Mike Wood MP: written questions 2026
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Erasmus+ Programme: Per Capita CostsDepartment for EducationTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20913More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2026, to Question 14610, on Erasmus+ Programme: Per capita costs, what assessment has been made of the reasons for the higher per student cost of the Erasmus+ programme compared
Answer: The Erasmus+ programme is much broader than the Turing Scheme and includes mobility opportunities for more sectors, including adult education, youth and sport, as well as funding staff mobility across the sectors, supporting professional development. It a...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: WhatsAppCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20912More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to help identify the person who impersonated President Trump's Chief of Staff in messages to the Prime Minister; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of pr
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: ConsultantsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20911More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Provision of Future Civil Service contract awarded to GuideHouse Europe Limited of 2 July 2026, reference CCCC26A06, if she will set out the (a) full terms of reference and project specific
Answer: The Future Civil Service Programme has an ambitious agenda to transform the civil service, to build capability, improve talent management and ensure staff have the skills and tools they need to drive government priorities in every postcode of the UK. The ...
Answered 25 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAngling: LicensingCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20910More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2026, to Question 14616, on Angling: Licensing, if she will list each spending control approval for communications, marketing and advertising spend from July 2025, listing the pu
Answer: This information is not centrally held by the Government Communication Service.Departments and public bodies are responsible for publishing their own spending control information, in accordance with the Government's transparency requirements.
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLobbyingCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20909More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answers of 9 July 2026 to Question 16036 on Lobbying and to Question 14432 on Lobbying Finance, for what reason the Answer to Question 14432 does not reference her Department's guidance entitled
Answer: I refer the Honorable Member to the answer provided to Question 14432 on 9 July 2026. The Cabinet Office has not issued specific additional guidance on the use of public funds for public affairs and lobbying activities. However, there is a long-standing p...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Greater ManchesterCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20908More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the budget for the development of the Manchester Digital Campus.
Answer: We are unable to disclose detailed budget figures for the Manchester Digital Campus to safeguard both national security and commercially sensitive information.
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment CommunicationsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20907More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there will be reductions to other departmental and business unit spending and budgets to pay for the Government Media Unit.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring value for money for the taxpayer across all departmental spending. Departmental budgets are kept under regular review as a matter of standard practice.
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Remote WorkingCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20906More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Cabinet Office civil servants are on contracts that allow them to work remotely from home permanently; and whether any contracts allow for working from home from a foreign country.
Answer: The Cabinet Office remains committed to flexible working and the business benefits that it offers. We expect that most of our staff will be able to work both from home and in the workplace as part of an informal, non-contractual hybrid working arrangement...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments: Political ActivitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20905More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Direct Ministerial Appointments are required to make a declaration of political activity.
Answer: The Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies, which Direct Ministerial Appointments are required by their conditions of engagement to follow, requires appointees to comply with the rules of the appointing body on handling conflicts of interests,...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPermanent Secretaries: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20904More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the Cabinet Office’s policy on giving compensation in the form of pension contributions as part of a Civil Service Compensation Scheme package when Permanent Secretaries and Cabinet Secretaries leave Cro
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPublic AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20903More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether departments are required to list Direct Ministerial Appointments on the gov.uk DMA portal.
Answer: I refer to responses to questions 116770, 123216 and 2758.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Public ExpenditureCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20902More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to Cabinet Office: spend control data for April to June 2025, published on 26 September 2025, what is the timetable for the Cabinet Office to publish spend control data for the periods since June 2025.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: WhatsAppCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20901More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he uses Whatsapp on her phone to communicate with representatives foreign governments; and whether her phone is in scope of the review into non-corporate communications.
Answer: Ministers operate in accordance with the existing 2023 Non-Corporate Communication Channels Guidance.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign Relations: ChinaCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20900More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the new Prime Minster has spoken to the Chinese Government since his appointment.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Special AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20899More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many No10 special advisers employed under the previous Prime Minister at the end of the Starmer Administration have (a) been retained, (b) joined another department and (c) left government.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordStephen LovegroveCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20898More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Sir Stephen Lovegrove remains her Special Representative on AUKUS.
Answer: Sir Stephen Lovegrove remains the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on AUKUS.
Answered 16 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLord Barber of ChittlehamptonCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20897More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Sir Michael Barber remains the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Effective Delivery or whether he has left Government.
Answer: The following individuals remain in their roles:Oli De Botton as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Education and Skills,Hannah Bronwin as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Energy and Net Zero,Victoria Buhler as the Prime Minister’s Deputy Advise...
Answered 25 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAxel HeitmuellerCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20896More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Axel Heitmueller remains the Head of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit and Expert Adviser on Delivery or whether he has left Government.
Answer: The following individuals remain in their roles:Oli De Botton as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Education and Skills,Hannah Bronwin as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Energy and Net Zero,Victoria Buhler as the Prime Minister’s Deputy Advise...
Answered 25 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVictoria BuhlerCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20895More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Victoria Buhler remains the Prime Minister's Deputy Adviser on Business, Investment and Trade or whether she has left Government.
Answer: The following individuals remain in their roles:Oli De Botton as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Education and Skills,Hannah Bronwin as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Energy and Net Zero,Victoria Buhler as the Prime Minister’s Deputy Advise...
Answered 25 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordHannah BronwinCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20894More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Hannah Bronwin remains the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Energy and Net Zero or whether she has left Government.
Answer: The following individuals remain in their roles:Oli De Botton as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Education and Skills,Hannah Bronwin as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Energy and Net Zero,Victoria Buhler as the Prime Minister’s Deputy Advise...
Answered 25 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordOli de BottonCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20893More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Oli de Botton remains the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Education and Skills or whether he has left Government.
Answer: The following individuals remain in their roles:Oli De Botton as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Education and Skills,Hannah Bronwin as the Prime Minister’s Expert Adviser on Energy and Net Zero,Victoria Buhler as the Prime Minister’s Deputy Advise...
Answered 25 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Mileage AllowancesMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the Motor Mileage Allowance that can be claimed by members of the Armed Forces for travel in a personal car does not include the higher rate of £0.55 per mile for the first 10,000 miles travelled
Answer: The Approved Mileage Allowance Payment rate is the amount that an employer can reimburse tax-free when an employee uses a private vehicle for business mileage. From 6 April 2026, the rate for cars and vans increased to 55 pence per mile for the first 10,0...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBaroness ShafikCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20891More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Baroness Shafik is Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister.
Answer: Since the change of Prime Minister, three new DMAs have been appointed. Details have been published on gov.uk and on the DMA portal. The former Prime Minister’s Cost of Living Champion, the Prime Minister’s Adviser on Women and Girls, and the Prime Minist...
Answered 25 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordList of Ministerial ResponsibilitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20890More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what her planned timetable is for issuing an updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities.
Answer: An updated List of Ministerial Responsibilities is still in production following the formation of government. As set out in the Ministerial Code, a statement covering relevant ministers’ interests is published on a quarterly basis. The next List of Minist...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordStrikesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20889More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Act 2025 on the likelihood and consequences of disruptive strike action in the context of the National Risk Register.
Answer: All risks in the National Risk Register, including those related to industrial action and employment, are kept under review to ensure that they are the most appropriate scenarios to inform emergency preparedness and resilience activity.Lead government dep...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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