Blake Stephenson

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many houses are planned to be built in the next five years in England.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered the potential implications for his policies of the County Councils Network report entitled Local Government Reorganisation: Analysing the impact on peop

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled £84 million injection to tackle homelessness, updated on 10 October 2025, what the allocations are for each local authority.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release Families to save hundreds of pounds in major homebuying overhaul, published on 5 October 2025, whether he has made an assessment of the potent

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled £500 million for first ever fair pay agreement for care workers, published on 30 September 2025, whether he has made an assessment of

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Planning: Soil

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote soil education among planning officers, developers, landowners and the public.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Soil

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making soil a material consideration in planning law.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Soil

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating planning validation checklists to require Soil Impact Assessments for major housing developments.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

First Time Buyers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of home purchasers who were first time buyers in each of the last five years.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of local authorities whose five year land supply is based on housing targets published in December 2024.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether development corporations for new towns will be able to purchase primary residences.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the New Towns Taskforce consulted flooding experts.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the localised flooding risk in each of the sites recommended by the New Towns Taskforce.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will make additional infrastructure funding available to Central Bedfordshire Council for the Tempsford and Milton Keynes New Towns.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered the potential implications for his policies of the CCN report entitled Local Government Re-Organisation: Evaluating the financial impact of population t

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered the potential implications for his policies of paragraph 31 of page 8 of the New Towns Taskforce report to Government.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to implement Recommendation 44 of the New Towns Taskforce report to Government.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Social Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether social housing delivered through new towns will be owned by local authorities.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether stewardship models involving ongoing service charges for residents will be considered for new towns.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department will produce guidance on reducing long term flood risk in new towns.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Trees

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he will mandate street trees in new towns.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Design

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether New Towns design codes will consider the usage of local materials.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to recommendation 34 of the document entitled New Towns Taskforce: Report to Government, whether his Department is considering bringing forward future waves of new

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the chapter Planning for local Housing Need in his Department’s response to the New Towns Taskforce entitled Initial government response - September 2025, wheth

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Social and Affordable Homes Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the Social and Affordable Housing Programme will be spent in new towns.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many school places per head he is targeting for new towns.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many GPs per head he is targeting for new towns.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will direct Integrated Care Boards to fund GP provision in new towns in the context of the work of the New Towns Taskforce.

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns Taskforce: Costs

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

2 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has conducted a lessons learned review of new settlements commenced since 2000 in the context of his plans for New Towns.