Mike Wood MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Proof of Identity: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, further to the answer of 3 September 2026, to Question HL2688, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, how much was spent on social media influences for Digital ID.
Answer: Any costs incurred across government as part of the Digital ID programme will be reported through the usual, departmental accounts processes.
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2026, to Question HL2688, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, and with reference to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 96190, on Ident
Answer: The £1.8 billion over three years was a provisional forecast published by the OBR. The OBR is an independent body and is best placed to provide details on the methodology it uses when producing forecasts. As this was a provisional forecast it was not ackn...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDigital ID Advisory GroupDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 17353 on Digital ID Advisory Group, whether this group has been disbanded.
Answer: As the Digital ID programme has now been cancelled, the Advisory Group has no further meetings planned and is accordingly disbanded. We are grateful to the group’s members for the expertise, insight and constructive challenge they provided to the programm...
Answered 14 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Soft Power CouncilDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 14621 on UK Soft Power Council, if she will list the dates the Council has met and its attendees.
Answer: The UK Soft Power Council has met five times in plenary since its launch. Information on the Council's membership and its full meetings is published on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-soft-power-council-membership-and-terms-of-refere...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordIndependent Football Regulator: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21139More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 10179 on Independent Football Regulator: Public Appointments, what feedback the No10 appointments unit provided following the consultat
Answer: Under the legislation, these appointments are made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The No10 Appointments Unit was consulted in the usual way.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMedia: RegulationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21138More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether representatives of the department and its predecessor bodies have met (a) Stop Funding Hate, (b) Hacked Off and (c) Center for Countering Digital Hate since July 2024.
Answer: Ministers and officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport regularly engage with stakeholders on a range of policy matters. Details of ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis on Gov.uk. DCMS also engages with a range...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament record11 Downing Street and Treasury: ArtworksDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, further to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question HL16694 on FCDO: Artworks, if she will publish the equivalent information for (a) installed and (b) deinstalled Government Art Collecti
Answer: Artworks installed and de-installed in government buildings are routinely published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-art-collection-gac-artworks-installed-and-deinstalled-from-government-buildings
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSouthbank Centre: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 10180 on Southbank Centre: Public Appointments, what is the role of Ministers in appointing the Chair of the Southbank Centre; and what
Answer: From February 2026, the power to appoint new trustees and a Board Chair was vested in the trustees of the Southbank Centre, having previously been a power reserved for the Secretary of State for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). ...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTourism: SurveysDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21135More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Official Statistics publication, Community and Engagement Survey 2025/26 - domestic tourism: report, published on 14 August 2026, for what reason the Government is
Answer: Demographic questions - including questions on gender identity and sexual orientation - are asked to all respondents of the Community and Engagement Survey (CES). Demographic data enables us to identify differences and changes over time in engagement, exp...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTourism: SurveysDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Official Statistics publication, Community and Engagement Survey 2025/26 - domestic tourism: report, published on 14 August 2026, footnote 5, for what reason the Ce
Answer: Demographic questions - including questions on gender identity and sexual orientation - are asked to all respondents of the Community and Engagement Survey (CES). Demographic data enables us to identify differences and changes over time in engagement, exp...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling Commission: Legal OpinionDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15824 on Gambling Commission: Legal Opinion, what were the job titles of the three individuals.
Answer: The Civil Service business appointment rules do not apply to Gambling Commission employees. The Gambling Commission's employee Code of Conduct and employment contracts provide the Commission with the ability to manage conflicts of interest. We have no pla...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling Commission: StaffDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment has been made of whether a six month restriction is sufficient in length in relation to the head of the gambling regulator working for gambling industry.
Answer: The Civil Service business appointment rules do not apply to Gambling Commission employees. The Gambling Commission's employee Code of Conduct and employment contracts provide the Commission with the ability to manage conflicts of interest. We have no pla...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPress: RegulationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has received representations from Amnesty International on (a) regulation of the press and (b) legislative action to impose limitations on the number of news artic
Answer: Ministers and officials from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport regularly engage with stakeholders on a range of policy matters. Details of ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis on Gov.uk. DCMS also engages with a range...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational LotteryDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to make changes to the governance, outsourcing and regulation of the National Lottery.
Answer: DCMS has no plans to make changes to the 4th National Lottery Licence. In line with the approach taken for preparing for previous licences, planning for future operations will be considered at an appropriate time, in accordance with public procurement pol...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic ConsultationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20974More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance the National Archives has given to Departments on the retention of responses to consultations and calls for evidence.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordInformation Commissioner's Office: FinanceDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what was the Information Commissioner Office’s request for funding in the 2025 Spending Review, and how much of the request was (a) provided and (b) not provided.
Answer: The Information Commissioner's Office submitted a Spending Review bid as part of the Government's Spending Review process. The Government considers bids from a range of its arms length bodies. Final funding allocations have been determined through the Spe...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether the digital identification and digital identity service programme will continue; and how the abolition of Digital ID will impact (a) GOV.UK One Login, (b) GOV.UK Wallet, (c) Digi
Answer: The Government is committed to making it simpler and more secure for people across the country to complete necessary tasks and everyday transactions digitally, where they choose to do so. The national Digital ID programme, announced in September 2025, has...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling Commission: StaffDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2026, to Question 18828, on Gambling Commission: Staff, whether Gambling Commission staff are required to follow the principles of the Civil Service Cod
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDarlington Economic Campus: Remote WorkingDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 16029 on Darlington Economic Campus: Remote Working, how many DCMS departmental staff are assigned to work at the Darlington Economic C
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: International CooperationDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2026, to Question 18834, on Department for Culture, Media and Sport: International Cooperation, whether there is a consolidated list of international ag
Answer: The Treaties section of the UK Parliament’s website lists international agreements which are subject to parliamentary scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. An official record of the UK's treaty obligations under international l...
Answered 22 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational GalleryDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer to 22 July 2026, to Question 18829, on National Gallery, how much members of the National Gallery Citizens’ Assembly are paid.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordNational GalleryDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer to 22 July 2026, to Question 18829, on National Gallery, if she will ask the National Gallery to provide the business case for the £250,000 of expenditure on a Cit
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordSarah FoxDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what is the duration of Sarah Fox's secondment from DCMS to the Commission.
Answer: Sarah Fox has been seconded to the Gambling Commission for a period of up to two years.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Gallery: FlagsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2026, to Question 18835, on National Gallery: Flags, and with reference to the paragraph 8.1 of the Framework Agreement between the National Gallery and
Answer: While DCMS Ministers are accountable to Parliament for matters concerning the National Gallery, the Gallery remains operationally independent from the Government, with all decisions about building management and flag flying taken by its trustees. As set o...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGambling Commission: Public AppointmentsDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what is the Gambling Commission Board's expected timetable recruiting a chief executive.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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