Mike Wood MP: written questions
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National Security AdviserCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64065More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Security Adviser is (a) secretary of the National Security Council, (b) head of the National Security Secretariat and (c) Principal Accounting Officer for the Single Intelligence Account.
Answer: The role of secretary to the National Security Council is fulfilled by the Deputy National Security Advisers. The Executive Deputy National Security Adviser is the corporate head of the National Security Secretariat. The Cabinet Secretary is the Principal...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAdvisory Committee on Business Appointments: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64064More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on appointing the new Conservative political member for the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.
Answer: The appointment of political members to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) is a decision for the Prime Minister following nomination from the relevant Party with a vacancy. A decision on the appointment of a Conservative member to the...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChinaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral contribution of 4 June 2025, Official Report, Column 301, if he will provide evidential basis for his comment on China.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer given to PQ 61199.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: FinanceMinistry of DefenceTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK to deliver on 5% NATO pledge as Government drives greater security for working people, published on 23 June 2025, what his Department's methodological
Answer: The Government defines defence and national security spending in line with NATO's definition. NATO's definition of defence and security related expenditure includes areas such as strengthening the defence industrial base and our energy security, enhancing...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordKing Charles III: ArtworksCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62993More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 62086 on King Charles III: Artworks, whether (a) the BBC and (b) Channel 4 took up the offer from the Cabinet Office of a free portrait of the King to place in
Answer: As eligible public institutions, both the BBC and Channel 4 placed orders for Official Portraits of His Majesty The King while the Government scheme was operational, for the purposes of display in their buildings.
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Media and Public SpeakingCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62992More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answers of 3 June 2025 to Question 53890 on Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking, and 18 June 2025 to Question 59753 on Civil Servants: Media and Public Speaking, if he will publish the guid
Answer: The Civil Service Management Code makes clear that civil servants “must clear in advance material for publication, broadcasts or other public discussion which draws on official information or experience.” As it has done for several years, the Government c...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTotalEnergiesCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62991More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether TotalEnergies Gas & Power and its subsidiaries supply gas to 10 Downing Street; and what assessment he has made of whether TotalEnergies' LNG gas is sourced from Russia.
Answer: The UK has ended all imports of Russian fossil fuels in response to Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine. This contract started under the previous government.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHouse of Lords Appointments CommissionCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62990More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 19 June 2025, HCWS718, on House of Lords Appointments, whether the Prime Minister has a numerical target for the number of peerages that he will invite from
Answer: As set out in the Prime Minister’s recent statement, the Prime Minister will continue to invite nominations from the House of Lords Appointments Commission for individuals to sit as Crossbench peers. Future appointments will be announced in the usual way....
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Buildings: ConcreteCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62624More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 60822 on Public Buildings: Concrete, whether the Government Property Agency holds this information; and how many buildings in his Department have RAAC.
Answer: As at February 2024, there were three Government Property Agency (GPA) buildings with confirmed presence of RAAC. None have been identified post 1st January 2025. The GPA does not hold information on buildings across the wider public estate.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxation: DomicilTreasuryTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62623More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential costs of the Reform Party policy on the Britannia Card.
Answer: The OBR has certified that the non-dom reforms the Government have implemented will raise £33.8 billion in total revenue over the five-year forecast period. Abolishing these reforms would result in lost revenue that would need to be raised through higher ...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: LGBT+ PeopleForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the FCDO press release LGBTQIA+ Legal Guidebook launched in Philippines for Pride Month published on 23 June 2025, if he will publish the legal guidebook.
Answer: The LGBTQIA+ Legal Guidebook has been published online on the website of TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation's global pro-bono legal network.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: London AllowanceCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60496More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether civil servants receiving London weighting have to work in an office within Greater London.
Answer: Decisions on pay, including London weighting, are delegated to individual departments for grades below the Senior Civil Service (SCS). The SCS pay framework is managed centrally and only operates a national pay range.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence Review: PublicityMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's planned timeline was for media engagement on the release of the Strategic Defence Review 2025.
Answer: For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to members of Defence staff and senior defence leaders, plus certain Parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies, and the media. The media briefing began at ...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Military AircraftMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was billed by his Department to the Cabinet Office to reimburse the costs of providing fixed-wing air transport to the Prime Minister for domestic flights on aircraft registered under the marks (a) G-ZAB
Answer: It has been the practice of successive administrations not to publish granular information relating to the official movements of Ministers and those accompanying them within the United Kingdom. Information about official overseas travel is published as pa...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Expenditure: Gifts and EndowmentsTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60493More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many and (b) what value of (i) donations and (ii) bequests have been made to the donations in general towards public expenditure fund since 4 July 2024.
Answer: HM Treasury has, as of 18 June 2025, received 40 donations, totalling £85,191.62, since 4 July 2024.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector Debt: Gifts and EndowmentsTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60492More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (a) how many and (b) what value of (i) donations and (ii) bequests have been made to the Donations and Bequests Account since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The UK Debt Management Office (DMO) manages the Donations and Bequests Account. It has, as of 18 June 2025, received 14 donations, totalling £585 million, since 4 July 2024. Over the same period, the DMO received fewer than five bequests, totalling £101,7...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordClergy: Freedom of ExpressionChurch CommissionersTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60491More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what guidance the Church of England provides to clergy on the expression of gender-critical views.
Answer: The Church of England does not provide specific standalone guidance to clergy on the expression of gender-critical views.On complex issues the House of Bishops may from time to time publish guidance and advice for clergy, designed to inform local response...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Office for Police Conduct: StonewallHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question HL7327 on Independent Office for Police Conduct, for what reason the Independent Office for Police Conduct continues to hold a paid membership of Ston
Answer: The Independent Office for Police Conduct is independent of the Home Office and other Departments.Subscriptions to third party organisations are for them to decide.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: Fees and ChargesDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding of 19 May 2025, what changes she plans to make to the university home fee status of students of EU/EEA nationality studying in (a) England, (b) Wales, (
Answer: Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.On 19 May 2025, my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, welcomed Presidents Von Der Leyen and Costa for the first ever summit between the UK and the EU and a deal...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the amount the NHS spends on drugs imported from the US.
Answer: The Department has made no estimate of the amount the National Health Service spends on drugs imported from the United States. Published information from the Office for National Statistics on imports into the United Kingdom from the United States for all ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60047More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether special advisers in his Department have a role in the (a) preparation, (b) clearance and (c) publication of Official Statistics.
Answer: The Code of Conduct for Special Advisers sets out Special Advisers’ role and responsibilities.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60043More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 41643 on Government Departments: Equality, whether his Department has provided updated internal guidance on diversity networks since 14 May 2024.
Answer: We have not provided internal guidance on diversity networks since 14 May 2024. The Civil Service Code, which is published and available here, sets out the standards of behaviour expected of all civil servants.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Communication ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59756More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to reduce the size of the Government Communication Service.
Answer: I refer the hon. member to the answer given to PQ25449, given on the 29 January 2025.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil DisorderHome OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the risk of large-scale disorder in (a) a single area and (b) multiple areas in Great Britain.
Answer: The Cabinet Office publishes a regular National Risk Register (National Risk Register 2025 - GOV.UK), including assessments relating to large-scale disorder, and the government also continues to work closely on an ongoing basis with the police who are res...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Zero Hours ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59754More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question HL7182 on Cabinet Office: Zero Hour Contracts, what is the annual cost of staff on zero-hours contract; and in what business units do they work.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department.The Cabinet Office uses zero hours contracts to selectively manage temporary demand. To end exploitative zero hours cont...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
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