Blake Stephenson MP: written questions 2025
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General PractitionersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the 10 Year Health Plan, how many GPs per neighbourhood will there be under the Neighbourhood Health Service.
Answer: General practices (GPs) will be the cornerstone of the Neighbourhood Health Service. We anticipate that GPs will play a key role in providing clinical leadership for integrated neighbourhood teams.We expect neighbourhood teams and services to be designed ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeportation: FranceHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of newly arrived illegal migrants that will be deported to France in 2025/26.
Answer: Returns to France under the UK-France returns agreement commenced on 18 September 2025.This is a pilot that we want to expand and therefore the numbers will vary. We will not go into the operational details as this would provide criminal smuggling gangs w...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Housing BankMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the build-out guarantees that will be required to secure National Housing Bank funding.
Answer: On 17 June, the government announced that it would establish a new National Housing Bank, a subsidiary of Homes England which will be publicly owned and backed with £16 billion of financial capacity to accelerate housebuilding in England.My Department is ...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordWealthTreasuryTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82065More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department's definition of a millionaire includes (a) assets, (b) the outstanding value of pension pots and (c) income levels in the context of (i) winter fuel payments and (ii) other policies.
Answer: The Winter Fuel Payment will be paid to those with total incomes below or equal to £35,000. This means those on lower and middle incomes will still receive the help they need and ensures fairness for both pensioners and taxpayers. The standard definition ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 7 of the NHS 10 Year Plan, if he will set out the circumstances in which integrated care board boundaries will differ from those of mayoralty authorities.
Answer: It remains the Government’s ambition for integrated care boards (ICBs) to be coterminous with one or more strategic authorities wherever feasible, a commitment made in the English devolution white paper and reaffirmed in our 10-Year Health Plan. Next summ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Students: VisasDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of student visa holders who progress to graduation.
Answer: The department does not hold data on what proportion of student visa holders progress to graduation, however, data on non-UK domicile entrants is collected by the Office for Students (OfS).The OfS publish data on the completion rates of entrants. For full...
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDisadvantaged: StatisticsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will ask the Office for National Statistics to produce deprivation statistics at output area level.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government announced recently that the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 will be published on Thursday 30th October 2025. This has been confirmed on GOV.UK As part of this, the Department is working to enha...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: ApprenticesCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81547More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are employed on Level 7 apprenticeships.
Answer: As of 31 December 2024, there were 1,635 Level 7 apprentices across the Civil Service. This government remains committed to apprenticeships as one pathway to break down barriers to opportunity.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: Undocumented WorkersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department withholds state pension payments to people convicted of illegal working.
Answer: Anyone convicted of a criminal offence and serving a custodial sentence in the UK is not eligible to receive State Pension payments during their imprisonment. People not in prison but convicted of illegal working, would not be making National Insurance co...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPensioners: HousingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the likely mix of housing occupancy types for people attaining state pension age in each of the next five decades.
Answer: The Government has relaunched the Pensions Commission to consider the outcomes and risks for future cohorts of pensioners, taking into consideration the role housing plays amongst other factors. The Commission will report in 2027.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Workplace PensionsTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81544More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of public sector headcount on the financial sustainability of public sector pension schemes.
Answer: The Government’s central measure of the affordability of public service pensions is long-term public service pension spending as a share of GDP. Public sector headcount is considered in several ways within this measure, using the OBR’s long-term assumptio...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of staffing levels in local government on the financial sustainability of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Answer: The Local Government Pension Scheme is well funded, with a funding level of 107% at the 2022 fund valuation. The 2025 valuation is currently underway, which will value the assets and liabilities of each fund, and set employer contributions locally to ensu...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: National InsuranceTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81542More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department checks that National Insurance numbers associated with visa-holders cease being associated with tax payments at the expiry of work visas.
Answer: The National Insurance (NI) number is a reference number for the administration of National Insurance and social security, and is used more widely in tax administration. The NI number does not expire or cease being associated with an individual if their v...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrant Workers: Income Tax and National Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81541More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department undertakes checks on whether holders of work visas are paying (a) Income Tax and (b) National Insurance.
Answer: HMRC have interpreted ‘checks’ in this instance as ‘compliance checks’ on taxpayers with tax and National Insurance owed in the UK. HMRC takes a risk-based approach to compliance and focuses its resources where tax is most at risk of not being paid. This ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: Income Tax and National Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81540More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the amount of (a) Income Tax and (b) National Insurance contributions paid by holders of dependent visas in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold data on the immigration status of taxpayers.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: Income Tax and National Insurance ContributionsTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81539More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) proportion of dependent visa holders who are paying (i) Income Tax and (ii) National Insurance.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold data on the immigration status of taxpayers.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionTreasuryTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81538More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Government’s house building programme on the value of assets in the Public Sector Net Financial Liabilities.
Answer: Net Financial Debt, otherwise known as Public Sector Net Financial Liabilities, recognises the value of financial assets that are expected to make a future return, such as loans. Houses are non-financial assets and so their value is not captured in this f...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning (Flooding) BillDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81537More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Planning (Flooding) Bill on the risk of flooding in (a) England and (b) Wales.
Answer: Protecting communities around the country from flooding is a priority for Government. That is why the Government is making a record £10.5 billion investment, delivering the largest flood and coastal investment programme in history. Flood risk management i...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEast West Rail Line: Railway StationsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if stations on East West Rail will have step-free access.
Answer: All new and refurbished stations as part of the East-West Rail (EWR) project will have step-free access for users once the full route between Oxford and Cambridge opens in the mid-2030s and will meet robust accessibility requirements set out by EWR Co’s i...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ConstituenciesSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79886More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the reviews by the Local Government Boundary Commission of (a) distri
Answer: The Local Government Boundary Commission for England typically starts 25 reviews a year. With each review taking approximately 15 months to complete, around 50 can be in progress at any time.In February 2025, following the issuing of a statutory invitatio...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many social houses have begun construction since 4 July 2024 in (a) England, (b) the East of England and (c) Bedfordshire.
Answer: Data on new social and affordable housing supply, including starts, for the period between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 has been pre-announced for publication in November/December 2025 and can be found on gov.uk here. The pre-announcement will be update...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authorities have a five year housing land supply based on current delivery given the Government's housing targets.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Frameworks sets out that local authorities should identify and update annually a five-year housing land supply (5YHLS) of deliverable housing sites (with appropriate buffer) for decision making. This should be calculated again...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authorities have a five year housing land supply.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Frameworks sets out that local authorities should identify and update annually a five-year housing land supply (5YHLS) of deliverable housing sites (with appropriate buffer) for decision making. This should be calculated again...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: AsylumMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of housing asylum seekers in military bases on his Department’s policies to build more houses on disused public land.
Answer: The government is committed to close all asylum hotels, and to achieve this the Home Office is looking at a range of more appropriate sites including disused accommodation, industrial and ex-military sites to reduce the impact on communities. These effort...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 79881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the amount of Section 106 funding that was not drawn down and subsequently lost in each of the past ten years.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 54059 on 6 June 2025.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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