Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Defence: InvestmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) Environmental, Social and Governance, (b) green finance and (c) net zero on levels of (i) divestment and (ii) debanking of (A) defence companies and (B)
Answer: This Government is clear that we see no conflict between sustainable investment and investment in our world-leading defence sector. The Defence Industrial Strategy Statement of Intent, published in December 2024, identified the mobilisation of additional ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: AviationMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40534More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28652 on Ministers: Aviation, whether the details of the Air Passenger Duty paid for Ministerial travel on RAF flights are held by a public body.
Answer: The information is held by the Ministry of Defence.I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 February 2025 to Question 31166 to the hon. Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild).
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40533More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report entitled Greening Government Commitments April 2021 to March 2024, published on 20 February 2025, what methodologies his Department uses to (a) collect and (b) collate data on (i) TC
Answer: DEFRA sets these methodologies through yearly carbon indices across government, including for the Cabinet Office, in line with the Greening Government Commitments.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: Performance AppraisalCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36677More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes he is making through the Performance management framework for the Senior Civil Service for 2025-26.
Answer: The Senior Civil Service (SCS) performance management framework for the 2025-26 performance year has been published and the changes have been set out within the document. They will take effect from the 1st April 2025.
Answered 14 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: SecondmentCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36676More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 27921 on Cabinet Office: Secondment, whether (a) any staff in his Department are seconded from other local authorities and (b) the secondee from Camden coun
Answer: Secondments are part of a range of ways of bringing talent and experience into the civil service for short periods of time and have been used by successive governments. Secondments are arranged at a business unit level and must follow the processes as set...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: HelicoptersCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36675More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30825 on Ministers: Helicopters, if he will list all the providers that can provide helicopter transport under the terms of the Commercial Air Transport con
Answer: The Cabinet Office has a general travel contract in place provided by Corporate Travel Management (North) Ltd (CTM) that can arrange travel by various modes. CTM maintains a comprehensive database of pre-approved operators. Owing to security consideration...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWritten QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30993More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish his Department’s internal guidance on answering written Parliamentary Questions.
Answer: As was the case under previous administrations, there are currently no such plans to publish this guidance.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Communication Service: Cost EffectivenessCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30686More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14946 on Government Departments: Communication and Consultants, whether his Department holds data on programmes included within the £85 million savings with
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer provided to Question 25685 on 30 January 2025.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30685More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any suppliers to his Department have contractual terms and conditions requiring pricing reviews due to changes to employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: PolicyCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30684More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made changes to the write-round process for policy clearance since 5 July 2024.
Answer: As has been the practice of successive administrations, in order to maintain the safe space for collective decisions on policy issues, we do not disclose publicly specific details about collective decision-making processes.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Media UnitCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30683More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23486 on Cabinet Office: Staff, whether the New Media Unit has been established; and what it's terms of reference are.
Answer: The New Media Unit has been established. Under the terms of reference, the unit’s purpose is to reach citizens directly with important government information via digital channels.This communication channel will help to reach audiences where they are most ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHonoursCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30682More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14712, on Honours: Public Appointments, at what stage was each of the honours competitions when they were closed and then re-opened; and whether there had t
Answer: PQ 14712 relates to three Honours Committee campaigns which were launched and closed in the summer of 2024: (i) Community and Voluntary Service (ii), Parliamentary and Political Service, and (iii) Diversity and Outreach (formerly called Representation and...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30681More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the Answer of 23 September 2024 Question 5009 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, whether his Department's transparency team undertakes monitoring of government departments which (a)
Answer: It is the responsibility of government departments to ensure they meet the requirements to publish their transparency data.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants and Special Advisers: EmailCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30664More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether civil servants conducting email audits can review the email inboxes of (a) other civil servants and (b) special advisers.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not routinely conduct email audits of its staff. Staff email inboxes cannot typically be accessed by colleagues without permission, but email data can be retrieved for security or HR purposes in exceptional circumstances.
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHinkley Point C Power StationCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30663More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 9160 on Nuclear Power Stations: Construction, whether Hinkley Point C will be classified by the ONS as a public sector or private sector programme for the p
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 11th February is attached.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Trade Union OfficialsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30662More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent trade union representatives in his Department receive trade union facility time; what proportion of their working hours are spent on facility time on average;
Answer: The latest data we have relates to the financial year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, and is published on GOV.UK. The data can be downloaded from https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/public-sector-trade-union-facility-time-data
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartmental ResponsibilitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30661More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21348 on Departmental Responsibilities, whether Government departments produce internal Outcome Delivery Plans.
Answer: I refer the Honorable Member to the answer given to the Honorable Member for Brentwood and Ongar on 13 January 2025 (PQ UIN 21348).
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30658More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 22198 on Civil Servants: Freedom of Information, what grade thresholds does the Government apply in Freedom of Information Act requests when determining wheth
Answer: All Freedom of Information requests are considered on their own merits in all circumstances.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: ProcurementCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30657More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 24 December 2024 to Question 20750, on Public Sector: Procurement, if he will publish (a) a list each stakeholder that was consulted, (b) the dates of the roundtable discussions includi
Answer: Details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications. The NPPS survey was available on gov.uk and received 436 responses including 11...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: RecruitmentCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30656More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22196, on Senior Civil Service: Recruitment, for what reasons can these individuals not be identified.
Answer: Under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), we are prohibited from providing information about individuals, or which can be used to identify individuals, to third parties without their express permission. By providing job titles, this could lead...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ContractsCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30655More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any private sector companies with contracts with his Department will receive higher payments to compensate for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions; and whether there are contractual
Answer: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnterprise AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30654More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 16 of the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2022-2025, published on 24 February 2022, what progress the Government has made on delivering the additional 50 Enterprise Advisers
Answer: The action in the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2022-2025 to deliver an additional 50 Enterprise Advisors has been met.
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30653More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what preparations his Department is making for currently unknown pathogens that could emerge in future.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has a comprehensive epidemic intelligence system to detect, assess, and communicate infectious health threats to the United Kingdom. Horizon scanning and intelligence gathering functions are designed to identify and m...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23476 on USA: Diplomatic Service, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Lord Man
Answer: There is an established mechanism in place for the management of interests held by all Senior Civil Servants. This ensures that steps are taken to avoid or mitigate any potential or perceived conflicts of interest. I can confirm that this mechanism applie...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Port TalbotDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much of the £500 million grant to support the installation of an electric arc furnace at the Port Talbot steelworks has been paid.
Answer: Grant payments are made in arrears and subject to confirmation that pre-payment conditions have been satisfactorily met. HMG has committed to provide Tata Steel with a grant of up to £500m to support the installation of an electric arc furnace at the Port...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
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