Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Industrial Strategy Council: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46746More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to lay a new Official Statistics Order to designate the Industrial Strategy Council’s statistical outputs as official statistics.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd April is attached.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Statistics Authority: International CooperationCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46745More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) countries and (b) international organisations the (i) Office for National Statistics and (ii) UK Statistics Authority has (A) signed and (B) planned to sign co-operation agreements or treaties with.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 22nd April is attached.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45018More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 6074 on Special advisers, whether his Department has set a maximum cap on the number of special advisers who can be appointed.
Answer: In line with the Ministerial Code, Cabinet Ministers and, with the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Ministers who regularly attend Cabinet, may appoint special advisers. All special adviser appointments require approval of the Prime Minister.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45017More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost was of the Civil Service paybill, by (a) salary costs, (b) National Insurance Contributions, (c) employer Pension Contributions, (d) severance costs and (e) total pay costs in the most recent
Answer: Salary data for the Civil Service is published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics, an Accredited Official Statistics release. The most recent salary cost figures as at 31st March 2024 were provided in response to Peter Bedford MP’s question on 1...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45016More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 1.41 of the Civil Superannuation Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, HC481, which employers are part of the Civil Service Scheme.
Answer: The requested information can be found in the attached document.
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Social MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45015More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18822 on Government Departments: Social Media, how much his Department has spent on social media advertising, by individual firm since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Please see below Cabinet Office spend by social platform from 5 July 2024 to 8 April 2025: PlatformTotal SpendMeta£533,432.96LinkedIn£59,908.73Snapchat£62,535.42Reddit£840.75
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBorder Security Command: Public AppointmentsHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether appointments to the Border Security Command will be included in the Public Bodies Order in Council; and whether the chair appointment will be classified as a significant appointment.
Answer: The Border Security Command was established on 5 July 2024. Martin Hewitt CBE QPM was appointed as Border Security Commander, as a Civil Servant, on 7 October 2024.The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill will place the role of the Border Security...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45013More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has received recent representations from firms involved in transactions referred to his Department under the National Security and Investment Act since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Parties with an interest in acquisitions being reviewed under the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act 2021 can submit representations via the Investment Security Unit in the Cabinet Office. Given potential commercial and security sensitivities, the...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIntelligence ServicesCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45012More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report entitled Security and Intelligence Agencies Financial Statement 2023-24, published on 2 December 2024, whether he has considered publishing the individual governance statements for t
Answer: As has been the policy of successive governments, the government does not comment on matters relating to the intelligence agencies. The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament scrutinises the policies, expenditure, administration and operations ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCommittee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and MedalsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45011More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals has met since 4 July 2024; and when those meetings occurred.
Answer: Since 4 July 2024, the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals has met on two occasions - 1st August and 19th November.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Special AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45010More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will include the policy areas that each Number 10 special adviser works on in the next published list of special advisers.
Answer: In line with the approach under previous administrations, the Government does not publish specific responsibilities of individual special advisers in the Annual Report on Special Advisers.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45009More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Cabinet Office staff appointed by exception on a temporary basis were subsequently made full-time employees in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Answer: In the last 12 months, no Cabinet Office employees have been made permanent using Exception 10 (conversion to permanency of suitable candidates appointed under Exception 1 and 2) of the Civil Service Recruitment Principles.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45008More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Q45 of the oral evidence given by his Department's Permanent Secretary to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee on 4 December 2024, HC 463, if he will list the employer
Answer: The UK civil service is made up of civil servants employed at over 100 Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Executive Agencies and Crown NDPBs. These are listed and published each quarter by Office for National Statistics at Table 9 of their quart...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Codes of PracticeCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45007More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister must approve updates to guidance referenced within the Ministerial Code.
Answer: The Ministerial Code refers to a range of duties, obligations and guidance. The Code is the Prime Minister’s document and he is responsible for deciding which duties, obligations and guidance it refers to.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Public and Commercial Services UnionCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45006More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Public and Commercial Services Union's press notice entitled PCS demands Cabinet Office meeting over Gaza, published on 26 July 2024, what discussions his Department has had with PCS.
Answer: The Cabinet Office regularly holds discussions with trade unions including the Public and Commercial Services Union. These discussions relate to Civil Service workforce matters. Information about Cabinet Office ministers' meetings are released quarterly o...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45005More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 5306 on Special Advisers, if he will set out the (a) Minister and (b) senior civil servant in (i) Downing Street and (ii) each department that determines whe
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to the answer to PQ 5306.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45004More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Freedom of Information - FOI clearing house review, updated on 14 December 2023, when he plans to publish the guidance on cross-cutting themes that are specif
Answer: The Cabinet Office has published guidance on ‘Freedom of Information and the Role of Special Advisers’ and on ‘Communication by Spreadsheet’ on GOV.UK at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-and-freedom-of-information.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordVetting: FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45003More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for security vetting.
Answer: United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) is funded by its customers (government departments, the police, industry) through a burden-sharing model. Funding is agreed with customers on an annual basis, and in parallel with Cabinet Office business planning. In...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGender: Public ConsultationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44478More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to her Departments document entitled Response to call for input on single-sex spaces guidance, published on 17 December 2024, when she will publish new guidance; and whether (a) her Department a
Answer: The Government is sharing with the EHRC all the submissions that met the criteria of the previous Government’s call for input on single-sex spaces guidance. It is vitally important that service providers understand the single-sex service exceptions in t...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGender: Public ConsultationWomen and EqualitiesTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44477More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the guidance entitled Response to call for input on single-sex spaces guidance, published on 17 December 2024, if she will publish each of the non-confidential responses.
Answer: The Government is sharing with the EHRC all the submissions that met the criteria of the previous Government’s call for input on single-sex spaces guidance. It is vitally important that service providers understand the single-sex service exceptions in t...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Senior Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44476More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question 25674 on Prime Minister: Senior Civil Servants, if he will publish the Principal Private Secretary candidate pack.
Answer: Between 13 November and 1 December 2024 the candidate pack for the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister was published and available to download via the Civil Service Jobs website.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44475More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps (a) his Department, (b) the Office for Equality and Opportunity and (c) diversity networks linked to his Department are taking to support (i) asexual and (ii) aromantic civil servants.
Answer: There are no policies that exist in respect of asexual and/or aromantic staff specifically.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44474More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the written statement of 3 February 2025, HCWS408, on transparency data, if he will ensure that the gov.uk transparency data is published in accessible open data formats, including via public APIs.
Answer: Transparency data is published according to the standard and best practice guidance from the Government Digital Service and Central Digital and Data Office. Accessible open data formats are already used.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: PhotographsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44473More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Departments hire official photographers as staff members.
Answer: Information on how many departments hire official photographers as staff members is not held centrally by the Cabinet Office. The Cabinet Office Communications team employs two Digital Media Officers who support government work in Departments and undertak...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Disciplinary ProceedingsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44472More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 December 2024 to Question 19479 on Civil Servants: Disciplinary Proceedings, how many civil servants working in his Department have been suspended due to allegations of misconduct si
Answer: Suspensions are used to safeguard the organisation and are not an assumption of guilt. Suspension can be used for a range of reasons; including during security investigations, fraud investigations or misconduct. The table below shows the number of suspens...
Answered 20 May 2025
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