Mike Wood MP: written questions 2026
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: MarketingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spend on branded goods and merchandise by the Department since th
Answer: We have not procured any corporate-branded or non-essential merchandise. We do not collate centrally how much arm’s length bodies have spent on these products.
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDisinformationDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trad, with reference to the report commissioned by the Government Office for Science entitled False and Misleading Information: An Evidence Summary and Map for Policy and Practice, publis
Answer: "False and Misleading Information: An Evidence Summary and Map for Policy and Practice" by Behavioural Research UK was published online in May this year. The Government has no plans to make a formal response to what is a review of evidence conce...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: VacanciesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many job advertisements for her Department were published on the Civil Service jobs website in 2025 which were (a) available on public website and (b) only available to Civil
Answer: MHCLG recruits externally by default, with vacancies advertised through fair and open competition to both Civil Service and external candidates. This helps ensure access to the widest possible and most diverse talent pool. Where there is a clear business ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity Fund: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much has the Shared Prosperity Fund made to employment schemes whose eligibility is restricted by (a) race and (b) to ethnic minorities since July 2024 ; and what assessment
Answer: Delivery of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is delegated to lead local authorities who are responsible for managing the funding, including assessing and approving project applications, processing payments and setting eligibility criteria. It empower...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAnti-social BehaviourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given to local authorities by HM Government on (a) civil or (b) criminal penalties for urination in a public place in (i) England and (ii) London, includin
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for determining if there is a need to make a byelaw and the relevant powers for doing so. The government’s published guidance on byelaws is available on GOV.UK. Local authorities seeking to make a byelaw on public urinati...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Government Communication ServiceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 on Government Communications Service: Staff, and of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Se
Answer: All communicators are members of the Government Communication Service.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordJonathan PowellForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list the equivalent annual renumeration of Jonathan Powell when he was a direct ministerial appointment as Special Envoy to the Prime Minister.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to question 124862 on 21 April.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: GlasgowCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21056More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report, Cabinet Office, Second Headquarters: Year in Review 2025, published 9 January 2026, how many Cabinet Office special advisers are permanently assigned to the Second Headquarters in G
Answer: Special advisers are generally contracted to their department's headquarters, however often work at locations across the United Kingdom.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21055More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 15709 on Lord Mandelson, whether the General Counsel to the Prime Minister produced a (a) written or (b) verbal report following his fact-finding exercise and in
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSex: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21054More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Professor Sullivan report, Review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender: executive summary, published 19 March 2025, what steps is the Office for National Statistics taking to
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 28th August is attached.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDiplomatic ServiceCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21053More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office of the Prime Minister and Cabinet holds a list of envoys in place in each department.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21052More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 124080 on Lord Mandelson, whether Darren Tierney offered to interview Lord Mandelson.
Answer: I refer to the Government’s statement of 11 March 2026 and in the answer given to Question 124080 on 13 April 2026.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: StandardsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21051More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department maintains an internal Outcome Delivery Plan.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RecruitmentWomen and EqualitiesTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21050More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2026 to Question 9022 on Education: Equality, whether the socio-economic duty will apply to policies and decisions on Civil Service recruitment.
Answer: A full list of public bodies subject to the SED will be published upon commencement. The Socio-Economic Duty (SED) will embed consideration of socio-economic disadvantage into public sector decision-making. It will require specified public authorities to ...
Answered 23 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation outcome, Reforms to the statutory consultee system: government response, updated 17 August 2026, whether the changes on statutory consultees wi
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21048More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the potential merits of insourcing the Capita Civil Service pension contract.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded Capita the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme in November 2023 under the previous government. The current delays facing scheme members are entirely unacceptable, and the government has taken firm action to r...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSubversion: RussiaCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21047More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the status is of civil defence planning in relation to threats from Russian hostile actors.
Answer: The Government already has plans to manage the most severe risks to the UK, and constantly reviews a broad range of scenarios with allies and industry. The Home Defence Programme supports these joint efforts, delivering the various related commitments fro...
Answered 15 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordUrban Areas: Royal ChartersCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21046More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether her Department has a policy document on the criteria to assess bids for city status in 2022.
Answer: City status is a rare distinction conferred by the Sovereign acting on the advice of Ministers. Applicants to the Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours Competition in 2022 were asked to complete an application form which asked for certain information from local ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Greater ManchesterCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21045More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average percentage attendance rate was for assigned staff at 2 St Peter's Square, Manchester, in the most recent working week for which figures are available (a) as a percentage of assigned staff attend
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not centrally collect or hold data on average workplace attendance. The monitoring of office attendance remains the responsibility of individuals, line managers and business units. Line Managers are expected to be aware of, and ens...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDavid DinsmoreCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 21044More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the news story, "David Dinsmore to leave role as Permanent Secretary for Government Communications", 26 August 2026, whether the Permanent Secretary will receive a severance payment under the C
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordEU Budget: ContributionsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21043More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2026, to Question 8151, on EU Budget: Contribution, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding or Legal Agreement relating to the affiliation to
Answer: The European Criminal Records Information System (“ECRIS”), enables the exchange of information on criminal records throughout the EU. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement provides for continued exchange of criminal records between the UK and EU Member Sta...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEU Budget: ContributionsTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21042More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2026, to Question 8151, on EU Budget: Contribution, if he will publish the precise value of the annual commitments of affiliation to (a) the European Criminal Records Information Sy
Answer: Payments for participation in EU agencies and systems are made by the relevant department. In 2025/26, the Home Office provided the EU with c.£0.2m for the European Criminal Records Information System and the Department for Transport provided the EU with ...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordEU Cohesion FundTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21041More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2026, to Question 9080, on EU Cohesion Fund, whether there are any agreements with the EU that oblige the UK Government to make payments to the EU Cohesion Fund.
Answer: Under the 2020 Withdrawal Agreement, the UK is currently paying outstanding budget obligations to the EU, including previous commitments to cohesion policy. The EU is also seeking to establish a mechanism for a UK financial contribution towards reducing e...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21040More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's external research programme 2026 to 2027, updated July 2026 and published August 2026, reference 2627CCG01, the Tobacco Tax Gap: Improving Tax Gap Statistics Through Wastewater Analysis, how
Answer: HMRC's proposed research will use wastewater analysis to improve understanding of tobacco consumption and support the development of tobacco tax gap estimates. The methodology will distinguish between tobacco and nicotine consumption by analysing differen...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: MarketingTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21039More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2026, to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spend on branded goods and merchandise by the department since the Government Chief Commercial Officer
Answer: Data for this category of expenditure is not held centrally and could only be collated at a disproportionate cost.HM Treasury implemented the policy restricting spend on any branded goods and merchandise via a Departmental wide communication in April 2025...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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