Mike Wood MP: written questions
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Civil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4189More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what is the timetable for Civil Service Pension Scheme (a) active and (b) deferred members who (i) are and (ii) are not subject to the McCloud pensions remedy to receive their 2024-25 annual pension statements.
Answer: The Cabinet Office awarded the contract to administer the Civil Service Pension Scheme to Capita in November 2023 under the previous government.The issues and delays facing a number of civil servants and pension scheme members in receiving their pension q...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Codes of PracticeCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4188More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the letter by the Minister for the Cabinet Office to the Institute for Government of 14 October 2025, Reference MC2025/12660, if he will publish the Cabinet Office's clarified guidance to Depar
Answer: I refer the Hon Gentleman to the answer to PQ2086.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4187More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 2086 on Civil Servants: Media, what his planned timetable is for updating that guidance; and whether the guidance will be less restrictive on civil servants spea
Answer: I refer the Hon Gentleman to the answer to PQ2086.
Answered 5 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: FinanceMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual budget is of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes details of ministers’ overseas travel and meetings every quarter. Information on the Deputy Prime Minister’s travel for September to December 2025 is available, with the next quarter due to be released shortly: Ministry o...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSummer Internship ProgrammeCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4185More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many applications have been made to the Civil Service 2026 summer internship scheme; and how many have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
Answer: Data on the 2026 Fast Stream recruitment campaign, including the Summer Internship campaign, will be published in Autumn 2026 in line with previous years.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4184More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 125694 on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, if he will publish the letter sent to selected households inviting them to attend; whether any types of
Answer: All members of the public over 18 were eligible to participate in the People’s Panel, with the exception of:Elected representativesPaid employees of any political partyMembers of the House of Commons, MPs, their staff, or their spouses and any immediate r...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: CounsellingCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4183More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department provides dedicated counselling sessions for staff with specific protected characteristics.
Answer: The Cabinet Office offers counselling sessions, where appropriate, to all employees as part of the Employee Assistance Provision. The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapists (BACP) indicate that outcomes are improved when access to ethnic...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4182More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 113703 on Lord Mandelson, whether Lord Mandelson’s application to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and response in relation to Global Coun
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not hold this information. The application and subsequent advice dates back to sixteen years ago, which is longer than the retention period for such documents as set out in the Privacy Notice for the Advisory Committee on Business ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4181More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Lord Mandelson provided advice on the Ministerial reshuffle on 5 September 2025 to the Office of the Prime Minister.
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 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Official HospitalityCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4180More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Freedom of Information request response of 30 April 2026, FOI 2026/06323, what the cost was of the Chanukah reception hosted by the Prime Minister on 16 December 2025; and how many individu
Answer: As under previous administrations, details of official receptions are published in quarterly transparency returns on gov.uk.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAddresses to the CrownCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4179More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what definition of (a) official and (b) personal information his Department is using to consider whether information is in scope of Humble Addresses.
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 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGender: StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4178More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, through what mechanisms the ONS is exploring user needs for data on gender identity, gender reassignment and trans status.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 29th May is attached.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAddresses to the CrownCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4177More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether party political communications are in scope of Government responses to a Humble Address.
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 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMonarchy: InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4176More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether official information is considered to be held by the Crown when a Crown Servant leaves Crown service and retains such information on (a) personal devices and (b) non-government communication channel.
Answer: Official information, wherever stored, is considered to be held by the Crown.I refer the Member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire to the Government’s 2023 ‘Guidance on Using Non-Corporate Communication Channels for Government Business’ for further ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: CommunicationCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4175More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 124130 on Government Departments: Communication, whether the special advisers who reviewed the branding guidance included special advisers from the Offic
Answer: Relevant officials and special advisers reviewed the branding guidance.
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4174More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was asked to contribute to the Cabinet Office and Downing Street due diligence process on the appointment of Lord Mandelson as Ambassador to the United St
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 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFreedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4173More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to reform the Freedom of Information Act.
Answer: The Government is committed to Freedom of Information (“FOI”) and continues to monitor the performance and implementation of the FOI Act to ensure it is operating as intended by Parliament.We do not have any current plan to amend the FOI Act.
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMorgan McSweeneyCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4172More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether messaging data was lost as a consequence of Morgan McSweeney's phone being stolen but not (a) backed up and (b) stored in the cloud; and whether his Department holds information on foreign involvement in
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 13 April 2026, Official Report, PQ 123637.
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAddresses to the CrownCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4171More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether correspondence from the Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary on the Humble Address will be included in the next Government response to the Humble Address.
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 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Freedom of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4170More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish Cabinet Office Freedom of Information Act response, reference FOI2026/04975, dated 13 April 2026.
Answer: Responses to Freedom of Information requests are considered to be public. The requester can share the response if they so wish.
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLobbying: FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4169More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 122495 on Lobbying: Finance, whether his Department holds information on the grants for 2024-25 in relation to (a) his and (b) other Departments which ha
Answer: The information requested by the Hon. Member is not held.
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Relations with EUCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4168More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had discussions with the European Commission on rejoining the EU Single Market for goods.
Answer: We don’t provide a running commentary on current, or future negotiations. But this government’s red lines are clear: there will be no return to the Single Market, Customs Union or freedom of movement.
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ConsultantsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4167More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government Response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Sixty-eighth to the Seventy-fifth reports from Session 2024-26, CP 1587, May 2026, page 20, if he will publish the terms of re
Answer: The Cabinet Office has commissioned the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) to conduct a targeted review across 15 organisations with significant consultancy spending.The terms of reference for this commission focus on assessing whether these organisa...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordEquality: Gender and IntersexCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4166More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 113919 on Equality: Gender and Intersex, what the timetable is for the Gender Identity and Intersex Policy Package review following the publication of the
Answer: New model Policy and Guidance: Supporting Trans and Non-binary Employees was issued to departments on 22 May 2026. These may be used by departments as templates for their own departmental guidance.
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: ConsultantsCabinet OfficeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4165More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Government Response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Sixty-eighth to the Seventy-fifth reports from Session 2024-26, CP 1587, May 2026, page 19, if he will publish departmental da
Answer: The government is committed to transparency regarding its use of external resources. In line with our response to the Committee of Public Accounts, the relevant departmental data on spending on consultancy, contingent labour, and professional services wil...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
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