.

28 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of additional individuals her Department expects to pay tax in financial year 2025-26 as a result of the freeze on income tax thresholds.

28 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns Taskforce: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the total cost to the public purse of the work of the New Towns Taskforce.

28 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what engagement the New Towns Taskforce will have with hon. Members.

28 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns Taskforce: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions the New Towns Taskforce has had with (a) Bedford Borough Council, (b) Central Bedfordshire Council and (c) Luton Borough Council.