Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Arms Length BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41430More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled The Approvals Process for the Creation of New Arm’s-Length Bodies, whether the Cabinet Office Public Bodies Team assessed Skills England against the requireme
Answer: The Department for Education is currently working through the approval process to establish Skills England as an Arm’s Length Body. The completion of business cases as part of this process considers viable delivery mechanisms and the three tests.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNational SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41429More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many transactions have been voluntary notified to his Department under the terms of the National Security and Investment Act since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Government publishes information on the operation of the National Security and Investment Act in the NSIA Annual Report. The most recent report, covering the 2023/24 reporting period, can be found on GOV.UK. The government received 120 voluntary notif...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Senior Civil ServantsCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41428More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Senior Civil Service roles in the Cabinet Office have been permanently filled by people who were initially appointed on an interim or temporary basis by grade in the last 12 months.
Answer: Since 24 March 2024, 7 Senior Civil Service roles in the Cabinet Office have been permanently filled by people who were initially appointed on an interim or temporary basis in the last 12 months.
Answered 17 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: DirectorsCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41427More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28582 on Government Departments: Directors, whether non-executive directors who are consultant lobbyists are required to recuse themselves on all matters re
Answer: Non-Executive Directors who are consultant lobbyists are required to recuse themselves on all matters relating to their lobbying clients. Non-Executives are required to recuse themselves from any and all matters relating to any conflict of interest.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: TravelCabinet OfficeTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41415More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has taken steps to reduce his business travel since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Travel plans will always vary and are decided with consideration of the best use of a Minister’s time and in the interests of the taxpayer. Security considerations are also taken into account.As was the practice under the previous Administration, informat...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Political ActivitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41110More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29029 on FCDO: Speeches, what guidance his Department has issued on whether substantive and scripted Ministerial speeches in government buildings which are
Answer: As outlined in the Ministerial Code, Government property should not generally be used for work that is in its essential nature about constituency or party political activities. The Permanent Secretary at the FCDO has explained that the essential nature of...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Media Unit: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41109More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30683 on Cabinet Office: Media, how many staff are assigned to the New Media Unit; what grades they are assigned at; and whether this includes special advis
Answer: The New Media Unit is currently made up of departmental loans while it is in its initial phase. There are no special advisers assigned to the New Media Unit. Recruitment for its permanent structure is ongoing.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment and Use of Supply Chain Finance (and associated schemes) in Government ReviewCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41108More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2024 to Question 14769 on Civil Servants: Secondment, which of the recommendations from the Boardman report which have not been implemented will not be taken forward by the
Answer: The 2021 Boardman report recommended the interchange of resources between government and the private sector. We are committed to promoting the recruitment of external employees into roles in government at all levels of the Civil Service to fill critical s...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41107More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 24253 on Cabinet Office: Equality, which diversity and inclusion (a) days and (b) weeks and (c) months were marked from July 2024 to December 2024 inclusive
Answer: As has been the case under previous administrations, the Cabinet Office marks a range of events throughout the year. During the period from July 2024 to December 2024 inclusive, this included marking events such as Rosh Hashanah, Black History Month, Nati...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Length BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41106More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of every Arm’s Length Body that exists as of January 2025.
Answer: The Cabinet Office publishes an annual ALB Landscape Analysis around a year in arrears. The most recently published ALB Landscape Analysis was published on 17 December 2024 and is available here. The list of every Arm's Length Body that exists as of Janua...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service LearningCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41104More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what equality, diversity and inclusion courses are provided by Civil Service Learning.
Answer: The only cross Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) course provided through the Cabinet Office’s central training contracts is Civil Service Expectations.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Corporate HospitalityCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41103More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to ensure that transparency returns from his Department include an indicative value of any hospitality received.
Answer: The Ministerial Code already requires ministers to declare the estimated value, where possible, of any hospitality received above de minimus levels. As has been the case under successive administrations, special advisers and senior officials are not requi...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRegulatory Innovation Office: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41101More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to bring forward a new official statistics order to include the Regulatory Innovation Office.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon. Member's Parliamentary Question of 23rd March is attached.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41100More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2023 to Question 6096 on Public Appointments, what his Department's timetable is for considering whether to implement the previous Government's commitments made in the report
Answer: As set out in my previous Written Answer on 22 October 2024 (PQ 6096), we are still considering whether the commitments made by the previous administration are sufficient and appropriate for meeting the Committees’ recommendations. We will provide a furt...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHonoursCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41078More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22459 on Honours, if he will publish that guidance.
Answer: New guidance on ministerial involvement in the Honours System will be issued in due course.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41077More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance, published on 14 May 2024, whether any exemptions have been approved since 30 May 2024.
Answer: One exemption has been approved by the Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office.Details of external EDI expenditure will be reported in due course, as per the EDI Expenditure Guidance requirements.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration Scheme: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether TheCityUK has made representations to her Department on China’s classification in the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.
Answer: The Home Office has engaged with a number of sectors and their representatives on the implementation of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, including The City UK.Engaging with businesses and other stakeholders is a normal and important policy devel...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Union RecognitionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21053 on Trade Union Recognition, whether there are exemptions for faith-based organisations.
Answer: There are no exemptions for faith-based organisations. That has been the case since the statutory recognition scheme was set up back in 1999.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: LowickDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what meetings his Department has had with Lowick since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Details of Ministerial and Senior Civil Servant meetings with external organisations are published routinely on Gov.uk as part of the Government’s transparency agenda. The latest returns can be found here for Ministers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Trade Union OfficialsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many (a) total and (b) full-time equivalent trade union representatives in his Department receive trade union facility time; how many trade union representatives spend over 50% of their working hou
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) provides annual data to Cabinet Office on facilities time for its employees who are Trade Union representatives. The report for 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 has not yet been published. Within the last reporti...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40540More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10701 on Special Advisers: Workplace Pensions, whether special advisers have been informed of the consequences to their pensions of leaving service before tw
Answer: Special Advisers are provided with guidance regarding Civil Service Pension schemes during onboarding and offboarding, as well as throughout their tenure. This includes details of leaving the scheme within two years. Special Advisers are also directed to ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordQuadrature CapitalCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40539More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Downing Street special advisers have met with Quadrature since 5 July 2024.
Answer: In line with longstanding process, relevant meetings are declared in the Special Advisor transparency publications.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLabour Party: ConferencesCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40538More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Downing Street civil servants, excluding special advisers, were permitted to attend the 2024 Labour Party conference.
Answer: Civil servants are prohibited from attending party conferences in an official capacity, except in very exceptional circumstances when their presence may be required to carry out essential departmental business unconnected with the conference.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40537More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has used the RAF 32 Squadron’s Dassault Falcon 900LX executive jets for travel inside the UK.
Answer: It has been the practice of successive administrations not to publish granular information relating to the official movements of protected individuals and those accompanying them within the United Kingdom.
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Education: Special AdvisersDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether complaints have been received in relation to the (a) conduct and (b) behaviour of special advisers to her Department since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The department holds no records of any complaints about the conduct or behaviour of any of its special advisors.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
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